I guess I have been too isolated from this to have offered an opinion. I am sorry if I was flip about it. In my additions I already had the plans and the engineering before I got the bid and I already knew who I was going with so it was really just a formality.
I understand the frustration of the contractors tho, if your customer were using the free bid as a design plan to go shopping with.
I still wonder if that is the way Holmes did business when he was still making a living as a contractor. Once these guys start being TV stars, I think their whole outlook changes.
