Plumbing guides for Tampa Bay homeowners
Plain-language plumbing guides for Hillsborough and Pinellas: permits after the 2026 exemption, water heaters and the utility rebates, polybutylene and the four-point inspection, what to do after a flood.
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Polybutylene pipes and the four-point inspection in Tampa Bay
If your house in Brandon, Carrollwood, Largo, or Pinellas Park was built between the late 1970s and the mid-1990s, an insurer will eventually ask what the supply pipes are made of. What polybutylene is, what Citizens' published rule says, how the four-point inspection works, and what a repipe actually involves in a one-story slab house.
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Water heater replacement in Tampa Bay: permits and rebates
A water heater swap around the bay is a permitted job even after Florida's 2026 exemption, and the inspector looks for a few things a hurried install skips. What the permit covers, why an expansion tank comes up, which utility has a rebate, and what the federal 2029 heat-pump rule means for a tank bought now.
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