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Costs

What a job costs installed, worked out from your own measurements rather than a national average. Material is separated from labour and only the labour moves with where you live.

• Air duct cleaningBy the register and the system, under negative air — often not needed; the dryer vent is.
• Artificial turfRolls with a grain, the compacted base, infill and edging.
• BaseboardA real cut list — which sticks to buy and what comes off each one — then the price.
• Bathroom exhaust fanSized by what the duct lets through. It has to go outside.
• Bathroom remodelA budget by trade, counted in days as well as money, with the invisible line named.
• Bathroom vanityWhether the drain has to move, which decides more than the cabinet does.
• BathtubFour ways out, ranked by cost per year of service — which is not the order you expect.
• Bathtub replacementThe tub is cheap; the wall it is trapped behind is not. Alcove, freestanding or walk-in.
• BlindsStock or made to measure, seven kinds, and the window's depth decides the mount.
• BoilerSized to the house and the radiators; condensing only if they let it; run for ten winters.
• Build cost per sq ftInstalled cost per ft² for every trade on the site, calculated not quoted.
• Cabinet paintingPer door, three finishes, and which doors cannot be painted at all.
• Cabinet refacingCounted in doors, and priced against painting and against new cabinets on the same kitchen.
• CarpetRoll width, seam placement and the offcut nobody accounts for.
• Carpet cleaningBy the room with a minimum, stairs and extras — against the cost of replacing the carpet.
• Carpet removalBy what holds it down and what the roll weighs. Glue is the job.
• Ceiling fanSwap, light-to-fan or new wiring. Sized for the room, rod for the ceiling.
• Central air conditioningInstalled price per ton, by size and SEER2 — and what an oversized quote is costing you.
• Chain linkTerminal posts, line posts, fabric by the roll and what the shape of the yard costs.
• Circuit breakersThe visit is the bill, the panel decides the breaker, and a tripping breaker is usually working.
• Concrete drivewayThe slab from the slab engine, the old driveway out, the finish and the street.
• Concrete patioFrom the slab up, with broom, coloured, exposed or stamped finishes — and the crew minimum.
• Concrete repairThe crack tells you what to do: seal, lift, resurface, or replace.
• Concrete sidewalkPriced by the foot of edge — forms, base, joints, short load — not the yard.
• CountertopsSlabs nested from your actual runs, the seams they force, and the offcut you pay for.
• Crawl spaceVented with batts or sealed with a liner — both priced, and the vapor barrier under both.
• Crown moldingCompound angles for every corner, and a run with nothing deducted for doors.
• DishwasherWhat the shop's installation price covers, and what it does not. Four ways, three jobs.
• Door frameSplit jambs, rotted frames, casing or a new frame — against a new pre-hung door.
• Driveway sealingA coating, not a repair: cracks filled first, every three years, and not once the base has failed.
• Drop ceilingGrid counted piece by piece, borders centred, and the height it leaves.
• DrywallSheets by size, plus mud, tape, screws and corner bead.
• Drywall repairYou are not paying for the hole. You are paying for the wall around it.
• DuctworkBy the run, not the house — and sealing priced first, because the leak is the job.
• Egress windowsA foundation job with a window in it, and the clear opening checked against the code.
• Electrical outletsThe service call is the bill; adding is the wire's path; 240 V is a circuit sized to the load.
• Electrical panelThe NEC load calculation that decides it, then the panel and the service priced apart.
• Epoxy floorGallons from solids and film thickness, preparation priced apart, and cost per year of service.
• Exterior doorSlab or pre-hung: the slab keeps the frame that was the problem.
• Exterior paintingWall area from the footprint. Prep priced apart from the paint.
• Fascia and soffitBy the foot of eave and rake, with the gutter as a line and the vented feet the attic needs.
• FaucetsThe faucet is what you choose; the stops, the holes and the valve in the wall set the bill.
• FencePosts, rails, pickets and concrete, with frost-depth post holes.
• FireplaceThe unit is rarely half of it: vent, gas line, enclosure and finish, six kinds on one house.
• FlagstoneTons from coverage at your thickness, and the slab the mortared option hides.
• Floor refinishingSandings left in the wood, recoat against a full sand, coats and days out of use.
• FlooringBoxes of laminate, vinyl plank or hardwood, with racking waste.
• French drainStone in tons, pipe by the foot — and an outlet that works.
• FurnaceInstalled price by size and AFUE, and the chimney work the efficient one forces.
• Garage doorInstalled price by size and construction, and whether the insulation returns anything.
• Garage door openerFitted price by drive type, and the fault triage that comes before buying one.
• Garage door springThe exact spring from the door's weight, and the cycle rating turned into years.
• Garbage disposalSame mount, new mount, or first time. The outlet is the surprise.
• Gas linesBy the foot, sized by the appliance's BTU and distance, with the meter checked against the whole house.
• GFCI outletsOne protects the whole circuit. Count circuits, not outlets.
• Gutter cleaningBy the foot and the storey; guards spread the cleaning out, they do not end it.
• Gutter guardsBy the foot and chosen by the tree; they spread the cleaning out, and pay back only where it was frequent.
• GuttersLinear feet, downspout count and the sizing for your rainfall.
• HardwoodInstalled cost by the method the subfloor forces, with boards, cleats and the winter gap.
• Heat pumpInstalled price per ton, and the balance point that decides the January bill.
• Heated drivewaysA new driveway plus the heating, the service or boiler it needs, and ten winters against a plow.
• Heated floorsA mat under a bathroom's tile or water under a house's floors, priced on the heated floor only.
• Home additionTrade by trade: the tie-in, plumbing and heating cost the same on a small addition as on a big one.
• Hot tub installationThe base, the 240 V circuit and the delivery — and the weight a deck would have to carry.
• InsulationDepth to reach the R your zone asks for, and what every rung of it actually earns.
• Interior doorPer door, by kind — and the second door is the cheap one.
• Interior paintingThe whole house, per square foot of wall — with the scope and the prep as the lines that move.
• Kitchen cabinetsA real schedule of boxes, with the corner overlap and the filler nobody counts.
• Kitchen remodelA budget split by trade, stepped by what moves, with every line handed to its calculator.
• Lawn aerationCore aeration by the square foot with its minimum, and the seed your grass needs to overseed.
• Lawn mowingBy the visit and the season: the grass decides how many weeks there are to mow.
• Metal roofPanels cut to length, counted on coverage, with every run of trim.
• Mini splitInstalled price zone by zone, with the condenser that carries them and the circuit it needs.
• Mold removalCleaning under 10 sq ft, remediation with containment over it — and the water first.
• Patio doorSame size, wider or new: the opening decides it. Sliding against French by width.
• PaversPavers, bedding sand, base depth and edge restraint.
• Pool heaterHolding is surface, reaching is volume — and the gas line is a third of what it needs.
• Pool linerThe quote is for the liner. The day also empties the pool.
• Pool maintenanceThe pump costs more than the chlorine, and most of it is habit.
• Pool pumpSized by flow and by the pipe you already have, never by horsepower.
• Pool resurfacingPriced on the walls, compared by the year, and the month nobody is paid for.
• Popcorn ceilingTest first; then scrape, skim over, cover or abate — priced finished and painted.
• Pressure washingBy the square foot, with the method each surface needs: soft, pressure or low.
• Range hoodThe duct is the job; sized to the range; makeup air over 400 cfm.
• Retaining wallsPer square foot of face, with the drainage behind every wall and the engineer over four feet.
• Roof repairBy cause, with the finding and the minimum as their own lines. The leak is uphill.
• Roof replacementSquares, bundles, underlayment and ridge, adjusted for pitch.
• Screened porchPriced from what is there now: the screen is cheap, the roof is not.
• Sewer lineThe camera picks the method; the depth and the ground on top set the price.
• ShedKit, prebuilt or built on site with every stud and sheet counted — and the base as its own line.
• Shower doorThree measurements decide which doors fit. The price is the last question.
• Shower remodelPriced by the tiled wall, not the footprint — and the pan is where showers fail.
• ShuttersBy the square foot of window, with the mount the depth allows; exterior by the pair.
• SidingSquares of vinyl or fibre cement, minus openings, plus trim.
• SkylightYou pay for the hole — framing, flashing, roofer and the light shaft — not the glass.
• Sod and turfPallets of sod, seed by species or turf by the roll, priced over 20 years.
• SprinklersZones from your measured flow, head-to-head spacing, and what the trench really costs.
• Stucco repairHard is a crack, soft is a wall — and the patch never matches.
• Subfloor repairThe plywood is the cheap part: the floor on top, the leak and the joists move the price.
• Sump pumpsThe pump is the cheap part; sized against the lift, backed up for the storm that cuts the power.
• Tankless water heaterGallons a minute at YOUR temperature rise, not the figure on the box.
• ThermostatPriced by the wire, not the device. The C wire is the installation.
• TileTile by pattern, thinset from the trowel, grout from the joint width.
• ToiletThe rough-in, the flange nobody can see, and a payback of about two years.
• Tree removalHeight sizes the job; what the tree would hit sets the price; the stump by the inch.
• Wallpaper hangingPer strip, not per square foot — and the rate is wrong in both directions.
• Water filtrationThe system follows from the water: carbon for city chlorine, a train for a well, RO at the kitchen tap.
• Water heaterTank gallons or tankless flow rate from real fixture demand.
• Water softenerSized in grains at the efficient dose; priced by whether there is a loop.
• Whole-house dehumidifierDucted, basement or crawl space, sized by the area it keeps dry — and what it costs to run.
• Whole-house humidifierSized in gallons a day from the air your house leaks, then priced: bypass, fan-powered or steam.
• Window ACSized to the room, checked against the circuit, run for ten summers.
• Window cleaningBy the window and the ladder: inside and out is nearly double, and every storey adds.
• Window glassThe glass, not the window: fog is a failed seal, doors are tempered, and past half a new window, buy the window.
• Window screensRescreen a straight frame, replace a bent one; the cloth sets the rest.
• WindowsPriced by united inches, with insert against full frame and an honest energy payback.

