Always Hire a Plumber Who Has Liability Insurance

It is not hard to imagine, the damage that oneinsurance, simply because it protects them, just in
broken water pipe can do to an entire home. Couldcase something does happen.
you imagine the frustration that you would have, ifHomeowners should think the same way. If a
you hired a plumbing contractor, to repair yourplumbing contractor comes to your home and
broken water pipe, only to find out later on that itcharges you $500 to repair a broken toilet, you might
wasn't done properly and he doesn't have any liabilitythink that this home repair might be a little costly.
insurance?However, could you imagine paying the $500, and
I write these articles for a reason and I hope thatthen, a few months later having a problem with your
most people take the time to understand, that whentoilet and it ends up flooding your entire home with
I am writing, I'm trying to protect people that arewater.
either in the home improvement business or thoseIt wouldn't be a bad idea, to get a copy of your
who are hiring the people in the home improvementplumber's liability insurance certificate, just in case the
business to remodel or repair something in theirplumber went out of business, you would be able to
home.call the liability company directly, to get your home
There is nothing more frustrating to a homeowner orrepaired in the future if there were any problems.
to a building contractor, than to find out that theIt's not much work for the plumbing contractor, all he
people they hired, are not protected and if anneeds to do is call his liability insurance company and
accident happens on the job, it could put them atthey will mail you out a certificate of his liability
risk. Most general contractors, won't even think aboutinsurance.
hiring someone who doesn't have any liability