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DIY or hire calculator

Compare a pro's quote with doing the job yourself: the parts, any tools you'd need to buy, and the hours it will take you. See what you'd save, and what that works out to per hour of your time. Nothing is stored.

Hiring a pro
Doing it yourself

Doing it yourself keeps

$175

DIY cash cost
$75
Per hour you spend
$58
Your time's value
$60
Ahead after your time
$115

Doing it yourself saves about $175, or about $58 for every hour you spend. Counting your time at $20 an hour, you come out about $115 ahead.

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