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House Repipe

Apparently repipe is not a word according to Microsoft word, but that’s essentially what just happened at my house yesterday.  I mentioned previously that much of the 55 year old piping had corroded to the point it could not be removed or added to very easily.  I decided to do a complete house repipe.  I talked the contractor down to a very good price of $1800.  While that may seem ridiculously low, I should explain a few things. First he used a new pipe http://www.pexinfo.com/.  Its been around...

Bids, Bids, Bids

I decided to finally get some contract work done on my house.  Window replacement and moving the washing machine out of the kitchen and into the utility room. For the windows I have 11 windows to replace with 2 actually becoming one picture window with side single hung sliders.  I called 3 companies, Home Depot, New Windows America and Renewal by Anderson.  The bids came in at $6000, $3700 and $12000 respectively.   Its still amazes me how much money you can save by getting multiple bids.  ...