INDUSTRY LINGO: WHO IS A LP?

LP: Licensed Plumber

Do you know that only PUB Licensed Plumbers (LPs) are allowed to carry out water service and sanitary works?

PUB revised its licensing scheme from 1st April 2018, to require all sanitary plumbers to be licensed. Licensed Plumbers (LPs) are required to make submission via the Licensed Plumber Portal.  

To find out if the plumber you are planning to engage is licensed and qualified for the job, you can perform a search on PUB’s Licensed Plumbers (LPs)‘s directory.

For simple plumbing works, a Licensed Plumber (LP) is not necessary. Handymen without a license can do water service works pertaining to potable water and sanitary works pertaining to used water.

Below is a summary of works NOT requiring Licensed Plumbers (LPs):

Water Service Works (Potable Water)

1. Replacing or removing any tap or mixer.
2. Replacing or removing accessories (ie. Showerhead, flexible hose) connected to a tap
3. Replacing or removing any pipe between a stop valve and an instantaneous water heater.
4. Replacing or removing parts (ie. Flushing mechanism, flexible hose after ball valve) of a flushing cistern

Sanitary Works (Used Water)

1. Installing, replacing or removing washbasin, including any bottle / fitting trap below basin
2. Installing, replacing or removing bathtub, shower tray, shower enclosure
3. Installing, replacing or removing floor waste outlet
4. Installing, replacing or removing pipe conveying sullage water into floor trap
5. Installing, replacing or removing urinal, including any fitting trap / pipe connecting the urinal to a urinal trap
6. Replacing floor trap & floor waste grating / cover
7. Installing, altering, replacing or removing any pipe for or appurtenance related to the conveyance of industrial effluent within an industrial premises.
8. Clearing any blockage in any floor trap, water closet or sanitary appliance.
9. Clearing and flushing any discharge pipe, ventilating pipe, drain-line, fitting, floor trap, inspection chamber, grease trap, pump or any other appurtenance related to the conveyance of sewage or sullage water from any sanitary appliance or sanitary facility to a sewerage system.

The summary listed above is non-exhaustive. Please refer to the full list which can be found here.

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SWING ARCHITECTS is an architectural design & consultancy firm based in Singapore, specialising in boutique Architectural & Interior design.

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