Gutting a business for pipes...how much to charge?

Originally Posted by Scrappah

A bit more on topic: Beware the owner that is acting as his/her own contractor. Putting it bluntly .... you've got an idiot running the job. There's a certain order of operations that you have to follow on order for the job to run smoothly. There are also a lot of safety hazards that you run into along the way. Their inexperience will make the work much more difficult. It can even get you or some of the other people working there hurt.

I usually work straight time & material on the owner/contractor jobs because there's no way of predicting what kind of mess they will get you into. They may demand that the work be done in a way that doubles the amount of labor involved. It's a hassle, but at least you're getting paid for your time. If they make poor decisions it's coming out of their pocket and not yours.

100% accurate, I couldn't agree more.