I apologize for the misleading post--the actual price of the inspection is $350--there was a miscommunication in our square footage to be inspected (1100sf).

There is no such thing as "a going rate" for independent businesses. A business charges what it needs to be profitable while paying a living wage for the lifestyle chosen to live. There is no such thing as Going rate, unless your employeed.

Maybe not a going rate per se, but there are rates that are roughly average for the area and for the type of work being done.

Ask me what the going rate is for my profession and I can give you a range. I assume it's that way for any service industry.

It's probably well worth the money spent considering how awfully badly your floors have cupped.

Oh, an average. Well, of the all the inspectors I know, we have one that charges around $55 an hour, and one that charges $1000 an hour, with the rest being all in between that.






No, I'll ask you if you write & sign your own paycheck???






Only if your an employee.


As an independent failure analyst. We are our own businesses. We place a value on our services, unlike an employee, that has someone else placing a value on their time and experience. To get work, clients have to place the same value as we do, on our services.

I was a partner in a law firm. So, I assume that is basically writing your own paycheck since payroll, overhead, benefits, etc. all came out of firm revenues before we paid ourselves.

Ranges at the time for a 10 year patent attorney were between $275-$425 per hour. If I wanted to be contrary, I could say that the range was between 150 and 1000. But, I am speaking about realistic numbers and not numbers on either side of the range being pulled just to be proving some weird point.

Exactly

My mother wanted me to be a lawyer

Probably a good thing you didn't listen (I assume). What a pain it is at times. Life was a lot easier as an engineer . . .

Theft

What are you referring to as "theft"?

Floorguy, if I'm reading your June 1 post correctly, then I have to disagree with one item. Clearly the installer screwed up, and he accepted the conditions that were present when he started the job, so the subsequent failures are his responsibility. But you seem to indicate that he is responsible for resolving the crawlspace moisture problems. He should have advised the customer that there was/is too much moisture, and pulled off the job until that problem was corrected.

You echo'ed what I said, he accepted the conditions that were present when he started the job

I think what Ed is saying is the flooring installer is responsible for the damaged flooring due to the excessive moisture in the crawl space. The installer should NOT have installed the flooring. But Ed is correct that the installer is NOT responsible for correcting the crawl space moisture problems. Those where pre-existing conditions that the installer did not cause. The installer is only responsible for his work, the flooring. The homeowner/builder is responsible for correcting any jobsite deficiencies. The installer is responsible for removing and/or repairing the wood flooring once the homeowner/builder remedies the crawl space moisture problems.