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Another water leak
billf:
--- Quote from: Vigo on October 20, 2006, 11:36:09 am ---I spend an hour researching how to fix it, then went to the store, bought a torch, pipe cutter, copper piping, soldier, other odds and ends, and a new kitchen sink.
I fixed the whole thing for under $50 even though I bought EVERYTHING new. I fixed it that day. I may have the cheap brand faucet, but it wasn't a difficult task, and everything is working great.
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You bought all that for under $50?!? I wish I had a hardware store like that. I would've guessed the new sink alone was over $50.
Vigo:
Yep, Menards is cheaper than any hardware store I have seen... Torch about 7 dollars, flux/soldier/cutter set 5 dollars.
The sink was a walmart special for 32 dollars... its cheap, but does its job...at least it should until I leave the house next spring...
The piping materials brought it up to almost 50 dollars...I was very pleased with myself...
billf:
Ah yes, Menards. I see by your profile you're in Wisconsin, so am I. You are right, they are usually the cheapest of the large box hardware places. Right after I posted, I was thinking, he must've gone to Menards. :D
Fifty bucks for all of that, you should be pleased. :cheers:
shardian:
You know, I just put two and two together:
You said it was 2 hours total from the time you called.
Apparently, you did not get a high end new faucet in the deal.
So... a plumber is usually $40-$50 an hour (which is too much anyways). - $100 tops
A NICE new kitchen faucet would be $100 max. Your probably cost the plumber $20.
A new fitting - $3.
So... max you should have paid $200 for a super nice setup. You paid $275 for $123 worth of parts and labor (which is still a little high for the project at hand)
...wow. I sure hope you don't let your wife read this thread, or you are in hot water now. (get it...hot water... oh never mind...)
Vigo:
--- Quote from: billf on October 20, 2006, 12:02:43 pm ---Ah yes, Menards. I see by your profile you're in Wisconsin, so am I. You are right, they are usually the cheapest of the large box hardware places. Right after I posted, I was thinking, he must've gone to Menards. :D
Fifty bucks for all of that, you should be pleased. :cheers:
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I have noticed that there are a lot of members here from the upper-midwest :)
No wonder there is a lot of competition on all the arcade cabs that go for sale ;D