July 19: Mr. Handyman

Ever have to call out a plumber to do some fixin' in your pipes? If you have, you know how costly they can be. And, that's just the service charge alone. I have a water valve in the front of the house that when I attach a hose to it I get a leak in my basement. Makes it a little difficult to water the front flower beds. I have a pretty good idea that it's some form of pressure leak, but me and plumbing do not go together too well. So, long story short, I gave Mr. Handyman a call. We've gotten promos from them in the mail, and we've been saying we should call them out for this or that around the house. So, I figured no better time than now and my water valve issues. Well, they scheduled us for 9 am this morning and the guy was at our door at 8:30 am. Prompt some might say, but when you have 2 kids and a dog running around the house, I would have appreciated it more if he would have been 30 minutes late instead. But, that's not Mr. Handyman's fault, now is it? Anyway, he got right to it and turns out the pipe was cracked and the spicket inside it was broken, as well. Approximately an hour and a half later, the job was done. I'm not going to lie, the per hour labor charge was kind of ridiculous, but I can't help but think far cheaper than a plumber's rates. At least based on my past experience with plumbers.