I'm working on an O/B project in San Diego and have gotten quotes from several subs in my area on various facets of the construction. One thing that I have noticed and it really HAS NOT been echoed by the other O/Bs in other areas (like Vegas or AZ) is that getting the bids back seems to take quite a while and also probably wouldn't be returned at all if it wasn't for some amount of pestering.
Two of the shotcrete subs that I spoke to by phone/email never returned bids (even though we discussed their estimators working on them). The electrician/plumber were spoken to by phone, emailed plans etc. and have not responded in 7 days. The plaster/coping/tile subs only responded today (again contacted 7 days ago) after me emailing them asking if they had questions.
Anyway, maybe I'm expecting too much?
One more off-topic question I had was I got a coping quote for cantilevered concrete coping (poured) with a top seal and it came out to $65/linear foot which on my pool would set me back more than the pebble interior. 8k for poured concrete coping can't be right can it?
Two of the shotcrete subs that I spoke to by phone/email never returned bids (even though we discussed their estimators working on them). The electrician/plumber were spoken to by phone, emailed plans etc. and have not responded in 7 days. The plaster/coping/tile subs only responded today (again contacted 7 days ago) after me emailing them asking if they had questions.
Anyway, maybe I'm expecting too much?
One more off-topic question I had was I got a coping quote for cantilevered concrete coping (poured) with a top seal and it came out to $65/linear foot which on my pool would set me back more than the pebble interior. 8k for poured concrete coping can't be right can it?