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The thing about jobs like that is that any one tradesperson will probably be able to do all the work, but then which trades person do you get?
Yeah. My plumber hates anything that isn’t hooking up heat and water. He wouldn’t touch the floor with a barge pole although he’d probably happily smash through some joists to extend the pipes.
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The thing about jobs like that is that any one tradesperson will probably be able to do all the work, but then which trades person do you get? You'd expect a joiner to do the best/neatest job of taking the floor up and putting it back down, but I wouldn't be too enthusiastic about them doing the plumbing - same goes for getting a plumber to do the flooring.
Even when you have a skilled tradesmen, the further you go from their speciality, the longer it takes them, and the harder the work is. The plumber will do the plumbing quickly and well, but most likely won't be anywhere near as efficient when it comes to relaying the floor (especially when they're used to working on boards that'll be covered). So they'll either work at their normal pace at the cost of the quality of finishing the floor, or they'll have to work slowly and carefully (which adds costs). Then factor in that it's a small job, which includes a trip to get parts, getting to and from the job, loading and unloading tools, tidying up and making right in an already finished house etc and it really starts to look unattractive as a job to take on. Compare that to replacing 8 rads in a house that's mid renovation: there's less cleanup, and generally more actual plumbing to do vs the amount of other stuff involved like loading and unloading, so the job will pay well and generally be a lot less of a headache, which is why jobs like yours become low priority, because the majority of your job isn't actually plumbing.
I've been having this dilemma myself with sparky work. A lot of small jobs are mostly problem solving, making right (plastering and painting), and there's a shitload of extra work to keep it all tidy while you're working - the actual electrical bit is piss easy even though that's what I'm mostly being paid for. Then you add in that smaller jobs always end up being harder to get paid for, and there's more haggling or endless "can you just x, y, z" as the job goes on - it all becomes a headache that makes me want to avoid the jobs in the first place.
Sorry, I know this doesn't help you in the slightest, and also keen to hear @konastab01 's opinion if the description of work above is true to his actual plumbing experience.