Anyone ever deal with these Plumber's before? (contractors, live)
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Like the other users said. If you call now you pay the premium. If you wait until May/June you may even see drop in price as some companies try to make sure their regular crew gets stedy work so they don't loose them and would do the job without making much of a profit.
Ah, I overlooked the fact that it's the "busy" season for them.
Contractors are pretty simple minded for the most part. They don't look to far into the future to care when work is steady. That's why they are not calling you back. After all, they work with their hands, not with their heads.
There are some great guys out there, but with so many other companies out there it's hard to weed out to poor ones.
I had a floor guy call me 2 months after I asked for an estimate. "Hey, do you still need your floors done?" Yea, I do, but call me back in 2 more months and we can set up an appointment maybe even 2 months after that. Bye.
I have used Gramman for plumbing and while they seemed to do good work, their prices were exorbitant. Of course, does anyone know a plumber that does not overcharge these days? Most charge you three figures to walk in the door and then, instead of charging by the hour, they have a book with "standard" rates.
If anyone does know a good plumber who charges fair prices, please post it on here. I'm not looking to get something for nothing, just decent work without being overcharged.
Like the other users said. If you call now you pay the premium. If you wait until May/June you may even see drop in price as some companies try to make sure their regular crew gets stedy work so they don't loose them and would do the job without making much of a profit.
I say it depends. it depends on the type of company you're calling and depends on how tthey run their business.
Don't call them now since they're busy getting maintance done for winter.
Don't call them in winter since they're busy on emergency calls etc.
Don't call them in spring since its the after winter rush to start renovations
don't call them in the summer since that is renovation peak season
then you're back in the fall again
if you're talking strictly oil to gas converrsion perople like burner king then yes after the winter is probably a more slow season. but general plumbers seem to have something going on all the time.
in general small contrators are notoriiosly bad at the business side of things, returning phone calls, making appointments, keeping deadlines. Unfortunately, generally the larger ones that have an office and people handling that stuff can be pricey, and you have to balance your need for getting the work done now vs cost. Then there are the bad contractors who are available tomorrow to do the job. sometimes its happenstance that they have availability so soon... sometimes they're just crappy and desperate.......
I'm in the process of selecting a contractor to do oil to gas.
so far these are the only two companies that gotten back to me.
are the following: so i'm wondering if anyone here used them before?
[LIST=1][*]philip bambino plumbing & heating?[*]Williston plumbing & heating?[/LIST]Cornetta bros, Cilento Pipeline and Burder King never gotten back to me after multiple calls.
I guess they don't want my money.
Yes, Philip Bambino converted my oil to gas. Excellent plumber and crew did the job without a single problem. I only recommend people that do great work and Bambino is the choice I would make for any plubming or gas conversions.
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