Changing plumber on open permit
Does anyone have any experience with changing plumbers on an open permit with the DOB? Basically we have a situation where the plumber who pulled the permit to complete work necessary to obtain a sign-off has turned into a bit of a disaster. He just does not seem to know what he is doing, and…
Does anyone have any experience with changing plumbers on an open permit with the DOB? Basically we have a situation where the plumber who pulled the permit to complete work necessary to obtain a sign-off has turned into a bit of a disaster. He just does not seem to know what he is doing, and causes more problems than he fixes. We actually did not choose to work with him. He was chosen by the previous owner of our house who initially opened the permit, and now we would like to ask a new plumber to finish the job. Can one plumber take over the permit from another at the discretion of the owner? What if the initial plumber objects?
can you guys recommend someone who was reasonable?
you can change your plumber definitely. the only issue if if the plumber will be ok with taking responsibility for someone else’s work. ask your architect if he knows of any plumbers, they usually do. and changing the plumber means that the plumber will have to pull a new permit with his name on it.
you can change your plumber definitely. the only issue if if the plumber will be ok with taking responsibility for someone else’s work. ask your architect if he knows of any plumbers, they usually do.
It happens more often than you might expect.
The city’s filings aren’t meant to pin you to a specific relationship. You can swap out an architect, engineer, expeditor, contractor, plumber, electrician, etc. in other words anyone in the permitting process, as long as the new party has their paperwork in place and doesn’t mind taking over the responsibility.
yes you can. I did that with another job. The plumber never pulled the permit but did the work. I hired another plumber ot pull inspect and sign off the job. you may need an expeditor to help with this and deal with the DOB.
the new plumber will file an application to take over the job, and you will have to sign a couple of documents… it will end up costing you more money, since there is no way that the new plumber will finish the job for the balance outstanding to your current contractor…as well the new plumber will probably demand redo a fair amount of your current plumbers work, increasing the amount you will pay out substantially
I am pretty sure one plumber can take over for another. I think the difficulty lies in the new plumber actually being able to see all the old plumbers work to be comfortable enough to assume responsibility.