How to tell if your plumber is overcharging you?
Ask what the price is made of. A fair quote names the fault, the repair and every part going in. An overcharge usually hides inside a single number with nothing underneath it.
Watch for a firm price given over the phone before anyone has seen the problem. A total that keeps growing on the day without an explanation. A replacement pushed hard when a repair would honestly do. Fees that first appear on the final invoice.
Before you approve anything, get these in writing. What is wrong and why, the repair, the replacement if that is a genuine option, any parts being changed while things are open, and what is not included, such as patching a wall.
Then get a second written quote for the same list. Two prices for the same scope tell you far more than an average you found online, because averages ignore the access, the age of the pipe and the code items in your house.
Our quotes come itemized for exactly that reason. You should be able to hand ours to someone else and get a like for like number back.
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Put our itemized quote next to the one you already have and compare them line for line.