I don’t need a plumber everyday either. I hate plumbers with the same passion that I hate lawyers. I do all of my own plumbing because I refuse to pay the insane amount of money plumbers charge. I am self taught and can do everything I need around the house myself.
That reminds me. I bought a new house in June. My realtor gave me this Home Warranty. Later in June, there was a large puddle accumulating around my hot water heater. I said, “Great, at least I have the home warranty.” So I called the home warranty, and they sent some plumbers to my house. I had to pay $100 for the housecall. He was there about 5 minutes and said, “you need a new hotwater heater.” He writes up a ticket of things that are not covered by the warranty, it added up to almost $650. So I start reading it, it included the disposal of the old one for $175. I asked him, why can’t I do this myself, I can literally carry it on my shoulder for 1 mile to the dump. He responds “insurance reasons”. Then it had something about bringing it up to code and etc. I call the home warranty place and said, this costs nearly $200 more than if I do it myself. This doesn’t even include the $100 I already spent. In an unrelated problem, my basement can get very damp, so I get a dehumidifier, and magically there was no more puddles forming around the hot water heater. There was no problem with my hot water, the plumber lied, and tried to shake out a lot of money out of me. I called the warranty place, and cancelled it. I got the cash value of the warranty for 10 months.
I came away from this, not trusting being a plumber in my house.
That reminds me. I bought a new house in June. My realtor gave me this Home Warranty. Later in June, there was a large puddle accumulating around my hot water heater. I said, “Great, at least I have the home warranty.” So I called the home warranty, and they sent some plumbers to my house. I had to pay $100 for the housecall. He was there about 5 minutes and said, “you need a new hotwater heater.” He writes up a ticket of things that are not covered by the warranty, it added up to almost $650. So I start reading it, it included the disposal of the old one for $175. I asked him, why can’t I do this myself, I can literally carry it on my shoulder for 1 mile to the dump. He responds “insurance reasons”. Then it had something about bringing it up to code and etc. I call the home warranty place and said, this costs nearly $200 more than if I do it myself. This doesn’t even include the $100 I already spent. In an unrelated problem, my basement can get very damp, so I get a dehumidifier, and magically there was no more puddles forming around the hot water heater. There was no problem with my hot water, the plumber lied, and tried to shake out a lot of money out of me. I called the warranty place, and cancelled it. I got the cash value of the warranty for 10 months.
I came away from this, not trusting being a plumber in my house.