It’s called home warranty companies.
Why is there no Uber for plumbing/HVAC? (and why there ought to be)
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Re: Why is there no Uber for plumbing/HVAC? (and why there ought to be)
#12I can't comment on this idea but I will say that I would have expected press fittings to have brought down the cost of plumbing because they don't require soldering up to certain diameter. But they don't seem to have had any impact on the cost of plumbing despite not requiring as much skill.
https://www.ferguson.com/content/ideas-and-learning-center/t...
Re: Why is there no Uber for plumbing/HVAC? (and why there ought to be)
#13task rabbit is sort of uber for a lot of non driving things, many house repair/handyman people available. not sure if they go all the way to major things like hvac
Re: Why is there no Uber for plumbing/HVAC? (and why there ought to be)
#14Exploitation already runs rampant in the trades, so does incompetence (see CyFy Home Inspections on Youtube).
The last thing the trades need is the profiteering, abuse and unsustainable race-to-the-bottom that Uber brings with it.
Re: Why is there no Uber for plumbing/HVAC? (and why there ought to be)
#15I can't comment on this idea but I will say that I would have expected press fittings to have brought down the cost of plumbing because they don't require soldering up to certain diameter. But they don't seem to have had any impact on the cost of plumbing despite not requiring as much skill. https://www.ferguson.com/content/ideas-and-learning-center/t...
Skill isn't the issue though time is and soldering itself is pretty fast.
Re: Why is there no Uber for plumbing/HVAC? (and why there ought to be)
#16India has this thing called as urban company
Does HVAC, Plumbing and much more https://www.urbancompany.com
Re: Why is there no Uber for plumbing/HVAC? (and why there ought to be)
#17We called this a "handyman" back in the day. They're still around.
Re: Why is there no Uber for plumbing/HVAC? (and why there ought to be)
#18I can't comment on this idea but I will say that I would have expected press fittings to have brought down the cost of plumbing because they don't require soldering up to certain diameter. But they don't seem to have had any impact on the cost of plumbing despite not requiring as much skill. https://www.ferguson.com/content/ideas-and-learning-center/t...
My experience with push fit and press fit is that if they aren't perfectly done (or have a manufacturing defect) they can appear to be secure, only to fail catastrophically at some random point hours/years in the future...
With a solder joint or a traditional compression fitting (the ones with olives) it's obvious if the connection is no good.
Re: Why is there no Uber for plumbing/HVAC? (and why there ought to be)
#19Oddly, the article does not talk about "why"!
So - let me shoot my guess. Uber didn't invent a new category. There were already taxi dispatchers, and there were already "radio-taxi" and "mini-cab" dispatchers - private driver fleets, who weren't licensed to be flagged down curbside, but otherwise operated as Uber. You placed a call, the operator gave you a quote and wait estimate, and told you the license plate of the car to expect.
Uber just put a fancy app on this.
Re: Why is there no Uber for plumbing/HVAC? (and why there ought to be)
#20It’s called home warranty companies.
Which are 100% scam