02/09/2019
Plumbing, Heating or Fire Sprinklers
Anyone who works on plumbing, heating or fire sprinkler systems in North Carolina must receive a license from the State Board of Examiners of Plumbing, Heating and Fire Sprinkler Contractors. The board offers two types of licenses: Class I, which covers all plumbing, heating and fire sprinkler projects across all types of properties, and Class II, which covers these activities for single family residential homes only. You must have at least 4,000 hours of experience to qualify for a plumbing or heating license and you must have a plumbing license to qualify for a fire sprinkler license.
Other Work
If your handyman services do not include plumbing, electrical, heating or fire sprinkler work, and you do not accept any one job that exceeds $30,000 in value, you do not have to obtain a license from the state of North Carolina.
The above two paragraphs were copied and pasted from a search that I did online. I already knew this information but I wanted to share it with you in the proper way that it is written. In order to legally engage in the business of Plumbing, Heating or Fire Sprinklers you must first obtain a license from the State Board Of Examiners of Plumbing, Heating and Fire Sprinkler Contractors. This is the Law.
If you are a home owner and you are not 100% sure if your contractor is licensed you can do a license search on the N.C. State Board of Examiners website. It is very easy to do this search.
One of the biggest problems in our industry is all the unlicensed people parading around out there as legitimate contractors. They may very well in some cases know how to do the work but they are still supposed to be licensed by the state in which they are doing business. In other cases they may not know what they are doing and you the homeowner are at risk by using the unlicensed contractor.