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America's new millionaire class: Plumbers and HVAC entrepreneurs

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185 points hhs | 1 comments | 13 Oct 24 15:35 UTC | HN request time: 0.204s | source
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BobbyTables2 ◴[13 Oct 24 22:06 UTC] No.41832107[source]▶
I’m noticing HVAC systems (installed) are about 3x the price they were 10 years ago.

And they is from the cheaper companies that don’t advertise on the radio!

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1. GenerWork ◴[13 Oct 24 23:00 UTC] No.41832507[source]▶
General inflation, competent techs are retiring/nearing retiring age, and the fact that new units seem to be more complicated internally/harder to work on (i.e. expensive) are probably why.