Any contractor's in the house?

SPEEDY MCCREADY · April 4

Home remodeling
Give me an estimate to replace
19 inch bathroom vanity
Replace toilet
Replace sink
Replace faucet
Replace light fixture above sink
Replace light fixture on ceiling

Replace 3 ceiling fans with lighting

Replace 2 ton a/c unit

Halifax2TheMax · April 4

SPEEDY MCCREADY said:

Home remodeling
Give me an estimate to replace
19 inch bathroom vanity
Replace toilet
Replace sink
Replace faucet
Replace light fixture above sink
Replace light fixture on ceiling

Replace 3 ceiling fans with lighting

Replace 2 ton a/c unit

Wobby, has hammer, will travel.

Wobbie · April 4

SPEEDY MCCREADY said:

Home remodeling
Give me an estimate to replace
19 inch bathroom vanity
Replace toilet
Replace sink
Replace faucet
Replace light fixture above sink
Replace light fixture on ceiling

Replace 3 ceiling fans with lighting

Replace 2 ton a/c unit

All but the last are DIY, like oil changes.

SPEEDY MCCREADY · April 4

Wobbie said:

SPEEDY MCCREADY said:

Home remodeling
Give me an estimate to replace
19 inch bathroom vanity
Replace toilet
Replace sink
Replace faucet
Replace light fixture above sink
Replace light fixture on ceiling

Replace 3 ceiling fans with lighting

Replace 2 ton a/c unit

All but the last are DIY, like oil changes.

I KNEW IT WAS COMING!!!!!!
HAHAHAHA

Now please give me your fucking estimate.

SPEEDY MCCREADY · April 4

Wobbie said:

SPEEDY MCCREADY said:

Home remodeling
Give me an estimate to replace
19 inch bathroom vanity
Replace toilet
Replace sink
Replace faucet
Replace light fixture above sink
Replace light fixture on ceiling

Replace 3 ceiling fans with lighting

Replace 2 ton a/c unit

All but the last are DIY, like oil changes.

Last time I'm explaining this.
After my triple bypass surgery I woke up to a paralyzed left hand. During surgery the nerves in my arm were basically destroyed, leaving me with permanent damage.

MY FUCKING HAND DOESNT WORK!!!

Hanging ceiling fans and replacing vanities is not something I want to aggravate myself doing.

And just to let you know.
In a previous life, as a younger man, myself and 2 others completely remodeled two 18 unit buildings. Bathrooms, kitchens, all new electrical, plumbing, walls, etc etc.

So I am pretty fucking familiar with what's needed in order to get the job done.

Now please give me your fucking estimate.

Wobbie · April 4

A FUCKING LOT, THAT’S HOW MUCH!

tip: don’t hire carpenters who are missing fingers or electricians with singed eyebrows 👍

SPEEDY MCCREADY · April 4

Wobbie said:

A FUCKING LOT, THAT’S HOW MUCH!

tip: don’t hire carpenters who are missing fingers or electricians with singed eyebrows 👍

Got an estimate for $3500.
That's for installation of everything.
I purchase vanity, toilet, fixtures.
Installer will purchase a/c and install.

This is an old friend of mine, who I worked on the 18 unit buildings with.
When it's all said and done I guess I will be looking at $5k.
That's a bargain in my eyes.

Jason P · April 4

I figure $10K with materials and labor for ballpark.

Wobbie · April 4

You probably know this, but good plumbing fixtures are worth the money - moen, kohler, etc.

i just now fixed a toilet…I hope 🤞

SPEEDY MCCREADY · April 4

Jason P said:

I figure $10K with materials and labor for ballpark.

At 1st I figured $7500 or so.
It's a tiny vanity, and the a/c unit is pretty small. So $5-$6k looks like a bargain.

SPEEDY MCCREADY · April 4

Wobbie said:

You probably know this, but good plumbing fixtures are worth the money - moen, kohler, etc.

i just now fixed a toilet…I hope 🤞

I'm selling the house in 3 months or so and I am hoping the money I am putting into it will pay off.

1 year old furnace
New a/c
New hot water heater
New roof and gutters
New bathroom(basically)

Wobbie · April 4

SPEEDY MCCREADY said:

Wobbie said:

You probably know this, but good plumbing fixtures are worth the money - moen, kohler, etc.

i just now fixed a toilet…I hope 🤞

I'm selling the house in 3 months or so

In that case…glacier bay.

