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That one clogged flue job in Cleveland took me 6 hours instead of 2
I had a job last Tuesday where a homeowner had this old oil furnace liner that collapsed inside the clay tile. I figured I'd run a rotary brush through it and be done by lunch, but I spent four hours just pulling out broken chunks of tile and liner. Has anyone else had a simple job turn into a full day project like that?
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the_nathan3d ago
The real issue might be that your bill wasn't built to cover that kind of surprise - I always add a "contingency" line to my estimates now for exactly this reason.
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robert2753d ago
YES exactly. I got burned by a hidden pipe issue last year and now I ALWAYS add a 10 percent buffer to my estimates, saves me every time.
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