CSLB C-36 · 25 mile service radius

Plumbing work is on public record before it is on the market.

138 plumbing jobs hit the public record in the Sacramento area in the last 30 days, counted with the same rules that build a customer's alerts.

Galvanized, polybutylene, PEX: reading your city's repipe market off the permit record.

Licensed by the California State License Board (CSLB C-36).

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The short answer

What fires an alert for plumbing.

Deal Radar tracks 5 triggers for CSLB C-36. Each one names a public record, the point in that record's lifecycle where it becomes meaningful, how long after that point the work is actually bought, and who you would be contacting. The lead time is the part that matters: the same record is a different opportunity, on a different day, for a different trade.

Public record When it fires Who you contact
Repipe permits Whole-house plumbing replacement, a strong indicator of pipe era across a tract. the moment it is issued Pipe era is a neighbourhood fact, not a house fact. The surrounding block Neighbouring parcels around a signal, for a door hanger or a flyer route. Addresses only: no names and no phone numbers are needed, or used.
Water heater permits A water heater replacement on record, dated by address. about 10 years after it is issued Today's permit is a replacement prospect in ten years. The record is the asset. The property, by mail The parcel's mailing address, so the artifact is an addressed letter, postcard or door hanger. No phone call, and no owner name until the county assessor roll is loaded.
ADU permits Accessory dwelling unit permits: a second unit going up on an existing lot. about 3 weeks after it is issued The general contractor The GC attached to a commercial filing, for when you are pitching to sub.
Sewer lateral compliance A point-of-sale or ordinance trigger requiring a sewer lateral to be inspected or replaced. the moment it is published The property, by mail The parcel's mailing address, so the artifact is an addressed letter, postcard or door hanger. No phone call, and no owner name until the county assessor roll is loaded.
Tenant improvement permits Commercial interior build-out, normally with a general contractor named. the moment it is issued The general contractor The GC attached to a commercial filing, for when you are pitching to sub.
The limits

What a permit does not tell you.

  • A record is a signal, not a sale. A filed permit means someone intends to do work. It does not tell you the package is unbought, that the budget survived, or that the schedule held. Deal Radar times alerts to when a trade is normally bought, which is a much better guess than the filing date, but it is still a guess about a live project.
  • Coverage is what we have ingested, not everything that exists. Every count on this site describes records Deal Radar has actually stored. Some agencies publish late, some publish badly, and some do not publish at all.
  • Nothing is sent automatically. Deal Radar drafts. A person on your team reviews and sends. That is a design decision, not a setting.
  • We do not contact consumers. Where the audience is a property owner, what Deal Radar resolves is a mailing address, so the artifact is an addressed letter, postcard or door hanger. No consumer calls, no consumer texts, on any plan. And today, no name either. Until the county assessor roll is loaded, a household-facing signal gives you the property and its address, not the owner of record. If you are buying this expecting phone numbers, it is the wrong tool and you should wait.

Weighing this against buying leads? We wrote the honest comparison, including where bought leads win: permit records vs purchased leads.

Markets

Plumbing coverage by market.

Plumbing in Placer County, CA 108 permits tracked Plumbing in Sacramento County, CA 935 permits tracked Plumbing in San Joaquin County, CA 389 permits tracked Plumbing in Yolo County, CA 1,458 permits tracked

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Other trades

The same records, read differently.

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