SPEEDY MCCREADY · April 4

Wobbie said:

SPEEDY MCCREADY said:

Wobbie said:

You probably know this, but good plumbing fixtures are worth the money - moen, kohler, etc.

i just now fixed a toilet…I hope 🤞

I'm selling the house in 3 months or so

In that case…glacier bay.

Hahaha

Get_Right · April 4

I just put in one of those fancy Toto Japanese toilets that automatically opens and has a tushy spray. $1000 for the fixture, $1000 for the plumbing and electrical install. Just got a quote to replace our outdoor AC condenser. $6500 including new piping from the outside into our townhouse.

SPEEDY MCCREADY · April 4

Get_Right said:

I just put in one of those fancy Toto Japanese toilets that automatically opens and has a tushy spray. $1000 for the fixture, $1000 for the plumbing and electrical install. Just got a quote to replace our outdoor AC condenser. $6500 including new piping from the outside into our townhouse.

One thing I know for a fact.
The HVAC people can be thieving pieces of shit! Guy walked in our house last year and his 1st estimate on a furnace was $10k. I never laughed so hard in my fucking life. Then he proceeded to spend the next 30 minutes talking to me like it was my 1st day on Earth. Just a piece of shit con artist.

Get_Right · April 5

I put in a new furnace before COVID and it cost me 7K. The quotes I was getting for energy star furnaces were over 10K. I need to replace my circuit breaker and possibly a few circuits. I am scared to even call the electrician. I call it the westchester tax. They think we are all investment bankers.

Loujoe · April 5

Dear ol dad always told me 'you can't bs a bs-er'
Good luck with everything i I honestly enjoy your humorous approach to it all Speedy.
❤️ take care

SPEEDY MCCREADY · April 5

Loujoe said:

Dear ol dad always told me 'you can't bs a bs-er'
Good luck with everything i I honestly enjoy your humorous approach to it all Speedy.
❤️ take care

Right on!!

SPEEDY MCCREADY · April 6

Today was a good day. Picked up 3 ceiling fans at 50% off. Couldn't believe that happened! Put in an order for a vanity that will be delivered next week. Picked up the fixtures for the bathroom. Now tomorrow all I have to do is pick up a toilet. So far so good.

tempo_n_groove · April 6

Easy enough work. The fixtures are w]here the money is. You aren’t doing any tile work. This could be done sans the AC unit for well under 4G.

The AC unit can be 5-10K alone.

I dont know what size AC unit u actually need or if you need a Heat pump combo.

SPEEDY MCCREADY · April 6

tempo_n_groove said:

Easy enough work. The fixtures are w]here the money is. You aren’t doing any tile work. This could be done sans the AC unit for well under 4G.

The AC unit can be 5-10K alone.

I dont know what size AC unit u actually need or if you need a Heat pump combo.

It's a 2 ton a/c unit. Very small.
The vanity is only 18 inches. It's a very small bathroom.
Fixtures, fans, a/c, vanity, toilet, with installation is running me about $5k.

1200 sq.ft. house
Next It's roof and gutters, which I have already gotten a couple estimates for.

SPEEDY MCCREADY · April 6

Wobbie said:

SPEEDY MCCREADY said:

Wobbie said:

You probably know this, but good plumbing fixtures are worth the money - moen, kohler, etc.

i just now fixed a toilet…I hope 🤞

I'm selling the house in 3 months or so

In that case…glacier bay.

Wobbie · April 7

SPEEDY MCCREADY said:

Wobbie said:

SPEEDY MCCREADY said:

Wobbie said:

You probably know this, but good plumbing fixtures are worth the money - moen, kohler, etc.

i just now fixed a toilet…I hope 🤞

I'm selling the house in 3 months or so

In that case…glacier bay.

there ya go! 👍

SPEEDY MCCREADY · April 7

Wobbie said:

SPEEDY MCCREADY said:

Wobbie said:

SPEEDY MCCREADY said:

Wobbie said:

You probably know this, but good plumbing fixtures are worth the money - moen, kohler, etc.

i just now fixed a toilet…I hope 🤞

I'm selling the house in 3 months or so

In that case…glacier bay.

there ya go! 👍

It was the only 18 inch vanity that anyone had in stock! I searched the entire city of Chicago the last 2 days.

mace1229 · April 7

SPEEDY MCCREADY said:

Home remodeling
Give me an estimate to replace
19 inch bathroom vanity
Replace toilet
Replace sink
Replace faucet
Replace light fixture above sink
Replace light fixture on ceiling

Replace 3 ceiling fans with lighting

Replace 2 ton a/c unit

Just like anything, it will vary with the contractor and location.

