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Hi:I am thinking about being my own contractor after reading your book but my first experience on my California run-down property was to install a septic system.My excavator charged $100 per hour for the digging ($3700 total) and the hook-up to the drain-field and the house was at $50 per hour ($600 total).Materials were $3600. Does this seem reasonable for California? Did I pay too much? What