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House building
Posted on 7/19/25 at 2:31 pm
Posted on 7/19/25 at 2:31 pm
Do you have to use licensed electricians, plumbers, etc when building a home in Louisiana? If you have a friend that will do the plumbing for little pay and not licensed is this ok? Will bank be ok with this?
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Posted on 7/19/25 at 2:36 pm to tigger4ever
Even if this is allowed, doesn’t seem smart. If your friend messes something up, is he going to fix it/make you whole? Would suck to have to sue your friend because he’s not the plumbing genius you thought.
Posted on 7/19/25 at 3:26 pm to tigger4ever
Having helped build a few (none recently), generally yes it's fine to do yourself. It technically has to be built "to code" and if youre financing it certain parts will have to be inspected before money will be released regardless of who is building it.
Far as I know, the license thing only applies when you are selling your work to someone.
Far as I know, the license thing only applies when you are selling your work to someone.
Posted on 7/19/25 at 4:16 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
And you could still have an inspector look at the work
Posted on 7/19/25 at 4:33 pm to gumbeaux
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And you could still have an inspector look at the work
And you can bet your electrical, plumbing and framing will be inspected.
I helped my nephew demo a lot of a house he bought in Metairie and he did an addition and rearranged the floorplan for the existing house. It was gutted floor to ceiling and I helped him do the framing.
A friend of his who worked for a plumber did the bathroom addition and tied into the existing sewerage and another friend who was an apprentice electrician came out and wired the house. It was all inspected and passed and he saved a lot of money between friends, family and sweat equity.
Posted on 7/19/25 at 4:38 pm to tigger4ever
Last one I did they had to have a licensed plumber, electrician, and HVAC company to pull the permits. And, they had to be licensed in Central, an East Baton Rouge license was not good enough for them, they just wanted money, I think.
Conversely, East Baton Rouge let the homeowner pull permits for everything, everything just had to be to code and inspected by a parish inspector.
So, I guess it all depends on your particular area.
Conversely, East Baton Rouge let the homeowner pull permits for everything, everything just had to be to code and inspected by a parish inspector.
So, I guess it all depends on your particular area.
Posted on 7/19/25 at 7:00 pm to 9rocket
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Last one I did they had to have a licensed plumber, electrician, and HVAC company to pull the permits.
And if they are the ones doing the work, it gets $$$$ real fast. I live in N.O. and plumbers and electricians are getting $100+ per hour.
I'm not much on hiring workers to do what I can do------maybe not as fast, but I can do it.
Just recently I had to replace my 24 yr. old roof and at age 72 with sketchy joints, a 2 story house and more squares than I even want to think about tackling, I hired a roofing company.
They were in and out in 1 day, did a great job much, much faster than I could even think about it, so I wrote the check and don't regret it.
But for someone who has put on a dozen or so roofs over the years, it hurt to have to admit it was now beyond my scope.
Posted on 7/19/25 at 9:08 pm to gumbeaux
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And you could still have an inspector look at the work
You must have it inspected if financing is involved. The bank isnt going to release money without certain boxes checked.
Anybody can do it, but the paperwork must show that it is correct. As long as you know what is ok and what isnt, go for it. Many of us are only one generation removed from everybody building their own homes from the ground up. You can save A LOT of money doing the grunt work yourself, assuming you are competent, have reliable friends, and maybe know the right people for certain aspects of it.b
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