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"Greg O" wrote:

Now the underling is telling me they are going to run the pipes down the
corner of a closet below the new bathroom, and case it in with a fake
wall.

I consider this a lame shortcut. He kept telling me it's not a problem
to run pipes in the walls, now he doesn't want to do it? Well,
obviously it's not if you're just going to run the pipes down a closet!!

Am I being unreasonable to protest this move??

You may be unreasonable for the $250 limit! Figure that is only around 5
hours of time to relocate the pipes and refinish any walls the get tore open
to do the move. I bet if you raised the max to a $1000 he would be more
willing!

Relocating plumbing and electrical is never a problem, untill the money runs
out!
Greg

Thanks for the quick reply. Here is a little more information.

The contract has $3900 for the plumbing line item. That includes 5
drops. A tub, a two headed shower, two sinks and the can.

I would think for that kind of money they could spend the time to get
the pipes down inside a wall instead of a closet. But this is my first
big project, so I don't really know what to expect.