After waiting for almost 6 months for some Thai monkeys to fix minor shit in my home, I have decided to take matters into my own hand and will do the repair myself. None of those lazy Thais want to work these days, even if you pay above rate wages for their time. It would seem that only Cambodian and Burmese are willing to work properly by taking pride in their work at reasonable rate.
These are the things I was looking to fix with costs expectations but couldn't find anyone:
- Floor Drains to be replaced. The "Toto" brand ones are all rusted and crappy, need stainless. Job: remove tile and drain and replace with "Cotto" stainless drain in 4 bathroom. Cost estimate: about 2.000 labor for 2 days, 3.000 parts
- Toilet Unit. Need a better looking one for the master bedroom bathroom. Cost estimate: 700 labor for 1 day (more like 2 hours job), 8.000 for new unit
- Service water tap in toilets: they put some shitty taps that got all rusted instantaneously, and feel like about to break everytime I turn off the water, looks horrible with the rusted water drain. Need solid and stainless units. Estimate cost: 2.000 labor for 2 days, 1.500 parts
Are these costs unreasonable ? and is it really difficult to do it all yourself ? If a rice monkey can do it, why couldn't I ?
The challenge are possible leaks after the job is done and how to solve them,