So I have some plumbing issues I'm trying to get fixed. It seems like it's snowballing and I had someone come out last night and give me a quote. I'm curious what others thoughts would be on the approach and costs. FWIW, I'm located in the Denver, CO/Littleton, CO area.
1. The outdoor faucet gears are stripped - the faucet handle won't tighten. A buddy and I took it apart to see if there's anything we could do but it looks like this needs to be replaced and not something I want to handle. Quoted price - $700
2. My water main shutoff has developed a slow leak. It's something I saw as a potential issue when we bought the place because of the mineral deposits and the previous owners had a small cup to catch any water. One thing making this difficult is that the foundation cement needs to be chipped away to make the valve accessible. In addition they want to throw on a water pressure regulator. I know some houses in the area have an issue with PSI but I haven't noticed anything (e.g. water hammer). Quoted price - $1,500
3. The bigger issue is we've had a couple indoor faucets lose pressure from hard water deposits getting knocked loose and plug the faucets. I cleaned them a couple times but it was bad enough that it had filled almost the entire handle of our extendable kitchen faucet. Plumber said this probably means our water heater is going bad. This makes sense since the heater is about 25 years old (I know I know!) and something we have been planning to replace when we bought the house last year. These guys use State water heaters - is this a decent brand? To install a 50 gal, nat gas heater and all the related items (drain pan, gas/water emergency shutoffs, permits, CO detector) they are quoting $3,400 with the heater itself costing $2,100.
4. Finally, the biggest add on and most expensive add on is a "Halo-5" whole house filter system. The plumber said given the hard water deposits it wouldn't be a bad idea to install this. I think this is an upsell deal but don't mind the idea of having an inline water filter system and I think we do have issues with hard water and iron although I haven't gotten a hard water test yet. Anyone familiar with this brand and is this a worthwhile addition to have a water filter right at the water main line? The quote I have for this is $7,000 (WTF!) but also have another option for a ION-9 water conditioner for $1,800.
All in, I'm looking at the most expensive quote coming in right at $12,200. A couple of these things I need to do but also thinking maybe go ahead and get it all taken care of now and not have an emergent situation down the road. One approach I'm considering is agreeing to the whole quote but asking for a 20-25% discount if I agree to pay for everything vs. taking their 12-24 interest free financing option.
Thanks for any thoughts. I'll go ahead and hang up and listen now.
1. The outdoor faucet gears are stripped - the faucet handle won't tighten. A buddy and I took it apart to see if there's anything we could do but it looks like this needs to be replaced and not something I want to handle. Quoted price - $700
2. My water main shutoff has developed a slow leak. It's something I saw as a potential issue when we bought the place because of the mineral deposits and the previous owners had a small cup to catch any water. One thing making this difficult is that the foundation cement needs to be chipped away to make the valve accessible. In addition they want to throw on a water pressure regulator. I know some houses in the area have an issue with PSI but I haven't noticed anything (e.g. water hammer). Quoted price - $1,500
3. The bigger issue is we've had a couple indoor faucets lose pressure from hard water deposits getting knocked loose and plug the faucets. I cleaned them a couple times but it was bad enough that it had filled almost the entire handle of our extendable kitchen faucet. Plumber said this probably means our water heater is going bad. This makes sense since the heater is about 25 years old (I know I know!) and something we have been planning to replace when we bought the house last year. These guys use State water heaters - is this a decent brand? To install a 50 gal, nat gas heater and all the related items (drain pan, gas/water emergency shutoffs, permits, CO detector) they are quoting $3,400 with the heater itself costing $2,100.
4. Finally, the biggest add on and most expensive add on is a "Halo-5" whole house filter system. The plumber said given the hard water deposits it wouldn't be a bad idea to install this. I think this is an upsell deal but don't mind the idea of having an inline water filter system and I think we do have issues with hard water and iron although I haven't gotten a hard water test yet. Anyone familiar with this brand and is this a worthwhile addition to have a water filter right at the water main line? The quote I have for this is $7,000 (WTF!) but also have another option for a ION-9 water conditioner for $1,800.
All in, I'm looking at the most expensive quote coming in right at $12,200. A couple of these things I need to do but also thinking maybe go ahead and get it all taken care of now and not have an emergent situation down the road. One approach I'm considering is agreeing to the whole quote but asking for a 20-25% discount if I agree to pay for everything vs. taking their 12-24 interest free financing option.
Thanks for any thoughts. I'll go ahead and hang up and listen now.