How We Vet Bathroom Remodeling Pros in the Naperville Area

The ones your job legally needs. Plumbing and electrical work in Illinois must be done by state-licensed trades, so we check that the pro can show those licences for whoever does that part of a bathroom. Several towns keep their own contractor lists on top of that: Aurora wants contractors licensed and registered with the city before a permit is issued, Glen Ellyn wants every contractor on a permit registered with the village, and Wheaton keeps its own register. We check the pro against the towns it works in.

Insurance first. The Illinois Home Repair and Remodeling Act requires remodelers to carry public liability and property damage cover of $100,000 per person and $300,000 per occurrence of bodily injury, and $50,000 per occurrence of property damage, and we ask for a current certificate. A pro whose papers have lapsed stops receiving requests until they are current again.

Because a licence shows a company may do the work, not that we want to send you to it. We talk with every remodeler ourselves before it joins, and we only recommend the ones we are comfortable putting our name next to. That conversation is a judgment call, and we say so plainly: it isn't a grade, a rating or a guarantee of the finished bathroom.

You start one step further along, with a remodeler whose licences, registration and insurance were in order when we checked. It doesn't replace your own checks before you sign: ask for the insurance certificate yourself, and expect the written contract and the "Home Repair: Know Your Consumer Rights" pamphlet that Illinois requires for any job over $1,000. The hiring guide lists the rest.

Your request waits. Until our vetted local bathroom remodeling pro is confirmed for your part of the Naperville area, it is held and not shared with anyone, and you can ask for it to be deleted at any time.