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plumber costs - The Ted - 07-26-2013
My mother had a plumber look at her water heater, the element was faulty, so he exchanged it at home depot and reinstalled it.
Does $700 dollars seem a little steep to anyone else?
Be Now
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RE: plumber costs - rainyjim - 07-26-2013
Uh yea. My entire water heater cost less than a third of that. And it heats on demand!
RE: plumber costs - Rob Tucker - 07-26-2013
Way out of line. Most especially if your mother is elderly you should report this to the contractor's board and maybe the D.A. Sounds like it may be elder abuse.
RE: plumber costs - The Ted - 07-27-2013
Seems that most of the cost was labor. He charged for the time it took to drain the tank, drive it into town, wait for the replacement, and drive back out. Wish I wasnt still on the mainland. I could have done most of it myself. Well, live and learn. Steep learning curve here. He did do a good job. So at least my momma can have a good bath. Thanks for the replies.
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RE: plumber costs - birdmove - 07-27-2013
Sounds high to me. I bought a new hot water heater from Home Depot earlier this year, and replaced ours (which had sprung a bad leak). I did the work and running around to two different stores myself, Cost us under $300 for the new heater, and my time. And, believe, me, I am no plumber. I hate working on plumbimg problems.
Jon in Keaau/HPP