You won't need a license to become a plumber in Texas!

[sanantone]

I forgot that plumbers receive a background check. Those with felony records have to face additional scrutiny before being approved. I'm assuming that they wouldn't approve sex offenders and other violent offenders.

I live in an apartment, but if I owned a home, I would only use plumbers from major, longstanding companies that do background checks. There's no telling what kind of record an independent plumber has, and these are people you let inside your home.

Anyone needing to hire a plumber in Texas should make sure he/she has insurance. Your insurance might not cover damage caused by an unlicensed plumber.

This is the exact kind of thing that kind of makes the license redundant - these kinds of companies weed out the plumbers you don't want coming around.  They try to find the best and brightest, and have insurance, etc. completely out of self-interest, which also happens to be in the customer's best interest.

My plumbing & HVAC companies both have all of that on their marketing material.  They don't need the government to tell them to do that, they do it because they know it's a surefire way to make customers happy.  I have kids, I don't need some wacko in my house.  I'm ONLY going to use these types of companies.

So, you don't support self-employed individuals? Now, I can check to see if a small business owner went through the background check process with TSBPE; after Sept. 1, I can't.