Yep. I installed a water softener, just replacing an old one. Minimal work. $500

Apr 17, 2021
3:03:53pm

O Gaucho All-American

Was the minimum bid I could get and that was just to come out, not including parts. I watched YouTube and bought $50 of parts/tools and did it in an hour. Really didn’t want to but for that kind of money I was forced to.

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Absurd prices force me to do DIY projects I have no interest in.

jkccoug

4/17/21 2:15pm

Thumbtack is your friend

WhirleyPop

4/17/21 2:16pm

jkccoug

4/17/21 2:19pm

It's a website where you can put out info for a job you need done, and your

RootieBoy

4/17/21 2:22pm

Then you can see everyone at once trying to rip you off. 🙂

Lip Gallagher

4/17/21 2:56pm

Exactly.

RootieBoy

4/17/21 3:06pm

That’s discouraging. We’re helping my SiL update her basement bathroom today.

Soupie

4/17/21 2:19pm

I like the free market more than the alternatives. If you got the skills to do

cwilke1

4/17/21 2:23pm

Dang. We are re-doing our entire bathroom for less than that.

Chadillac

4/17/21 2:32pm

Exactly!

jkccoug

4/17/21 3:09pm

Found a handyman plumber who charges $95 an hour. I buy all the parts from

YbeatsU

4/17/21 2:39pm

I know I need to find somebody like this; not sure where

jkccoug

4/17/21 3:13pm

Where are you?

YbeatsU

4/17/21 3:23pm

Idaho Falls

jkccoug

4/17/21 4:16pm

Sorry. In SL I’d give my guys #.

YbeatsU

4/17/21 4:35pm

More and more people are learning to do little things themselves.

Lip Gallagher

4/17/21 2:54pm

Did you buy the bags and mix it yourself?

cougaman

4/17/21 3:59pm

I used a pre-mix place.

Lip Gallagher

4/17/21 4:07pm

I mixed about 60 bags for a project last summer. I don't have a truck or a tow

cougaman

4/17/21 4:09pm

Yeah luckily I had a friend helping me with his truck.

Lip Gallagher

4/17/21 4:47pm

Would have been so nice to have it all done rather than spending all day on it

cougaman

4/17/21 7:07pm

Yep. I installed a water softener, just replacing an old one. Minimal work. $500

O Gaucho

4/17/21 3:03pm

This is my problem. If I could get someone else to handle I would happily pay

jkccoug

4/17/21 3:10pm

I just paid a landscaper to do a spring cleanup of a a yard on a rental we own..

kotacoug

4/17/21 3:32pm

Yikes

jkccoug

4/17/21 4:16pm

The electrician I use makes $400K a year and could do more, but doesn't want to

Nat Gas Man

4/17/21 6:56pm

I should have been an electrician

cougaman

4/17/21 7:10pm

Can you get to the shower control from the other side of the wall? Might be

Breaded Hamster

4/17/21 9:37pm

I guess I should report: I finished it today in about 4-5 hours, including

jkccoug

4/17/21 10:01pm

That’s amazing - even the amount of time it took. Usually takes me forever.

Breaded Hamster

4/17/21 11:30pm

I was surprised myself. Seriously had some good luck on this one.

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