MacTheWolf (imported) wrote: Thu Feb 12, 2009 1:27 pm I called a plumber to fix the stream of water coming out of my bathroom sink. He replaced the faucets, two connecting flexible metal tubes and put on two knobs down below at the water shutoff. Cost: $400
Is plumbing that expensive nowadays or did I get ripped off?
You got ripped off. Knobs under sink, $5 each at Home Depot, The tubes about $7 each, the faucets anywhere from $29 on up depending on how fancy you got. Double those for his markup. The rest was labor and gotcha