All Forum Posts by: Manolo D.

Chris Roberts Do a whole house re-wire, you just have to have conduits run and even no wire, let the electrician do the wiring, have your pull boxes and conduits ready.

Katie Smith I don’t get it. Home Depot doesn’t have contractors, they have installers. So who will manage the things they don’t? IE they don’t have painters, framers, plumbers, electricians, etc

High quality and tight budget. Ha! When did that happen.

Starla Bernhardt Well you’re the GC arent you? It’s your job to figure out what really happened. Check your sequence, who did what. I’m surprised that you are asking this question, it is a pretty common scenario. Why weren’t this discovered during the pipe tests before concealment?

Cynthia Hartley Next time, embed a clause in your contract to have contractors pull permit WHEN NEEDED. Once sentence makes the difference. Half the price is your advantage, it does not excuse you the contractor to not do the job correctly; you should have paid that price, period, no buts, no becauses. I disagree with others that the homeowner is the ultimate responsible party, I strongly believe that codes stop at contractor level, if the contractor does not know code he should not take the job and if he does, it is his responsibility to pay for his mistakes.

Elsa M. It’s direct reciprocal, if cash flow goes up, chances of appreciation go down.

Katie Smith The pro referral / Red Beacon is just a referral service, they check the license and then put them in the list, no guarantee whatsoever. If HD itself is installing, then it is either a long wait, a frustrating experience, AND/OR a skyrocket up charge. I have been to HD hundreds of times, and if a product is not too familiar, then don’t bet on it that they know anything about the product, that tells me that their install team will be of the same grade.

Bob B. I have an inside look when I asked them how our company could be an accredited installer. So HD charges the end user say $79/cabinet so no matter what the size, then they have their contractors pay on a piece base say a 12” cabinet the contractor charges 40/cab, for 15” 45/cab, 48” 95/cab. So if you install bigger and larger, HD loses, but who installs all large cabinets. Same as with flooring, they say $599/install but if your flooring needs prep, a little bow, or anything, they skyrocket the price, in short, they are playing the odds that your project will have upcharges but you are desperate to get your job done.

@Andy S. Builder's Surplus

LOL. What a question. between $100/sf-600/sf.