(WA) Landlord charging for their labor

[Jason Schlieger]

I'm trying to help someone but couldn't find an RCW for this.

A tenant has damaged a pocket door in the home and the landlord has already fixed it themselves, which primarily just consisted of the hinges. No fee was discussed or agreed upon and nothing is stated for repair fees in the lease. After the repair, the ll is now wondering if they can/should add fees for their labor.

I see no RCW saying a landlord can't make their own repairs. For WA, if it requires no license it can be any "
responsible person capable of performing the repair", so we are sure that legally no toes were stepped on in this regard (the tenant also had no issue with the ll doing the repairs themselves).

The only uncertainty we suppose is that nothing had been agreed upon for a fee so it's only after the repair was finished the ll now wants to charge.

There are RCW specifications for limits if the tenants performs the repairs due to a negligent nonresponsive landlord, but nothing saying a ll can/can't charge fees, or if they must use market estimates to create a reasonable fee, or if such fees have to be agreed upon before the repair is made. They just don't want to step on any 'legal toes' since at this point its sort of like the tenant wasn't made aware or under the impression that repairs would be more than the parts. No one wants a legal issue by ambiguously making a repair under no agreement, but then deciding to charge after going home.