About PlumberMatch
PlumberMatch (plumbermatchusa.com) is a referral service for homeowners who need a plumber. You tell us the job and the ZIP code, and we pass the request to one independent plumbing company that has asked to receive work there.
What we are, and what we are not
We are not a plumbing company: we employ no plumbers, hold no plumbing license, set no prices and answer for no one's work. Nor do we claim that any company we send a request to is licensed, insured or bonded, so check that on the LARA lookup before the work starts.
The whole business model is that the company receiving your request pays us for it, and the how it works page walks through the details.
Why Michigan first
Plumbing rules are state rules with local enforcement. Michigan licenses plumbers through LARA, adopts the 2021 International Plumbing Code as its plumbing code, and leaves permits to the state, a county or a city depending on the address. A page that gets one of those wrong costs a reader money, so we started with one state and wrote it carefully.
The city pages use U.S. Census data for housing age and home value, and each city's own water report and permit office where we could find them, and a page says so when it came up empty.
Why the cost ranges say estimate
Every cost range here is an estimate, not a quote. We build it from national published ranges, adjusted for what Michigan plumbers are paid (federal wage data) and for the permit fee where a city publishes one, and we show the prices Michigan companies publish beside it. None of it is a price list. The editorial policy explains how the estimates are built and when they are re-checked.
Editorial standards
Every guide lists its sources, and a fact we could not source is left out. Rules about permits and codes change, so check with your local building department and LARA before relying on any summary here. Read the editorial policy, and tell us if you find a mistake.