Pay Per Lead Services in Harris County, TX for Plumbers

A plumber in Harris County works two different markets that happen to share a map. One is the ordinary week in a hot, wet county of 1,917,790 housing units with a median build year of 1988 (Source: data.census.gov.). The other is the event week, when a freeze or a flood hits everyone at once and the phone stops being a queue and becomes a flood of its own.

The ordinary week

Most homes here sit on slab foundations over clay soil that swells when it rains and shrinks in a dry August, and that movement is hard on the lines underneath. The steady leads are slab leaks traced from a water bill in Pearland or Missouri City, water heaters in attics and garages in Katy and Cypress-area subdivisions that are reaching the end of a second tank, and drain and sewer calls in the older parts of Houston, Pasadena and Bellaire, where cast iron under the slab has had decades to scale and crack. These are calls a plumber can plan around: a homeowner who has noticed something, wants it found and is willing to wait until tomorrow.

Ownership splits the county almost in half. With 45.3% of occupied homes rented (Source: data.census.gov.), a good share of callers are tenants, and the screening question that saves you a wasted drive is whether the person on the phone can approve the work.

The event week

On February 16, 2021, the City of Houston fell to 13F, the local weather office issued its first Wind Chill Warning ever, and it forecast power outages lasting several days (Source: weather.gov.). Homes built for heat, with pipes in attics and exterior walls, are not built for that. The calls came in all at once and kept coming as the thaw found every split line.

Water is the other event. The Flood Control District says a major flood happens somewhere in the county about every two years, and Tropical Storm Allison in 2001 damaged 73,000 homes (Source: hcfcd.org.). After a flood, the work turns to sewer backups, water heaters that went under and fixtures that have to come out with the drywall.

We plan for both. In an event week the useful thing is not more leads, it is leads you can reach, so we hold the area tight to the ZIP codes you can still drive.

Who can pull the permit

The City of Houston does not license general contractors, but plumbing permits need a master plumber licensed by the Texas State Board of Plumbing Examiners and registered with the city. Unincorporated Harris County and the other cities have their own rules. We send leads only to a plumber with a responsible master plumber behind the business.

The Texas rule for a plumber taking leads in Harris County: Plumbing is licensed by the Texas State Board of Plumbing Examiners (TSBPE) under Occupations Code Chapter 1301: a person other than a responsible master plumber may not engage in plumbing without the proper licence, registration or endorsement and supervision by a licensed plumber, and a business that advertises or offers plumbing must secure the services of a responsible master plumber (Source: tsbpe.texas.gov).

Harris County, for a plumber working these leads: City of Houston (the county seat): the Houston Permitting Center states that "The City does not license or register general contractors"; a building permit can be bought by an owner, agent or contractor, but trade permits need a licensed contractor registered with the City of Houston: master electrician (TDLR licence), air conditioning contractor (TDLR type A or B licence) and master plumber (Texas State Board of Plumbing Examiners licence); Source is the Houston Permitting Center's November 19, 2024 permits workshop deck; unincorporated Harris County and other cities in the county have their own rules (Source: houstonpermittingcenter.org).

Worth knowing as a plumber buying leads in Harris County: Texas telephone solicitation registration: a seller must file a registration statement with the Texas Secretary of State and pay the filing fee (unless an exemption applies), the certificate of registration is effective for one year and can be renewed, and the Texas Attorney General is charged with enforcing the registration requirements (Source: sos.texas.gov).

Leads go only to plumbers who can lawfully take the job in Harris County.

Places in Harris County the plumber lead campaign covers, as the source lists them: Houston, Pasadena, Baytown, Pearland, Missouri City, League City, Katy, Humble, Tomball, Bellaire.

County seat on the plumber lead map for Harris County: Houston.

The same pay per lead service for plumbers in the counties next to Harris County: Plumbers in Fort Bend County, Plumbers in Montgomery County.

Other trades we run leads for in Harris County: Locksmiths, Roofers, HVAC & Air Conditioning Companies, Mobile Mechanics, Painters, General Contractors, Exterminators & Pest Control, Property Management Companies.

Harris County is one of the 64 counties we cover for plumbers, and every one is listed on the Plumbers pay per lead index.