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A Second Plumber!

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It was a little more than two years ago that we started our plumbing business, here in East Hampton. Chris has worked, tirelessly, to help each person who has called for help over the years. All of you have received us with such resounding support that, within the last year, we began to find ourselves filling the schedule weeks in advance, and referring work to other local plumbers in the area.

Each time I would answer one of your calls, and hear the disappointment at my mention of our soonest availability, it evoked a sense of urgency in me; to find a solution. While it has been extremely helpful having our apprentice, Dennis, join the team (who we love and are so very grateful for) the only way we could really help more people, without postponing their repairs, was to clone Chris…and while advances in science aren’t quite at the point of cloning individuals just yet, we have settled for the next best option, to bring on another licensed plumber.

Fortunately, Dylan is truly the next best thing to cloning our favorite guy. He is kind, courteous, professional and skilled in the trade. Chris and I have known him for a few years now, having met him through an old neighbor of ours, and we both really like the energy that his presence brings. Some of you may know him already, as he is a familiar face in East Hampton from growing up locally. Dylan has been working in the field, as an apprentice, with another local plumber, and recently passed his Journeyman exam with flying colors. Now, he is officially certified to perform plumbing repairs solo. We are so grateful to him, for choosing to join our team, and help us in our role to serve this community!

So now we are a team of three! (or four if you include me, behind the scenes) Our plan, for the time being, is to have Chris shadow Dylan and Dennis on most of the jobs that you book with us. We want to ensure that your experience with Badger Plumbing is consistent, with every interaction being informative, supportive and transparent. We still value positive interactions with customers, and the integrity of our staff most of all. We chose to pursue service plumbing, over new construction, because our interactions are what make this job enjoyable. So we hope you’ll call us again soon, when you need help with a plumbing repair, or feel ambitious to upgrade the plumbing in your home. When you do, we know you won’t be disappointed. Chris, Dylan and Dennis are here to help!

The Plumbing Profession:

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As children, we are conditioned to contemplate our future career choice, preparing us to make our way in this world. Some parents encourage their child to lean towards a job that will bring them wealth. Other parents tell their children to do what they love so that they love what they do. Often, these suggestions don’t include the trades.

As long as humans continue to live in modern society, the world will need skilled tradesmen. The basic infrastructure of modern life was created by masons, carpenters, iron workers, welders, mechanics, plumbers, HVAC technicians, electricians, linemen, painters, dry wall finishers, insulators, glassworkers, roofers…and the list goes on. For this reason, a job in the trades offers significant job security.

While Plumbing is a respectable career choice from a financial standpoint, simply becoming a plumber won’t make you rich. Nor is it anyone’s dream to enter a profession where you will absolutely encounter human fluids and excrement on a regular basis. What we aren’t expressing to the future generation, is that there is a feeling of worth that comes with being a tradesman.

To enter a new construction site, where the future plans have not yet come to fruition, and have the knowledge and ability to construct an effective water and waste system for that new structure, is empowering. To be invited into someones home, bear witness to their most intimate spaces in life, and have the ability to save them from hygienic collapse, is humbling.

Plumbers have to be strong, intelligent, compassionate, and driven. They must be disciplined to learn the trade, and maintain knowledge of modern progress and technology within the trade. Most states in the US require plumbers to be licensed at the state level. In the states that do not, there are often strict city or county requirements. Some states actually offer several choices of specialized plumbing licenses, which cover a variety of different plumbing systems.

In general, the process of becoming a plumber requires schooling, an apprenticeship, on the job training and the passing of an extensive exam. If an individual has interest in plumbing, prior to high school, they can pursue a vocational school to get a head start on their trade credits. If the decision to enter the trade is made after high school, there are many college level programs available. Here, in the state of Connecticut, an individual must complete 576 classroom hours and 8000 training hours, in an apprenticeship position, to receive their P2(Journeyman) license, allowing them to work for a plumbing company. In order to own their own company, they must work as a Journeyman for 2 years/4000 training hours, and pass another exam to get their P1(Unlimited Plumbing and Piping license).

The plumbing profession is one to be proud of. Only two centuries ago, our country consisted of primitive homesteads, with no running water. It is because of plumbers that there has been a great deal of change and advance, leading to the modern systems that we know today. These systems allow us to maintain healthy environments in which to live and work. Without them, infection and disease would, once again, be prevalent in our nation. The future will hold even more change, and will call on individuals with the want and ambition to join in the cause.