Comparisons

The decision that comes before the quantity, with both figures from the engines that price each one, on the same job.

• Concrete vs asphalt drivewayAsphalt is $6.01 a square foot and concrete $13.94 — and thirty years later, after a resurface and seven seal coats, asphalt is still 26 per cent cheaper. What concrete buys is not money. Where you live decides the rest.
• Carpet vs hardwoodOn the same 182 ft² room, carpet is $1,709 and hardwood $2,701 — 58 per cent more, not double. Over fifty years, with carpet replaced five times and hardwood sanded twice, hardwood comes out 45 per cent cheaper. Carpet wins on warmth and quiet, which is what bedrooms are for.
• Deck vs patioA patio at grade is cheaper and permanent. A deck is what you build when the ground is not level or the door is not at ground level — and that, not preference, is usually what decides it.
• Concrete patio vs paversPoured concrete is cheaper and cracks; pavers cost more and move without cracking because they are already in pieces. What separates a good one from a bad one is the base under it, identically for both.

How this site works

• MethodologyHow material, labour, waste and region are handled — and what this site will not estimate.
• SourcesEvery dataset read, with the date it was checked.
• CorrectionsErrors found and what changed, kept in public.
• Editorial policyWho writes this, and how it gets reviewed.
• Data changelogWhen a published figure changed, and why.
• Pablo Ruiz QuinteroWho is responsible for the figures.