subject: In Baltimore Plumbing Problems Only Happen To Other People [print this page] In Baltimore plumbing problems don't happen until they happen. And then they get your attention. The plumber is suddenly the man you would rather meet than your favorite rock star.
Someone once asked the question, if all the politicians in the world disappeared and all the garbage collectors disappeared, who would you miss first? While this may not be a good measure of the relative importance of these two professions it says a lot about the urgency of what they do.
High on the list of people you don't want to disappear are plumbers. You wouldn't notice their absence as quickly as you would notice that of garbage collectors. You probably wouldn't notice until your sink backs up or your basement floods or your toilet runs over. But when you notice you notice in a big way.
Plumbers are special. What makes them special is that they do something that you don't want to do. Furthermore they do something that you don't know how to do. And finally they do what they do at all hours of the day and night.
After the job is done and customers receive their bill they are sometimes not so enthusiastic about what the plumber has done. After all the guy didn't even have to go to college. But a career in plumbing has it's own stringent requirements.
There are no federal standards governing the licensing of plumbers. The requirements vary from state to state and even in various localities. In general plumbers have to complete and apprenticeship of at least three years. They also need a certain amount of formal training that includes information about laws and regulations, codes, blue prints and health and safety.
