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Topic: I know it will vary by region, but---question
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authenticnow
♀ 16024
Member # 16024 |  Posted: 11:20 AM, June 3rd (Tuesday), 2014 |     |
How much do union plumbers charge hourly for labor?
Happiness is an inside job. ---William Arthur Ward
Posts: 40867 | Registered: Sep 2007 |
tushnurse
♀ 21101
Member # 21101 | | Posted: 1:01 PM, June 3rd (Tuesday), 2014 | |
Too Damn Much.
I don't know what the going rate is, but when I built my house, we hired plumbers, something neither H or I are good enough at to do the a whole house, and I fired 2 in the process of building.
Good plumbers are hard to come by in my neck of the woods.
Me: FBS
Him: FWS
Kids: 15 & 17
Married for 22 years now, was 16 at the time. .
D-Day Sept 26 2008
Fully R'd, and Happy Happy Happy
Posts: 9192 | Registered: Oct 2008 | From: St. Louis |
LisaP
♀ 15088
Member # 15088 | | Posted: 2:51 PM, June 3rd (Tuesday), 2014 | |
I just had a plumber out. It was a "non-specific" job and the rate was $150 for the first hour with a minimum 1 hour charge. He spend 30 minutes here and it was $150. Ouch! I don't know what the 2nd hour would have cost or if it was rounded to the quarter or 1/2 hour. He was good and will be keeping his card on file!
Me BS
Divorced!
~Feel your emotions, but control your behavior~ Unknown
Posts: 2199 | Registered: Jun 2007 | From: Oregon |
authenticnow
♀ 16024
Member # 16024 | | Posted: 3:07 PM, June 3rd (Tuesday), 2014 | |
I just had an estimate done for a job and we were like  when we saw it.
It was $90/hr and it's 14 hours work. That, of course, doesn't include materials.
I had another guy in today. Waiting on his estimate.
Happiness is an inside job. ---William Arthur Ward
Posts: 40867 | Registered: Sep 2007 |
purplejacket4
♀ 34262
Member # 34262 | | Posted: 5:03 PM, June 3rd (Tuesday), 2014 | |
More than I make an hour as a physician that's for damn sure.
Me: BS 45
Her: fWS 48 (same sex partner)
Together: 18 years now (both MDs)
OW: meh so what 40s PhD
DD1: 10/30/11EA; DD2: 11/10/11 Had ONS; TT until 12/26/11; broke NC 6/12; NC again 7/12; R-ish
Posts: 2469 | Registered: Dec 2011 | From: Great Southwest |
authenticnow
♀ 16024
Member # 16024 | | Posted: 5:04 PM, June 3rd (Tuesday), 2014 | |
I was thinking that, PJ. I mean, it is a valuable service but they're not curing cancer. Who makes that much money??? 
Happiness is an inside job. ---William Arthur Ward
Posts: 40867 | Registered: Sep 2007 |
Edith
♀ 38337
Member # 38337 | | Posted: 5:16 PM, June 3rd (Tuesday), 2014 | |
I would shop around. Here in the Midwest, about 5 years ago, I paid someone $10 per MINUTE. It was for a very simple thing, he was here 40 minutes, I paid him over $400. Found out afterwards that the local news had done a story on how dishonest that particular plumbing company is. Good luck!
E.
Lies are manipulations. Always.
Posts: 471 | Registered: Feb 2013 |
musiclovingmom
♀ 38207
Member # 38207 | | Posted: 5:32 PM, June 3rd (Tuesday), 2014 | |
A few years ago here it was $80-$90/hour with an hour minimum. That rate goes up if the service is provided after-hours or if it is more than just a basic repair. I'm so thankful my husband and father-in-law have the skills and training to take care of most of what I need.
Posts: 1289 | Registered: Jan 2013 |
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