 Plumber rates (by Tom [ME]) Mar 19, 2019 8:58 AM
 Plumber rates (by NE [PA]) Mar 19, 2019 9:25 AM
Plumber rates (by S i d [MO]) Mar 19, 2019 9:59 AM
Plumber rates (by plenty [MO]) Mar 19, 2019 11:13 AM
Plumber rates (by Roy [AL]) Mar 19, 2019 12:11 PM
Plumber rates (by WMH [NC]) Mar 19, 2019 12:35 PM
Plumber rates (by NE [PA]) Mar 19, 2019 12:37 PM
Plumber rates (by Still Learning [NH]) Mar 19, 2019 12:41 PM
Plumber rates (by NE [PA]) Mar 19, 2019 12:43 PM
Plumber rates (by Tom [ME]) Mar 19, 2019 3:06 PM
Plumber rates (by NE [PA]) Mar 19, 2019 3:16 PM
Plumber rates (by Oregon Woodsmoke [ID]) Mar 19, 2019 3:43 PM
Plumber rates (by Robert,OntarioCanada [O]) Mar 19, 2019 6:01 PM
Plumber rates (by MikeA [TX]) Mar 19, 2019 6:04 PM
Plumber rates (by Salernitana [CA]) Mar 19, 2019 7:37 PM
Plumber rates (by Small potatoes [NY]) Mar 19, 2019 7:40 PM
Plumber rates (by Homer [TX]) Mar 19, 2019 7:49 PM
Plumber rates (by fred [CA]) Mar 19, 2019 8:13 PM
Plumber rates (by Deanna [TX]) Mar 19, 2019 8:14 PM
Plumber rates (by Robert J [CA]) Mar 20, 2019 4:39 AM
Plumber rates (by Tom [ME]) Mar 20, 2019 5:58 AM
Plumber rates (by WMH [NC]) Mar 20, 2019 6:17 AM
Plumber rates (by Chris [CT]) Mar 20, 2019 9:41 AM
Plumber rates (by NE [PA]) Mar 20, 2019 10:08 AM
Plumber rates (by Wilma [PA]) Mar 20, 2019 11:13 AM
Plumber rates (by Tom [ME]) Mar 21, 2019 12:31 PM
Plumber rates (by Salernitana [CA]) Mar 22, 2019 7:48 AM
Plumber rates (by WI House [WI]) Mar 22, 2019 4:58 PM
Plumber rates (by Cjo’H [CT]) Mar 22, 2019 9:52 PM
Plumber rates (by Cjo’h [CT]) Mar 22, 2019 10:04 PM
Plumber rates (by Tom [ME]) Posted on: Mar 19, 2019 8:58 AM
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Had a semi-emergency recently. Used a plumber for the first time as my regular guy was out of the country.
$88/hour.
What does your guy get?
If I could go back again!!!
--98.11.xxx.xxx |
Plumber rates (by NE [PA]) Posted on: Mar 19, 2019 9:25 AM
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What does my guy get? I go get a coffee and get it done.
The guy I used to use was $30 and I caught him raising himself to $50 without permission, he's not longer my plumber.
Emergencies for me are mainly clogged main lines that need a snake ( I don't own), septic tank pumping (too big for shop vac), hvac heating systems (worth the call for liability alone).
--174.201.xx.xx |
Plumber rates (by S i d [MO]) Posted on: Mar 19, 2019 9:59 AM
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My handyman is about as experienced as a journeyman plumber. He can do water heaters, any fixture you can think of, and even re-plumb a basement/crawl from galvanized to supply side PEX and PVC drains. He charges $40/hour or $300 for a full day's work.
