Finding the Best Plumber for Your New Home

by Kevin Smith Author

If you’re building a new home, one contractor you’ll need to have, besides your builder and electrician, is a plumber who can install all the home’s plumbing. Your building contractor may have someone they typically work with, and that’s great. But it’s your home, and if you would prefer a different plumbing contractor, that is your right. By the same token, your builder may ask if there’s a particular plumbing contractor you’d like to work with. Do you know who you’d select? Remember, this is more than just unclogging a drain. They’re installing every line of plumbing in your entire house.

Start By Narrowing Your Options

Searching for the company that does the best plumbing in Gainesville, GA, doesn’t have to be rocket science. You can look at home-related websites like Angie’s List or Home Advisor.com, but you should also check with the Better Business Bureau in your area to see what people are saying about whoever you’re considering.

Ask for proof of insurance and licensure. Check with the licensing agency to see if they’ve ever had their license revoked or suspended, or had a complaint filed against them by an upset customer.

New plumbing should be warrantied, as should the labor since the plumbing is, in this case, being installed in a brand-new home. Sometimes pipes are replaced in older homes, too. So you should always find out how long the labor is warrantied, as are the materials being installed. Find out if any portion of the warranty is transferrable should you move. Chances are, if you’re building a new home, you won’t be moving for a while, but sometimes things do happen causing people to move unexpectedly, and it would be a nice selling point if it transferred to the new owner.

Other Considerations When Hiring a Plumber

You never know when a pipe is going to burst or some other need for a plumber is going to arise. Those kinds of things rarely occur during normal business hours. So, it’s important to ask what they charge, if anything, for overtime on a busy day, or what their rates are on weekends and holidays.

Ask for references and talk to people they’ve done work for in the past. Ask how they were to deal with: did they finish the work when they said they would? Did they clean up after themselves and take old piping, and other materials away, or leave them for the homeowner to deal with?

Make sure the technicians are all trained and certified and are using state-of-the-art equipment to install and/or address your plumbing needs. And make sure they look for long-term solutions rather than short-term fixes.

As you search for the company that does the best plumbing in Gainesville, GA, be smart and shopper-savvy. It’ll pay off in the long-run.