(06-01-2019, 05:56 PM)dfrecore Wrote:(06-01-2019, 01:00 PM)sanantone Wrote:(06-01-2019, 10:11 AM)dfrecore Wrote:(05-31-2019, 05:43 PM)sanantone Wrote: 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.
First, both of the companies I've worked with are small businesses, so yes, I do support those.
Second, I'm not in Texas, so I don't have TSBPE. Our State Licensing Board doesn't tell me if someone has gone through a background check or not, so I can't check that. I guess in TX you can, but you can't in CA. So you'll be in the same boat as me come Sept 1.
You live in an extremely liberal state with the most lax licensing laws in the country. They let people with degrees from unaccredited schools get law and psychology licenses. In California, all licensed plumbing contractors are required to go through a background check. If the company you hire is licensed, which is required for anyone doing work over $500, then they've already been checked. As far as I know, the people who work under contractors don't have to be licensed, but I don't know if contractors are required to do background checks on their employees in CA.
TSBPE is only going away because Texas legislators were arguing over whether to keep TSBPE or transfer the plumbing license to a bigger state agency that handles a couple of dozen other licenses. Our legislature did pass a bill raising the age to purchase tobacco to 21. If our governor signs it, we'll have that in common with California.
You might support small businesses (businesses that make a few million a year are still considered small), but it appears that you don't support people doing solo work. However, even solo plumbers in California have to go through a background check because plumbing services are expensive, and I doubt many plumbers are refusing to do work that is over $500.
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