And as someone else said, all but the last can be DIY. But I know some people don't have the time, patience or ability. But that also means you can find good deals with local people. When we moved I had too many DIY jobs to do myself, searched around on the Nextdoor app and local Facebook groups for recommendations. You can find people that work for under $100/hr, and wouldn't be too bad getting most of those done.

A lot of the time they are people who work for larger companies and are happy to take work on the side. Their employer probably pays them $40/hr and charges you $200. If you find them on your own, you can meet in the middle.

We replaced our AC unit 2 1/2 years ago, our quotes ranged from $6500 to about $13000.. We went with the $6500 quote and it was a pair of guys with 3 legs and 1 full set of teeth between the two of them who carried the AC out and hooked it up. But they did a good job.

The only one I haven't done myself or helped my dad at some point (other than A/C) is replacing a toilet. But I doubt it's that bad. Most of the others are probably 1-2 hour jobs (depending on a few factors). Get a good handyman that has good recommendations and he can probably knock them out in 2 days. If you call a bigger company, they'll still send the same handyman out and charge 3 times as much.

mace1229 · April 7

SPEEDY MCCREADY said:

Get_Right said:

I just put in one of those fancy Toto Japanese toilets that automatically opens and has a tushy spray. $1000 for the fixture, $1000 for the plumbing and electrical install. Just got a quote to replace our outdoor AC condenser. $6500 including new piping from the outside into our townhouse.

One thing I know for a fact.
The HVAC people can be thieving pieces of shit! Guy walked in our house last year and his 1st estimate on a furnace was $10k. I never laughed so hard in my fucking life. Then he proceeded to spend the next 30 minutes talking to me like it was my 1st day on Earth. Just a piece of shit con artist.

When I was getting the quotes on my AC I was a little socked. I was expecting to spend about 4-5k. I mentioned that to the person I ended up going with, and he said pre-covid that would have been the case. But the units have doubled in price and labor costs have gone way up since 2020. The increased number of new-build homes has really driven up a lot of prices.

tempo_n_groove · April 7

SPEEDY MCCREADY said:

tempo_n_groove said:

Easy enough work. The fixtures are w]here the money is. You aren’t doing any tile work. This could be done sans the AC unit for well under 4G.

The AC unit can be 5-10K alone.

I dont know what size AC unit u actually need or if you need a Heat pump combo.

It's a 2 ton a/c unit. Very small.
The vanity is only 18 inches. It's a very small bathroom.
Fixtures, fans, a/c, vanity, toilet, with installation is running me about $5k.

1200 sq.ft. house
Next It's roof and gutters, which I have already gotten a couple estimates for.

Not bad then. 5K isn't bad at all.

SPEEDY MCCREADY · April 7

tempo_n_groove said:

SPEEDY MCCREADY said:

tempo_n_groove said:

Easy enough work. The fixtures are w]here the money is. You aren’t doing any tile work. This could be done sans the AC unit for well under 4G.

The AC unit can be 5-10K alone.

I dont know what size AC unit u actually need or if you need a Heat pump combo.

It's a 2 ton a/c unit. Very small.
The vanity is only 18 inches. It's a very small bathroom.
Fixtures, fans, a/c, vanity, toilet, with installation is running me about $5k.

1200 sq.ft. house
Next It's roof and gutters, which I have already gotten a couple estimates for.

Not bad then. 5K isn't bad at all.

Yeah, like I mentioned the bathroom is small, I got the ceiling fans half price, the vanity is only 18 inches, and I am getting what looks to be a great deal on the a/c. This is an old friend who does hvac and he is doing both bathroom and a/c.

I know one thing about hvac. DO NOT EVER go with the "big name" companies you see advertise on tv, without getting some estimates from the "smaller guys". Great chance the smaller guy is going to save you thousands. And as long as they are licensed and insured, why not go with the smaller guy?

SPEEDY MCCREADY · April 16

These 2 silly lighting covers/ trim, whatever the fuck they are called? Turned me into a fucking lunatic trying to get them attached to the lighting. What should have been 5 minutes turned me into a madman for 30 minutes.

SPEEDY MCCREADY · April 16

But my kitchen is finished. New hardware on the cabinets, new paint, new outlet and switch covers. Looks good.

SPEEDY MCCREADY · April 16

Any contractor's in the house?

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