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chocoholic
Citizen
Username: Shrink
Post Number: 86
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 14, 2004 - 2:31 pm: |     |
I just had a plumber who advertises on this board repair 2 radiators. The supply valves needed to be replaced. He charged 419 dollars in total. I mentioned this to one of my co-workers who lives in an old home. He was aghast. He stated that the price was way too high and that the total cost if the work was performed by professional plumbers should have been less than half the price I paid. Does anybody have an opinion on this? |
Richard O'Connor
Citizen
Username: Roconn
Post Number: 105
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 14, 2004 - 4:53 pm: | |
I haven't had to have any replaced ... (we're talking shut off valves and not vents right?)
It seems steep to me ... but that is a time and materials thing...I can see the valves being around a hundred bucks (50 each) and so I don't know if it's that extreme...how long did it take?
Richard (ROC)
--Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark; professionals built the Titanic.--
--AIM: ROConn |
Ms. G
Citizen
Username: Deborahg
Post Number: 749
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 14, 2004 - 8:57 pm: | |
ROC --
i tried to return your email and it bounced back twice. Is your email working? |
jgberkeley
Supporter
Username: Jgberkeley
Post Number: 3400
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 14, 2004 - 11:28 pm: | |
The supply/shutoff valves cost $45-60 each.
The rest you paid for labor, profit and the cost of running a business.
Want to learn how to do this, I will teach you.
Contact me if you have the interst.
Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark; professionals built the Titanic. |
Richard O'Connor
Citizen
Username: Roconn
Post Number: 112
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Friday, January 16, 2004 - 12:37 pm: | |
I can also show you how to do this, but there is a chance that you can cause greater damage doing it yourself. (But that usually doesn't stop me.) 
Richard (ROC)
--Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark; professionals built the Titanic.--
--AIM: ROConn |
mogli
Citizen
Username: Mogli
Post Number: 13
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Friday, January 16, 2004 - 3:23 pm: | |
I bought a new valve from Palmer yesterday - less than seventeen bucks including tax. |
Master Plvmber
Citizen
Username: Master_plvmber
Post Number: 163
Registered: 3-2003
| | Posted on Friday, January 16, 2004 - 8:20 pm: | |
Please buy good valves and have a good saw blade when you try this.
(Hint: Good valves are made in the USA, Italy, and Germany. Good blades are called Lenox and Millwaukee.)
Master_Plvmber
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finnegan
Citizen
Username: Finnegan
Post Number: 58
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Friday, January 16, 2004 - 8:38 pm: | |
I have a Woolley service contract ( about $100 @ year) and they sent someone out today about 14 minutes after I called who replaced the valve on one radiator and just loosened a bolt on another (turning it "on,") and it cost me nothing at all.
I called Woolley because I thought I was filling the furnace with water too frequently, and the service guy told me to listen to my radiators, and if any more of the hissed and let off steam, to call them and they would come and replace the valves (for free, I guess.)
I really love Woolley. |
Master Plvmber
Citizen
Username: Master_plvmber
Post Number: 165
Registered: 3-2003
| | Posted on Saturday, January 17, 2004 - 8:54 am: | |
Gateway loves Woolley, too.
They send us lots of great customers when they get swamped.
The homeowners I've met through Woolley always have good things to say about them.
Master_Plvmber
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ReallyTrying
Citizen
Username: Reallytrying
Post Number: 247
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Monday, January 19, 2004 - 12:59 pm: | |
MP, is "swamped" really a good phrase for a plumber to use?
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