
Licensing & code
Water-efficiency rules are tightening — what it means for retrofit bids
Fixture flow-rate standards keep ratcheting down. The contractors winning retrofit work are the ones who stopped treating efficiency code as an afterthought.
State licensing requirements, plumbing code-adoption cycles, and permit and inspection rule changes affecting plumbing contractors.

Fixture flow-rate standards keep ratcheting down. The contractors winning retrofit work are the ones who stopped treating efficiency code as an afterthought.

The model codes update on their own cycle. States and municipalities adopt — and amend — on theirs. The gap between the two is where inspections go sideways.
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