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Originally Posted by chilcutt
Thenext time your commode backs up, go get a snake and do it yourself, That will save you some money ,no?
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Thats what I do, when I bought my house I had to pull the toilet and snake it because the previous owner used the master bathroom toilet like a garbage can. It only took a couple of hours, much of the time was used cleaning. A new wax ring and time was my investment, probably saved a few hundred bucks.
Plumbers are not the only guilty party, any emergency home service will take advantage of the situation. I was out of town during a cold snap and the gas furnace failed at my old house. Wife had to pay $140 for a part (ignitor which really costs $25 and takes about 15 minutes to replace) plus with "emergency" service fee added up to $250. The worst part was I had a spare ignitor but could not remember where I put it.