Holy shit. $4000 for plumbing

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Can you shop around for a better price? If not, that is so much money.

[EmilieMadison]

Wait...the pipe that's leaking is a city pipe? Did they pay the previous owners and those owners didnt fix it? I'm confused as to why you have to pay for this.

[Dezi]

I would get more estimates. DH is a plumber and he has his own company, he charges $3000 for what you need done.

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Oct 2, 2013 12:07:04 GMT -5 EmilieMadison said:

Wait...the pipe that's leaking is a city pipe? Did they pay the previous owners and those owners didnt fix it? I'm confused as to why you have to pay for this.

it's probably the part of the pipe that crosses into homeowner responsibility territory.  in most places at a certain point across your property line, it's on your dime.  even if like a billion years ago it was installed as part of a master plan for development by either the city or developer

signed,
person who had to pay for plumbing lines to connect to city mains.  grrr.

[demelza]

This sucks!

[sara76]

We had a leak recently and discovered we had galvanized pipes that are 50 years old and had to repipe the entire house. I feel for you.

[MixedBerryJam]

Oct 2, 2013 12:07:04 GMT -5 EmilieMadison said:

Wait...the pipe that's leaking is a city pipe? Did they pay the previous owners and those owners didnt fix it? I'm confused as to why you have to pay for this.

At least where I am anything from the joint at the main into the house is my responsibility. I know this because I recently discovered it's the only lead left in my system. But replacing it will involve digging up and then replacing my brand new lawn (well, it was brand new at the time) and irrigation system. The quote I got for that in a Boston suburb was $4500, fyi. The distance was about 25 feet. I've already decided I'm going to leave it and knock $5k off the price of the house not to have to deal with it.

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SHOP AROUND. That is insanity.

[Overthemoon]

We had to replace that pipe too, definitely get multiple quotes. We had four quotes and they all varied significantly, for the same materials. We paid just under $2k.

[stephlove]

We had this happen last winter, less than a year into owning the house.

I think we ended up paying $2500, and that included the line, and the valve that the city worker broke while trying to shut the water off. I would definitely shop around for prices. I live in a VLCOL, but $4000 seems like an awful lot for that.

ALSO, talk to them about how they put the new line in. When we had ours done, they were able to drill through our basement, and only dug up our yard in 2 places instead of the full length of the pipe.

[juliagoulia]

Definitely shop- we almost had to have that pipe replaced in our rental (looooong story) and the quotes we got ranged from $1800-$3500.

[snickers]

oh man That really sucks
Definitely shop around as much as you can, even the difference of a couple of hundred dollars can make a difference.

[eb777888]

Ugh!! Man! I'm sorry, Jillian. Hoping you won't have to pay nearly that much.