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This is for a rental unit, so I'm trying to keep the cost low, while also sealing it away from silverfish. I have very fine steel wool on hand as well as a tube of DAP ultra clear flexible all purpose sealant.

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[-] BombOmOm@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Sealing a basic hole is a straightforward job that doesn't require $100 - $400 for a contractor to do. His business sounds like it has one employee (himself) and sending that employee to complete basic jobs is quite logical. While a contractor could certainly get the job done, I have seen my fair share of contractors that are actively bad at their jobs and will produce a worse result than researching the issue and solving it in-house.

[-] Belgdore@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

If he messes it up based on internet research and burns the building down, or causes some other harm to a tenant then he’s going to have a lot harder time dealing with the insurance claim than if he hired someone whose job it is to do that kind of thing.

As a business expense the contractor price is tax deductible as well.

[-] intensely_human@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah but how would you burn the building down sealing up around some pipes?

[-] Belgdore@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago

Wrong foam insulation resulting in overheating or toxic/ flammable off-gassing, wrong amount of foam, attaching something conductive to the copper pipes, accidentally nicking a wire in the wall, I don’t know about a billion things could go wrong, and you don’t want it to be your fault if it does.

As I added in another comment, I'm a tenant.

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