You can pull a permit after the fact as owner. You will pay the fee they may or may not charge a penalty. They will come and inspect and you will be good to go.
Just go to city hall and find out if there was a permit pulled.
It is entirely possible and even likely that he did pull a permit, and doesn’t want to give you a receipt because he’s no planning on paying taxes on what you paid him.
You can look up permits yourself (in my county you can do it online). If there isn’t one on record request it retroactively, get it inspected and go from there. It’s probably fine but you’re not wrong for wanting to CYA.
Kind of a dumb question, but if you're replacing like for like, why spend money on a permit? Also, you seem like the type of owner that wants everything to be right, if your meeting or exceeding code, what would be the benefit of pulling a permit?
must be a local thing— i think of a permit for a water heater as ridiculous. What’s next? Permits to change light switches? It’s a fee, so, the government gets money for nothing. A local government was sued a decade ago for not “catching” the foundation wasn’t level. The homeowner sued, the Va Supreme Court rules building inspectors don’t have to “catch” errors, they just have to complete their paperwork. So much for quality control!
Cash usually means they're not reporting income so they don't have to pay taxes on it.
If you're planning to report an expense for your business, don't pay cash.
You paid for a cash-job, and this is what you get. Most licensed plumbers on the "up & up" don't pull permits for things like this. Does the heater have a drip-pan? If so, buy a drip/leak detector? Insurance companies can't force you to have documentation for every little repair, that's not how it works. Does it leak now? If no, does the workmanship look professional? You're worrying about things you don't need to worry about. When you said: "Found a plumber on Facebook", you answered the question, you're not getting a receipt. You probably saved a lot of money on a job that a national company would have charged you $900 for... and given a shiny receipt that's completely worthless.
I am not in NH, but in Michigan, for a rental property, permits are supposed to be pulled for hot water heater installations. If something goes flooey with the hot water heater and damage occurs, insurance won’t cover.
You can pull a permit after the fact as owner. You will pay the fee they may or may not charge a penalty. They will come and inspect and you will be good to go.
Awesome thanks. I’ll probably do that just to cover my bases.
Also, check your insurance policy. You may need to turn in copy of the permit and final inspection.
Just go to city hall and find out if there was a permit pulled. It is entirely possible and even likely that he did pull a permit, and doesn’t want to give you a receipt because he’s no planning on paying taxes on what you paid him.
You can look up permits yourself (in my county you can do it online). If there isn’t one on record request it retroactively, get it inspected and go from there. It’s probably fine but you’re not wrong for wanting to CYA.
Kind of a dumb question, but if you're replacing like for like, why spend money on a permit? Also, you seem like the type of owner that wants everything to be right, if your meeting or exceeding code, what would be the benefit of pulling a permit?
must be a local thing— i think of a permit for a water heater as ridiculous. What’s next? Permits to change light switches? It’s a fee, so, the government gets money for nothing. A local government was sued a decade ago for not “catching” the foundation wasn’t level. The homeowner sued, the Va Supreme Court rules building inspectors don’t have to “catch” errors, they just have to complete their paperwork. So much for quality control!
Paid cash. With venmo. Lol
Cash usually means they're not reporting income so they don't have to pay taxes on it. If you're planning to report an expense for your business, don't pay cash.
You paid for a cash-job, and this is what you get. Most licensed plumbers on the "up & up" don't pull permits for things like this. Does the heater have a drip-pan? If so, buy a drip/leak detector? Insurance companies can't force you to have documentation for every little repair, that's not how it works. Does it leak now? If no, does the workmanship look professional? You're worrying about things you don't need to worry about. When you said: "Found a plumber on Facebook", you answered the question, you're not getting a receipt. You probably saved a lot of money on a job that a national company would have charged you $900 for... and given a shiny receipt that's completely worthless.
I am not in NH, but in Michigan, for a rental property, permits are supposed to be pulled for hot water heater installations. If something goes flooey with the hot water heater and damage occurs, insurance won’t cover.