$130,000 for the tank, plumbing, equipment, 3 months maintenance. Fish not included.
$600,000 to have a ~3000 sq.ft. basement built onto the $10M ocean front house (above sealevel) to house the equipment (and our stuff doesn't take up that much space). That job was done by their own contractor.
+ plumbing contractors to run the pipe from the tank location to the pump room, about a run of 30 feet (with about a million turns)
+ electrical contractors to run a dedicated panel for the system in the new basement.
We don't do the plumbing or electrical in the house. It take the responsibility of floods and fires off of our hands. The client is responsible to have all that work done and pressure tested to 50 psi by the time we get to the site. We connect the tank to one side of the plumbing and all the equipment to the other, and do our own plumbing with the equipment.
The "master" plumber they hired was a total screwball. He still has leaks all over the place and never tested the pipes he ran, and never bothered to inform anyone of this. The client fired the guy yesterday and we're seeking back pay from his company for holding us up. This tank was supposed to be running by Christmas, but due to poor pvc joints on the plumber's part we're hoping for sometime next week. So let this be a lesson... use primer AND
glue on ALL of your pvc joints!!!
