Plumbers in Carrollton

Texas Occupations Code 1301.551 tells every city of more than 5,000 people to regulate plumbing by ordinance, water heaters included, and to require a permit before the work. Carrollton is well over that line. The law leaves out small jobs: fixing a leak, replacing a kitchen or bathroom faucet, a ballcock, a garbage disposal or a toilet.

A city that issues plumbing permits must also check with the Texas State Board of Plumbing Examiners that the company's Responsible Master Plumber has an insurance certificate on file. The permit is how that check happens, and it brings an inspection by a licensed plumbing inspector.

Questions for the City of Carrollton

Ask Carrollton's building office where to look up a permit, whether plumbing contractors must register with the city and what the permit costs. Ask your plumber who pulls the permit (under state rules it's the Responsible Master Plumber), get the permit number before work starts, and call the city's building office to confirm it was issued and passed inspection.

HomeGuide's Dallas guide, written in June 2026, gives the nearest local figures: $182 to $500 for most residential jobs, about $340 on average, $45 to $200 an hour and $100 to $250 for a service call.

Nationally, HomeGuide puts a burst pipe repair at $400 to $2,000, or about $150 to $250 per linear foot. Ask whether the service-call fee is credited against the repair before you approve it. The full Texas price table and hiring checklist live on the Texas plumbers guide.

TSBPE licenses every Texas plumber under four licenses: Tradesman Plumber-Limited, Journeyman Plumber, Master Plumber and Plumbing Inspector. Each renews yearly. Any company that offers plumbing must have a Responsible Master Plumber, and that RMP must keep at least $300,000 of general liability insurance on file with the board.

• Read the bid. Every written proposal, contract or invoice must show the RMP's name and license number plus TSBPE's name, mailing address and phone.
• Look at the truck. Service vehicles show the company name and the RMP's license number.
• Search the name. TSBPE's Public License Search works by name, license number, city or county, and plumbers must carry their license card on the job.

Complaints go to TSBPE on its General Complaint Form, or by phone at (512) 936-5200. One limit to know: the three-day cancellation law for home sales generally doesn't cover plumbing you called in yourself.

Fall freeze prep. Texas health officials confirmed 246 deaths tied to the February 2021 winter storm. Book insulation for exposed pipes, a main shutoff test and hose bib repairs in October or November, before the first hard freeze fills every calendar.

Water heaters. A licensed plumber may disconnect and reconnect a water heater on its existing electrical circuit. If a new tankless unit needs a new circuit, that is electrical work, so add one of the Carrollton electricians to the job. A heater sharing a closet with the furnace is a good time to have Carrollton AC and heating techs check the venting too.

Sprinkler backflow. Only someone with TCEQ's Backflow Prevention Assembly Tester license, valid three years, may test or repair the backflow assembly on an irrigation line. Ask the city about its current watering days and any irrigation permit before you run new lines.

The city-by-city checks for power, courts and taxes are on the Carrollton hub, and plumbers next door are listed under Lewisville plumbers.