http://www.housedetective.com/2008/01/12/two-buyers-with-hot-water-problems/ Featuring America's Home Inspector: Nationally Syndicated Columnist, Barry Stone Sun, 11 Apr 2010 02:10:09 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.housedetective.com/2008/01/12/two-buyers-with-hot-water-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-83 glenn Sun, 27 Jan 2008 20:24:42 +0000 http://www.housedetective.com/?p=19#comment-83 Your reply to hot water problem #2 is very typical of a home inspector. Most of you have just enough experience in different trades to be dangerous. You also think that you have enough knowledge to consider $629 to be expensive for flue repairs or that a water heater installation costs only $629. It is people like you who drive home owners to the low price contractors who probably were the ones who installed the venting incorrectly in the first place. There are many factors that effect the costs of installing proper venting systems in an existing home which must be considered before determining a fair price. In reference to a water heater installation cost of only $629, what would you have to charge to do the job correctly and earn a fair profit.Please consider that the water heater may cost $400, labor for two hours minimum master plumber avg wage @ $28required, materials $40 overhead and finally profit? Your reply to hot water problem #2 is very typical of a home inspector. Most of you have just enough experience in different trades to be dangerous. You also think that you have enough knowledge to consider $629 to be expensive for flue repairs or that a water heater installation costs only $629. It is people like you who drive home owners to the low price contractors who probably were the ones who installed the venting incorrectly in the first place. There are many factors that effect the costs of installing proper venting systems in an existing home which must be considered before determining a fair price. In reference to a water heater installation cost of only $629, what would you have to charge to do the job correctly and earn a fair profit.Please consider that the water heater may cost $400, labor for two hours minimum master plumber avg wage @ $28required, materials $40 overhead and finally profit?

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