Many major home renovation projects require at least one permit depending on the type of renovation and where you’re located. Most home renovations in the kitchen and bathroom require plumbing renovation. A professional plumbing certification can ensure that a home renovation project goes smoothly and quickly. Whether you want to help renovate your own home, a friend’s, or a client’s, a professional plumbing certification is the way to go.
A Plumbing License Ensures Quality Renovations
When you obtain a plumbing license as a plumbing professional or hobby renovator, you ensure that you are getting the job done well. You’ll have extensive hours of hands-on training, experience, and knowledge in a professional setting. Plumbing licenses require certain qualifications, such as a certain amount of hours of experience, passing an exam, and possibly more depending on location. A home renovation is in good hands when individuals are certified.
Bad Plumbing Can Cause Legal Problems
Unlicensed plumbing can mean a lack of experience and know-how. If a plumbing job fails an inspection, it can accrue many fines due to a lack of permits and plumbing jobs that don’t measure up to local codes. If you’ve done the renovation job for a third party, they can also sue you for additional money. It can also impact your career, limiting your ability to professionally undertake plumbing jobs ever again. Homeowners can accrue fines due to home renovations that aren’t up to code.
Health Hazards
A bad plumbing job can cause serious health hazards. Issues with pipe assembly, replacement, or fitting can cause stress in pipes. This can make them break or burst, which can cause injuries or water damage. Water damage can cause mold, which causes severe health issues such as breathing problems. Mold can grow very easily when water damage is present, and even a small leak can cause a huge mold problem. Mold can even be fatal over time. Electrocutions and fires can even lead to death. This would not only stall a home renovation but potentially ruin the entire home in the process.
Safety Issues
Flooding or water damage due to leaks, burst pipes, or other plumbing issues can cause deadly electrocution, health problems listed above, slipping on wet floors, fires, and more. This can severely injure, kill, or even destroy a home, causing homelessness. Certified plumbing should be taken very seriously regardless of whose home you’re renovating. Home renovations definitely shouldn’t destroy the home!
Failed Inspections
As previously mentioned, bad plumbing is unlikely to measure up to local codes. This would not pass an inspection, adding time to a renovation, more costly repairs, and potential plumbing issues. Inspections are very important, and certified plumbers know how to handle them legally. This lowers property value and impacts the ability to sell a home if applicable.
Plumbing Licenses Help Obtain Permits
While having a plumbing certification doesn’t automatically give you permits for a job, it helps you obtain them quicker and easier. A plumbing certification means you have plenty of experience obtaining permits, and understanding the plumbing technicalities and legal process that it involves. When a permit is obtained quicker, home renovations can be done faster. It also allows more extensive home renovations to get done when the project is permitted. Renovations have to be limited when permits are not obtained.
Types of Plumbing Licenses
There may be different classes of plumbing licenses depending on where you’re located. States like North Carolina have a plumbing license separated into two different classes. Those who are looking into certifying their home renovation would need to know which one to obtain in this case.
Class I License
A class I license is the main license needed for plumbing professionals to do plumbing work in residential, commercial, institutional, and industrial jobs. If you’re starting a plumbing business, you’ll need this type of license.
Class II License
If you’re looking only to renovate single-family detached homes, this may be the plumbing license you’ll need. This particular license class will only cover plumbing jobs in that category. This is better for those only looking for homeowner clients or just want to be licensed in their own home renovations.
Better Code Compliance
When home renovations are done with licensed contractors, they’re up to code and beyond due to experience and skill. This makes home renovations smoother, boosts property value, and reduces safety hazards. This kind of experience and skill is only earned by obtaining a license due to the amount of qualifications needed to obtain one.
Home renovations are trickier than they seem, and obtaining a contractor license to undertake them is a smart idea. It avoids safety and health issues, delays, and legal issues. Plumbing licenses allow for easier permit applications, quicker renovations, and quality work. While licensing and permits take a lot of time, work, and fees, they’re worth it for future health, happiness, and career growth.
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