Wild plumbing estimate.

[kenmac]

30' of 3/4 pex 2' deep with tracer wire (simple install) $750.00-$850.00 with permit.Can you do it cheaper ? sure. If you have any other underground utilities, be sure you call for a line locate. we call for a locate no matter where we work.

 

[Western]

30' of 3/4 pex 2' deep with tracer wire (simple install) $750.00-$850.00 with permit.Can you do it cheaper ? sure. If you have any other underground utilities, be sure you call for a line locate. we call for a locate no matter where we work.

Ken, very good point!

I have to do it on jobs, so you'd think I'd thought of that..Duh Just dial 811 and they will set you up.

Go here and you can decipher the colors they generally put on the ground for you.
https://www.nationalgridus.com/commitment/d3-12_call.asp

 

[N80]

Yep, I mentioned getting buried lines checked a few posts up.

And look, I admit that I am a tight wad, no doubt about it. But as mentioned above I've paid plumbers/well diggers good money for jobs I couldn't do and was happy to pay them fair market price for the work. Paying local plumbers, mechanics, electricians, etc is the best way to keep your money at home in the community where it does the most good for everybody. And I was ready to spend $1000 no questions asked.

Anyway, thanks for the replies. I think I can get this done if I need to.

 

[MasseyWV]

If you have any other underground utilities, be sure you call for a line locate. we call for a locate no matter where we work.

I agree. Hit a buried high voltage power line and you're going to have a real bad day.. in a hurry.

 

[kenmac]

Yep, I mentioned getting buried lines checked a few posts up.

And look, I admit that I am a tight wad, no doubt about it. But as mentioned above I've paid plumbers/well diggers good money for jobs I couldn't do and was happy to pay them fair market price for the work. Paying local plumbers, mechanics, electricians, etc is the best way to keep your money at home in the community where it does the most good for everybody. And I was ready to spend $1000 no questions asked.

Anyway, thanks for the replies. I think I can get this done if I need to.

If you are allowed to do the work. Take it on.Here you have to be a licensed plumber to do any work such as this.Most plumbers know this and charge high rates.Some plumbers will call the county,city,etc, on someone doing any work so, that the inspector will come out and check for licenses.No license,bond,permit, etc , the job gets shut down and a fine.

Good luck ! It's not rocket science.I don't know if your area requires it or not. Here you have to install a back flow preventer at the water meter then,tie your line to this .

 

[MasseyWV]

Some plumbers will call the county,city,etc, on someone doing any work so, that the inspector will come out and check for licenses.

Unless it's the plumber themselves who happens to be doing the work. Typical...

 

[CurlyDave]

If you are allowed to do the work. Take it on.Here you have to be a licensed plumber to do any work such as this.Most plumbers know this and charge high rates.Some plumbers will call the county,city,etc, on someone doing any work so, that the inspector will come out and check for licenses.No license,bond,permit, etc , the job gets shut down and a fine.

Good luck ! It's not rocket science.I don't know if your area requires it or not. Here you have to install a back flow preventer at the water meter then,tie your line to this .

In every jurisdiction where I have ever lived, there was an exception to the licensed plumber/electrician/contractor rule, which is that an owner can work on his own property. It still has to be inspected, but you can do it yourself.

Where I currently live, in OR, the only thing that absolutely must be done by a licensed professional is a septic system install. And even there, I bet if I talked to them nicely, they would let me do it if they inspected it.

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$1600 seems outrageous for 30' of line to me. For a main feed I would use 1" instead of 3/4", but there is no TLB needed here, no helper, none of those expensive things. Oh, the plumber may drive his truck out there just because he has his tools and supplies in it, but I could bring everything I needed to this job in a sports car if I wanted to.

If the plumber wants to stay in business he is going to have to get down to the $500-600 range for a job this easy, and even then, I would be tempted to do it myself.

 

[Egon]

Just curious, how do you shut off the main supply so you can do the work?

Note the "So you can do the work" :thumbsup:

 

[kenmac]

Just curious, how do you shut off the main supply so you can do the work?

Note the "So you can do the work" :thumbsup:

There is a shut off at the water meter

 

[kenmac]

In every jurisdiction where I have ever lived, there was an exception to the licensed plumber/electrician/contractor rule, which is that an owner can work on his own property. It still has to be inspected, but you can do it yourself
$1600 seems outrageous for 30' of line to me. For a main feed I would use 1" instead of 3/4".

Well, you can do your own work here, but to have it inspected you have to buy a permit. To buy a permit you have to be a master plumber to go down to the city, county, etc and buy the permit. Then, the master plumber has to meet the inspector at the job site. Most plumbrs here won't do that including myself because, if something isn't right, the inspector turns it down and you have to pay for another inspection, meet the inspector again. It can turn out to become a big hassle. Loss of time and $$ for the plumber that charged $200.00 to pull the permit.. If he goes larger than 3/4 he's just wasting $$