Looking back at an earlier exchange, there was the impression that you were expecting something for nothing. That was incorrect, but are you sure you explained yourself, and what you wanted, and what you were prepared to pay for? You say "give me a signature" - a signature on what?
What, exactly, were you asking them to do and to sign?
If you wanted to carry out your own car servicing, what do you think your chances would be of being able to phone a local garage and ask them if they could tell you what to do?
It's not their job to advise you, any more than it's their job to teach you bricklaying, plastering, plumbing skills etc.
You have to LEARN. Just as with any field of work you want to undertake.
I honestly don't see how you can expect anything else. You're asking a professional to give you paid advice. Firstly the costs of that would very soon add up to more than the cost of having them do the work, and secondly (and much more importantly) it creates very real problems with professional liability. If you were doing a complete rewire, or a new-build then it probably would be possible for you to get an electrician to be in charge, and for you to work under her direction and supervision as a labourer doing the grunt work of chasing walls, lifting floors etc, just like you would if you were an apprentice, or an unqualified employee in a large installation company. But for a job as small as you describe that just isn't feasible.
You only need to do that at the beginning to end the opening [quote=.. and then at the end to start your final quote.
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