Welcome to BadPlumbers.org
This site is for you if you have an interest in contractor licensing laws and how these laws protect us (or don't). You may be a plumber or plumbing contractor that is being unfairly underbid by the unlicensed pretender . You may be a homeowner that has been scammed by a pretend contractor and/or plumber. You may be a consumer seeking information on how to find a legitimate skilled honest plumber due to a negative experience in the past. Maybe you just want to vent. OK! Please comment and make suggestions.
The laws regulating plumbers and contractors vary from state to state. Some states have better, stronger legal protections for the public and the tradesman than others. It is useful to know what these laws are, and if they are weak and ineffective, we should make some effort to improve them so that they perform the function that we need them to do. This site can help you with this. Contractor/plumber registration laws, state false advertising laws, Federal Trade Commission laws may be helpful.
Consumer protection is the primary purpose of contractor licensing laws. Contractor and plumber licensing laws are intended to prevent the unskilled and dishonest from advertising and pretending to be competent service providers. False advertising in a local area shows plumbing services are offered by those that are not licensed plumbers then something needs to be fixed - either the laws or the enforcement.
Real plumbers can exchange information here. The plumber lounge is for licensed plumbers only and registration is required there. This site seeks to unite those of us in the trade so that we have a voice. Residential Service Plumbers tend to be independent individuals and do not have a political presence. Residential service shops tend to be very small businesses without much of a voice in the politics. Hopefully, enough of us together can make change possible with our legislators who write the laws.
Fake plumbers are put on notice that somebody is taking notice of the damage caused to legitimate tradesmen and the consumer. We will publicize your activities along with your real name, address and phone number. We will file complaints against you with any local, state or federal law enforcement agency when we find you. We will file lawsuits with the courts once we document the evidence of your sleazy business scams.
Please contribute to this site if you have had an experience with an unlicensed plumber or contractor. False advertising is fraud. It can be a crime. File a police report if you believe you have been defrauded by a con man pretending to be a licensed plumber.
Now that you have a taste of this sites' attitude... Check out proposed legislation to stop the consumer fraud in Washington State
If you are a licensed plumber, your years of training and your future livelihood are worth nothing if the state doesn't do a better job protecting us from the "fake" plumber.
If you are a consumer, you are being defrauded. Hire local plumbing contractors you can trust.
We all need to demand enforcement of our plumber licensing and false advertising laws. If we don't fix this we will only have con men and salesmen left to call when we need a plumber.
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Washington plumbers and plumbing contractors really need to get involved here. We have active legislation that is proposing changes in Wasington laws that will protect legitimate plumbers and small plumbing businesses.