09-18-2009, 01:20 PM
Robert M wrote:
Ol,
It's hard to do a fair comparison between the Home Depot price and the other contractors as you didn't itemize what they're including in the job. That said, for the same job, I expect some contractors to be more expensive than Home Depot and other contractors to be less expensive then Home Depot. But, for Home Depot to be _that_ much more expensive, they'd have to be doing noticeably more work and/or including other items in the job.
Robert
As I mentioned in the initial post, I have the quote from HD and all it included was R30 pink fiberglass insulation and the baffles for the high hats and soffit vents (which don't exist, (BTW - I don't know how the air is supposed to flow through the attic unless it's from a single location on the front door overhang where the two screens are nearly completely plugged from the HOA hired painters sloppy work - I guess I should take them down and clean them). Same brand of material, same R30 value.
Regarding the last sentence in your comment,
But, for Home Depot to be _that_ much more expensive, they'd have to be doing noticeably more work and/or including other items in the job. wrote:we might simply add "or ripping off gullible people".