For most remodelers,
small jobs are a nuisance.
While everyone
defines a small job differently,
something
simple like replacing
drywall after a roof
leak, patching around a
toilet, or replacing rotten
deck joists still
means two or three
trips to the supplier, half a day wasted while
the mud dries or the tile sets, and rounding
up a sub or two who are willing to do a few
hours worth of work.
Then there's all that overhead for a job
that may yield only a few dollars in profit.
For most companies, scheduling, billing,
and contractual procedures are the same
whether the job is worth $100 or $100,000.
Yet on a small job, passing along that overhead
to the customer may