A licensed and insured plumber in my town charges $80-$100/hour or prices by the job which usually works out to about the same rate from what I've found. --173.20.xxx.xxx |
Plumber rates (by plenty [MO]) Posted on: Mar 19, 2019 11:13 AM
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Could be money well spent. Are you calling plumber for urgent water issue...? If so i would be ok with that. Calling plumber for rehab... like new lines and such I'd get more bids. A plumber can usually solve an issue quickly. So an hour of their time is well worth the cost --99.203.xx.xxx |
Plumber rates (by Roy [AL]) Posted on: Mar 19, 2019 12:11 PM
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I have used the same plumber for the last 10 years. Whenever I ask what some plumbing service is going to cost, he says, "I will let you know when the job is over with,..but for now,...don't worry about it, my fees are reasonable." --68.63.xxx.xxx |
Plumber rates (by WMH [NC]) Posted on: Mar 19, 2019 12:35 PM
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Plumber rates (by NE [PA]) Posted on: Mar 19, 2019 12:37 PM
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$95 an hour? Jeez, I should just become a plumber and just specialize in working for LL's. --50.32.xxx.xxx |
Plumber rates (by Still Learning [NH]) Posted on: Mar 19, 2019 12:41 PM
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My plumber charges $85. He takes my calls, squeezes me in if it’s an emergency and I dread the day he retires. Every time I used a handyman there were call backs because it wasn’t done right. I would rather pay for it to be done right the first time with quality materials. --24.61.xxx.xx |
Plumber rates (by NE [PA]) Posted on: Mar 19, 2019 12:43 PM
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Tom, what kind of semi-emergency was it? How much time between the first call you got for it and the plumber finishing the job? How long was he on the job and total cost? --50.32.xxx.xxx |
Plumber rates (by Tom [ME]) Posted on: Mar 19, 2019 3:06 PM
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Clogged bathtub drain second floor over downstairs kitchen. Snake would not get past P-trap. One hour response time. Friday afternoon of course. No resolution.
I had to take out part of the ceiling in lower kitchen. I put in about four hours of labor doing that and cleanup. Fortunately I had planned to rehab that room anyway this spring. Will include access scuttle.
Two guys returned Monday AM and replaced P-trap with drum trap.
Total job materials was $21.00 Labor for second guy (apprentice) was 62/hr. Total labor was $448
Guess my old guy who works alone at 70/hr. will be coming back next time. --98.11.xxx.xxx |
Plumber rates (by NE [PA]) Posted on: Mar 19, 2019 3:16 PM
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Any explanation to the clog? --50.32.xxx.xxx |
Plumber rates (by Oregon Woodsmoke [ID]) Posted on: Mar 19, 2019 3:43 PM
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I normally have to cook him dinner a couple of times a month, but I did have to hire a plumber recently. He charged me $500 for 30 minutes, but he worked slow. My regular (free) guy would have taken 10 minutes for the same job. --98.146.xxx.xxx |
Plumber rates (by Robert,OntarioCanada [O]) Posted on: Mar 19, 2019 6:01 PM
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Like any business there are large overheads such commercial insurance on the van, tools, gasoline along with many other expenses. If someone does the job in a reasonable time then it is worthwhile. It is better to have a experienced person that does the job once then there are no other problems. Seen many times people hire a handy man to do work that makes things worse. One of the apartment buildings sold the new owners hired a handyman to fix the electronic boiler controls which usually involves a changing a sensor. The handyman took out the electronic boiler controls then installed a cheap indoor outdoor control then both boilers were firing at the same time along with the heat was turned up as when windows open w iththe bi metal indoor outdoor control turns up the heat. So if $200 was spent so what. Now it is going to cost thousands as the natural gas consumption along with additional wear and tear along the heating system does not turn off on the warmer days or nights. The circulation pumps are using more electricity as well as there is more usage. --147.194.xxx.xx |
Plumber rates (by MikeA [TX]) Posted on: Mar 19, 2019 6:04 PM
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Plumbers here have gone crazy, some charge as much as $110 an hour. My guy recently went up to $70 an hour. He told me he's retiring next year, I'm not looking forward to finding a new one. --50.26.xx.xxx |
Plumber rates (by Salernitana [CA]) Posted on: Mar 19, 2019 7:37 PM
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One plumbing company in Campbell, California charged $135 per hour in 2018 while some smaller ones in San Jose charged around $120 or so. --107.142.xxx.xx |
Plumber rates (by Small potatoes [NY]) Posted on: Mar 19, 2019 7:40 PM
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90 an hour, I save it for something like freezing a main line so I can do a repair where the shutoff has failed and the curb valve is shot. --66.87.xxx.xxx |
Plumber rates (by Homer [TX]) Posted on: Mar 19, 2019 7:49 PM
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I had a slab leak last week. Plumber I called said $900. So I DIY it and 4 hours later I was done with about $30 in parts. So I guess my plumbers rate was $217 an hour. Of course he would of been faster than me, so perhaps more. --75.141.xxx.xxx |
Plumber rates (by fred [CA]) Posted on: Mar 19, 2019 8:13 PM
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A brain surgeon woke up one Sunday morning, went downstairs to brew some coffee, when he saw a huge puddle around the sink area.
