On 3/16/2021 2:07 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2021-03-16 1:51 p.m., bruce bowser wrote:
>> On Monday, March 15, 2021 at 12:58:05 AM UTC-4,
>
>>> Be my guest, I'd still not risk it. When I had new vinyl laid in my
>>> kitchen about 25 years ago I opted for 1/4 inch plywood laid over
>>> it for a super smooth surface for the new vinyl.
>>
>> Get 4 or 5 separate installers over to the house for estimates for
>> you - yes - literally - at the same time. That way you get them to
>> quote prices to you at the same time and one can tell if the other
>> one is padding expenses or not. Then, you get the cheapest price.
>> That's when you ask them about making the floor level, for example.
>>
>
> I doubt that you could get contractors to do that, and if they did come
> they might get ****ed off and give you high estimates because they don't
> want to work for someone who would do that.
>
> For goodness sake don't do what my wife did when we had a plastered
> estimate a job for us. We wanted to get the upstairs walls refinished
> with interior stucco. It was hard to find someone who does that kind of
> work but this company was recommended by a friend in the construction
> business. When the guy was here my wife said that we didn't want to
> spend more than $4000 on it. Son of a gun. The estimate came to a little
> more than $3900.

Oh that's awful. Lesson learned; however - always get a quote first.
Let them throw out the first number.