Beagle
yeah, but even with the contractors you won't get one to give you a firm fixed price.  they'll only give estimates.

To be fair to contractors, that's understandable. You never know what you're going to find, or what problems are going to occur when you start ripping out decades old plumbing.

Have you tried Home Advisors?  It's free (unlike Angie's List).  I've used them a couple of times to find contractors.

I agree James, I know why they do that.  in fact, we EXPECT them to find water damage behind the walls, so we already expect the end price to be higher than the estimate.
 
craig, no, I didn't know about that list.  I used Angie's list.  it wasn't expensive.  $10/year.
 
I did try using "the Good Contractors List" but there were very few to choose from on there in my area.  ONE, IIRC, was in Ft. Worth, 2 or 3 listed for Dallas and that was all in the whole metroplex area.

All I know is that if you hire a contractor who moonlights as a lawyer, you have no hope at all.

Beagle
I did try using "the Good Contractors List" but there were very few to choose from on there in my area.

 
So what does that tell you? 

craigb
Have you tried Home Advisors?  It's free (unlike Angie's List).  I've used them a couple of times to find contractors.

You didn't use Craig's List? 

That's ok, I didn't use Bapu's List either! 

In my experience, Angie's List was well worth the fee. From landscaping contractors to dermatologist, we managed to finally find reliable and competent people using AL. 

 
Hey!  You're playing that geetar backwards!