Found our hot water heater leaking last night. Nothing crazy, but enough to soak up a towel over night. Called Home Depot and had one of their plumbers come out. Now, I've never had to deal with a plumber before being in an apartment up until now. The guy comes out, admittedly very professional and nice, looked things over and wrote up a quote within 15 minutes. Charging $2k and change. I had done some research ahead of time, and knew the heater was going to be about $300-500, so essentially he's charging me $1500 for 3 hours of labor (which, 3 hours seems excessive). When asked, he confirmed it and showed me Home Depots contract showing a base price of $1900 and change, which he couldn't budge on. He was able to do it today, but I told him I'd think about it. Most things I've read said it should be about $300-600 for labor, plus whatever the heater costs.
I have Queens City Plumbing coming out Thursday to offer a quote. Found them on Angie's List being highly rated and also highly rated on Google. Suspecting they'll be a lot cheaper and probably get a better unit to boot. Called another place, but they were booked up until May 3.
Anybody in the Charlotte area know of any good plumbers? I looked at how to do the hot water heater myself, but since I've never done it, don't really want to risk it.
I have Queens City Plumbing coming out Thursday to offer a quote. Found them on Angie's List being highly rated and also highly rated on Google. Suspecting they'll be a lot cheaper and probably get a better unit to boot. Called another place, but they were booked up until May 3.
Anybody in the Charlotte area know of any good plumbers? I looked at how to do the hot water heater myself, but since I've never done it, don't really want to risk it.