Plumbers: Hourly rate to replace spigot?

[Caveman Jim]

Also a good time to move that lower one to a more friendly height.

I would gain access to the area behind before ever putting a twist on anything. It could twist off whos knows where at further up the line or even break a tee off feeding something further up the line.

Murphy's law has taken ANY optimism out of my life.

Preach it brother! My dads was named “Murphy”

[Old Growth]

If you cannot do it yourself then I would suggest you employ a license and bonded plumber to take care of your problem not your uncle Joe’s nephew apprentice who is just doing a side job.

All a lic/bond is good for is liability.

I’ve seen just as many hacks with a lic than decent DIY or side job folks.

Proper paperwork does not make you a quality tradesman.

[NWGunner]

If you cannot do it yourself then I would suggest you employ a license and bonded plumber to take care of your problem not your uncle Joe’s nephew apprentice who is just doing a side job.

All a lic/bond is good for is liability.

That’s kinda important…

[Caveman Jim]

If you cannot do it yourself then I would suggest you employ a license and bonded plumber to take care of your problem not your uncle Joe’s nephew apprentice who is just doing a side job.

All a lic/bond is good for is liability.

I’ve seen just as many hacks with a lic than decent DIY or side job folks.

Proper paperwork does not make you a quality tradesman.

That was the intent of my comment. Yeah I’ve seen more union fuck ups than Carter’s got liver pills.

[new daddy]

If you don't want to tackle it, find a handyman. Best to find an old guy who works word of mouth - check NextDoor and ask around. The guy I use, charges about $65 an hour and parts are cost plus 10%. For a job like this, he's charge by the hour - but he'd bill you for the time it takes him to run for parts. On big jobs, he gives me a list and lets me go get everything.

My worst fear is he's old and going to retire in the next year or so - he only works about 4-5 hours a day now.

[Old Growth]

If you cannot do it yourself then I would suggest you employ a license and bonded plumber to take care of your problem not your uncle Joe’s nephew apprentice who is just doing a side job.

All a lic/bond is good for is liability.

That’s kinda important…

its not always relevant.

Last edited by Old Growth on Wed Jan 03, 2024 5:06 pm, edited 1 time in total.

[Old Growth]

If you don't want to tackle it, find a handyman. Best to find an old guy who works word of mouth - check NextDoor and ask around. The guy I use, charges about $65 an hour and parts are cost plus 10%. For a job like this, he's charge by the hour - but he'd bill you for the time it takes him to run for parts. On big jobs, he gives me a list and lets me go get everything.

My worst fear is he's old and going to retire in the next year or so - he only works about 4-5 hours a day now.

This ^^^^ 100 percent.

[Arisaka]

Pretty sure a lot of us here could have replaced both spigots in the time it’s taken to discuss how to do it.

[NWGunner]

If you cannot do it yourself then I would suggest you employ a license and bonded plumber to take care of your problem not your uncle Joe’s nephew apprentice who is just doing a side job.

All a lic/bond is good for is liability.

That’s kinda important…

its not always relevant.

True

[User 1234]

Thank you all. This weekend I’ll take a look inside the crawl space and see what I need to do the urgent one.

[Caveman Jim]

Pretty sure a lot of us here could have replaced both spigots in the time it’s taken to discuss how to do it.

Hell yeah, even with borrowing all the tools from your neighbor and BSin with him/her for an hour or two before you actually get to it.

[dreadi]

Anyone that hasn’t done plumbing work and goes to do a plumbing job will make a minimum of three trips to the store before the job is finished.


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[shaggy]

The other question here... Is it just because it is leaking? Can you pop it apart and replace the seals?

[cmica]

The other question here... Is it just because it is leaking? Can you pop it apart and replace the seals?

This..... I was just gonna mention this. a washer is all you'll need

[Bob Lee Swagger]

The first pic is not "frost free" (but looks like it might have a vacuum breaker, maybe) and can't tell what brand it is but the second one with the green handle is Arrowhead brand. Repair kits for the arrowheads are available locally and swapouts are easily accomplished. The first pic of the angled spigot was likely an add on after final inspection was completed as no inspector would sign that off unless there's a dedicated shut off for it inside the heated space somewhere. The first pic spigot is likely an "fip" connection or female iron pipe and has a male adapter poking just past the wall it screws onto. You might get lucky and be able to spin the angled one off and a new one on but if it's type m (thin wall) copper and unsupported in the wall the joint could fail whilst repairing and warrant a wall opening. The arrowhead is an easy fix. I'm a PL01 drowning in commercial work who misses the simple residential days of years past but is happy to empower others and help save them money. Feel free to pm if needed. You can do this.