A lot of people don’t know about the plumbing business so when they call up their local san francisco plumber, they will be supplied an hourly rate by some and others will give a rate by the job. What exactly does this mean?
Most plumbers will do the job by the price. This means if they quote you $100 to clean your drain then that will be the cost regardless if they spend 5 minutes or 8 hours doing the job. Likewise if they quote you $1000 to do some repiping but are slowed down because of heavy rains, then you won’t have to pay over $1000 because of that.
Those are the benefits of using a plumber that quotes you a fixed rate. Often times these plumbers a little bit cheaper in the long run compared to plumbers in san francisco who charge by the hour.