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$10,700 - how much?
Seems a little high for a water heater and a boiler. My search shows a nice water heater runs about $700, and a boiler $2500.
I'm not seeing $6000 of labor for a day's work. More bids being sought this week. |
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I agree
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My propane fired water heater ran $11xx plus installation ( vented model )
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Water heater- 50 gal, 36000-40000 btu propane, 9-12 year warranty.
Boiler- 140,000 btu hydronic propane. If I wasn't afraid of propane leaks, I'd do it myself. |
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$6000 in labor?
Man, that's the way I felt about the labor to replace the controller in my hot tub. I did it myself, saved money, did a better job (probably) than a pro woulda dun, and had (still have) the satisfaction of a job well done. Go ferrit. |
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HVAC proposals are currently high
The mechanical contractors are bidding 50% markup 30% margin It's nucking futz |
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I replaced my 60 gal. water heater myself 280.00 electric...
PS Sodded and all....Is that like sodding a yard... |
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Or the guy just really doesn't need the work right now. In my experience, when a contractor doesn't need the work they bid the job very high... even up to two to three times higher than normal. If the customer bites, they sub it out and still make out like a bandit.
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$10K? That's absolutely insane. The hardest part about the entire project will be the duct work on the furnace. Most homeowners don't have the tools you'd need for that.
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Boiler for home heating?? hot water circulation system??.... |
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Air to air heat pump and fuel fired units
that used to price out at $1500-2000 a ton are now $3000 or more per ton Water sourced units (geothermal) are now $6000+ a ton And that does not include the deep well loops I had to negotiate the crap out of a current geothermal project to get to $6000 It helped that the project has over 20 tons HVAC installs have now surpassed Electric and plumbing as a per sq ft basis in a home And MEP costs in general are way up. There are theories why Some are conspiratorial |
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contractor #2 just called, not going to make it today, next chance is wednesday. at least they called. still on my list.
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