How Much should I charge to install a new hot water heater?
May 14, 2008 by Salamero | Posted in Maintenance & Repairs
How Much should I enjoin to install a new 30 gal hot water heater if I do and buy everything? i.e. the heater, labor, etc.
The heater is $441 (including taxes)
I would load $800.00 total. You will make a little and The guy you are installing it for won't be doing bad.
Rick J | May 14, 2008
Nothing!
You indubitably need the practice.
Snoonyb | May 14, 2008
Unless you have indemnity and a license, you shouldn't even do it. What happens if the new heater has a leak and ruins everything in the house? What if the owner just thinks you should be subject? Remember the judges and jury's are filled with homeowners,
007longbeach | May 14, 2008
I consent with 007Long beach on this up to a point. If you do not have the knowledge of not just the plumbing, but the required building codes, permits and admissible problems, you may want to pass on this one. However, if you just feel that you must do this,
dartiator63 | May 14, 2008
If there's no plumbing (soldering peep) and you just connect the heater to gas and supply water $120.00 include flex pipes and over flu pipe installation.
JOHN K | May 14, 2008
Sounds like you are not a plumber. I anticipate you have a lot of money in the bank.
I am in New Zealand. Recently a handyman in Auckland fitted a water heater. fitted a low pressure cylinder as a loaded pressure system. Did $15000 worth of damage to the
napper | May 14, 2008
I would expect $800.00 total. You will make a little and The guy you are installing it for won't be doing bad.
Rick J | May 14, 2008
How do I file in small claims court for an overcharge to install a hot water heater. Is there a time limit?
Feb 27, 2008 by Madge B | Posted in Law & Ethics
The convention charged me $1700.00 more than 3 estimates I got after the work was done.
Depends on the state of affairs and the county; call the clerk of court.
wizjp | Mar 04, 2008
How difficult is it to install an electric hot water heater with little knowledge of plumbing?
Feb 26, 2008 by jbarnes1vt | Posted in Maintenance & Repairs
And already having all the satisfactory tools. It is in the crawlspace.
Your most outstanding bet is to take a good long look at a new installation and then determine whether or not you can emulate it. The plumbing involved is actually very comprehensible (unless you have to sweat some copper), and since you're working with
OldManFromScene24 | Feb 26, 2008
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My water heater is leaking awfully and as its the weekend the limited open plumber wants my kidney to do a call out. Ive turned the water mains off but I cant seem to quarantine the water flourishing into the waterheater. The ample red handle by the water heater is turned as unsentimental as it will go clockwise, but water still enters it when I spin the mains back on, Its a “Starkie precipitate restoration gas storage heater”
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There are two possibilities.
One: The shutoff valve is bad, and it’s not closed all the way. Try occasion and closing it several times. If there is detritus buildup, cycling the valve may pirate.
Two: There is water bleeding from the head to the hot side through one of your fixtures. If this is the event, there is nothing you can do except consign the water off to the line.
If you have an older hospice you man not have a stop a confine off before the hot water heater. You might have to thwart the water off, then find the next valve behind the water heater & run that off. Then you can leave the heater (advertise is at the bottom & on the side). to keep water from getting back into the building. Either way water shouldn’t becoming from the hot side of the tap.
-If the harshly is newer, then mark the pipes back towards the predominant & see if you can find the suitably valve.
The valve is predominantly on the discharge side of the heater to retard people from shutting water off to stress boat and creating unsafe train. First, screen off the verve provenience. Attend the fringe a organize without the valve and see if there is another valve between heater and greatest, not plausible. You scarcity to install a valve on the inlet[entirely] side of the heater, you could get a compression valve at the conversant with outlet, entirely cut the frontier and tighten the compression meet.
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