Every now and then when our work load gets to be to much - We will "hire out" another contractor to do a portion of a job.  We where getting ready to build a custom home and decided to farm some of the work out.  We called on a Plumbing contractor who gave us an "Estimate" for all the plumbing in this custom home.  He came up with a quote for $15,875.00 which included all the supply lines, drain lines, vents, shut-offs, sump pumps and pits, shower units, faucets, mixing valves, toilets, sinks --- everything.

We asked him what kind of fixtures where included in that price and he told us "mid range" (Whatever that meant) -- he seemed very vague on the subject -- so without being specific we would have probably received lower end quality fixture unless we wanted to pay more --- needless to say we decided to do the job ourselves --- That same job with top shelf fixtures, toilets and showers -- along with up sized copper pipes -- divided the house into two "systems" -- two hot water tanks -- water softeners, etc. -- many extras --- we were able to do the upgraded job for $7,550.00 all of our labor and material costs were included --- that's a savings of $8,325.00 -- there were no hassles or problems that come with the typical contractor -- the job was started on time and finished on time -- smiles all around and a big savings to boot --- this was a big job -- it involved 5 bathrooms -- I don't know if we could do a job of this size on line -- most homeowners aren't putting in 5 bathrooms from scratch and this was more about an example of the price savings that we experienced

Roofing makes you a little silly