As you may remember, when we bought the house, we had to have the bath area in the upstairs bathroom fixed. We got all the required building permits and hired a contractor (who did a phenomenal job!) to finish the job, once it became clear that there was no way in hell we were going to be able to finish the job ourselves in time for the move. When the inspector came in to check the work, he said he wouldn't give us the final sign off on the building permit until we had a bathroom fan installed (not the contractors fault...because of the size of the bathroom, everyone was under the impression that the window would be sufficient venting). Normally, this wouldn't be a big deal. I'm pretty handy when it comes to electrical, so I could install one with no problem. But since it was the building inspector who is looking for it, he's going to want to see an electrical permit...and I'm no licensed electrician. We went and bought a bath fan, figuring that we could just have someone licensed come in and install it. We had an electrician come in and take a look so he could draw up an estimate. Really, how much could it cost for such a small job? Then the estimate came in...
HOLY CRAP!!!
Did he REALLY just send us an estimate saying it'd cost
$525 to wire the stupid fan that we already bought, and it wasn't even a joke??? I didn't know whether to laugh, cry, or punch something. At this point, I'm thinking that I've missed my calling in life...
Suffice to say...it appears we may be exploring other avenues to get this done.
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