He quickly started calling plumbers, but nobody answered. Finally one plumber picked up and promised to be there ASAP.
The plumber arrived as promised, looked under the sink, shut the main, went to his trucked, came back with tools and an angle stop and fixed the leak in 5 minutes.
Then wrote a bill and gave it to the doctor.
"Wow, said the doc, I am a brain surgeon and I don't even get $1000 for 5 minute work!!!"
The plumber said: "Well, I used to be a surgeon, that's why I became a plumber" --99.59.x.xxx |
Plumber rates (by Deanna [TX]) Posted on: Mar 19, 2019 8:14 PM
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$75/hr here for a licensed plumber. No bulk discounts or frequent-flier discounts, although they did give me some steaks a few Christmases ago. :P --96.46.xxx.xx |
Plumber rates (by Robert J [CA]) Posted on: Mar 20, 2019 4:39 AM
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I am a licensed plumbing contractor with many other specialty calls licenses. Often clients don't see the value having a plumber with Equipment, Skills and Knowledge who can "effect" the repairs at a minimal cost saving down time. When I quote $500 to "fix" a sewer line that other plumbers couldn't clear, they think that comes to too much money per hour.
One family with 14 apartment properties had 3 major sewer back-ups. They called their various plumbers who for $900 jetted the sewer lines, that resulted in only 9 months until their sewer main had roots grow back and blocked the line again. Then they were quoted from $8000 to $16000 to replace a section of the sewer main.
Now my $500 looked really cheap. I did my stick, camera the line while running my special snake and then used expanding foam to kill the roots -- lasting over 2 years until the roots started to grow back. Then the line could be re-snaked and foamed again for under $300.
Paying a plumber to do the job right at $100 to $300 per hour is sometimes cheaper than getting a plumber to do the job for a bundle -- covering the cost to send their child to college for the next year. --47.156.xx.xx |
Plumber rates (by Tom [ME]) Posted on: Mar 20, 2019 5:58 AM
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It was a hairball well past the P-trap. Tub mow has a basket strainer. --98.11.xxx.xxx |
Plumber rates (by WMH [NC]) Posted on: Mar 20, 2019 6:17 AM
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DH does our PLUMBING but when something requires more than that, our plumber shows up, does the job and bills us accordingly. We've been working with him for 10 years or more now. We've used others, but often they just didn't show with no explanation! Our guy shows up.
He said he is having trouble finding workers. I don't know what we will do when he retires. --50.82.xxx.xx |
Plumber rates (by Chris [CT]) Posted on: Mar 20, 2019 9:41 AM
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Around $100 an hour is the going rate around here. --24.45.xxx.xxx |
Plumber rates (by NE [PA]) Posted on: Mar 20, 2019 10:08 AM
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Well Tom, then the plumber didn't cost you anything. That's the tenants bill. --174.201.xx.xx |
Plumber rates (by Wilma [PA]) Posted on: Mar 20, 2019 11:13 AM
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About $85 an hour average - which means from the moment they leave the place of business until they leave our place. Fortunately, we have a biz within 10 minutes, and they have the integrity to call as they pull out, and then give us their departure time on the written report just before leaving. (I also clock it myself.)
Still - we wonder if we shouldn't be investing in plumbing businesses... --71.175.xxx.xxx |
Plumber rates (by Tom [ME]) Posted on: Mar 21, 2019 12:31 PM
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It was her first month in there. Wasn't even her hairball!! My treat. --98.11.xxx.xxx |
Plumber rates (by Salernitana [CA]) Posted on: Mar 22, 2019 7:48 AM
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I called a plumbing company in San Jose, CA, and the rate was $150 an hour. --73.93.xx.xx |
Plumber rates (by WI House [WI]) Posted on: Mar 22, 2019 4:58 PM
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I think my plumber charges around $90 or $95/hr. now. --47.41.xxx.xxx |
Plumber rates (by Cjo’H [CT]) Posted on: Mar 22, 2019 9:52 PM
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Looks like it’s time for me to get up earlier in the morning( day) and come out of retirement........... Charlie......... --32.214.xxx.xx |
Plumber rates (by Cjo’h [CT]) Posted on: Mar 22, 2019 10:04 PM
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Deanna,looks like you’re ahead of the game!..........Charlie.......... --32.214.xxx.xx |
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