Best Of

I am at an age where the cost of labor and material seems way out of wack.

But, I also ran my own business for 8 years back in the 80s-90s. Things add up real fast.

I just went through this myself. I needed a new storm door which an Anderson is about $400. Got a quote from a contractor who wanted $1100. I thought it was really high so I did it myself.

1. Go to lumberyard and order door & wait 10 days for it to show up.
2. Remove tools & stuff from truck to make room for door. (truck has a truck cap) and lug tools to basement.
3. Pick up door at lumberyard
4. Remove old door
5. Install new door
6. Cut up old door and take to metal scrap yard. $15.50
7. Put tools back in truck, lug them up from basement.

Yeah maybe a contractor would not have to go through all those steps.

But he has a truck, tools, liability insurance, workers comp, overhead , profit and truck insurance.

Somebody has to pay for that stuff.

$1100. was probably not an unreasonable price

No one should bash a contractors price without analyzing it.

Try it yourself.

Think about how you're going to join on to the riser before you cut it and where you have space to cut out the remnants of a pipe or cut off a fitting by scoring and splitting or shattering it if it doesn't unscrew, make sure you are working someplace where you have room to work.

I hope not. Ive only used Ward fittings for near boiler piping and oil tanks.

i think it is more or less the dotted wiring on the schematic, with some of the wires different colors and the wires junctioned on the start cap rather than the run cap.

@EdTheHeaterMan , all we carry is the Turbo 200, 200X, and Mini. There's too many to stock individuals. The big ones don't typically fit the original strap, so I always have a roll of vinyl Band Iron, or as some call, Plumbers Roll.

Cordless power tool? DeWalt. Been using them for decades. So far, I have not noticed any cheaping out.