Pricing
How pricing works
A riser job has no standard price. This is what moves the number, and when you will have it in writing.
What decides the price
The building's own pipe and the access to it set the price more than the pipe itself.
Number of riser lines and floors
Pipe material, and how corroded it is
How many units each line crosses
Wall finish to be restored
Night or weekend work
What the proposal covers
Included: pipe, valves, opening and closing walls to primed drywall, permits, testing and the closeout binder.
Not included: tile, paint, wallpaper and cabinets
Not included: asbestos abatement, if it is found
What happens at the survey
We walk the riser closets with the manager, open access points and scope the drains. The survey and report are quoted in writing before we begin.
If the board signs, the survey fee is credited toward the work
How and when you pay
Payments are tied to finished riser lines, not to calendar dates.
The schedule is in the proposal
Each payment follows a line that has passed its pressure test
If the job changes
A change is priced in writing before the work on it starts. The board or its manager signs it.
Found conditions are reported the same day
Nothing is added to a final bill that was not signed
When you get the number
Before the board votes, in a written proposal priced by riser line.
Not at the survey and not by phone
A second schedule option when the building allows it
Every figure in a proposal is written, by riser line, before the board votes.
After hours
Night work is scheduled, and priced in the proposal
Some lines can't be worked while the lobby is open or the shops are busy. Night crews take those lines on dates set in the proposal, so the cost of night work is known before the vote.
The office line is answered during office hours. For anything a building needs outside them, the manager has the project manager's number from the notice letter.
Ask for a written proposal
Start with a survey. The proposal follows it, priced by riser line.