Plumbing, Electrical and HVAC
Residential plumbing, electrical services and HVAC, run as one sequence on your job
The pipes, wires and ducts behind your walls share the same cavities and the same inspections. We coordinate the trades so each one works at the right moment and nothing gets closed up unchecked.
Chapter 01
Three trades, one wall cavity
Residential Plumbing, Electrical Services and HVAC all arrive at the same point in a job: the walls are framed, nothing is covered yet, and every supply line, drain, cable run and duct has to find a path through the same studs and joists. When each trade is booked separately and nobody is watching the whole house, the problems are predictable. A drain gets routed through the spot where a duct was meant to go. A panel location is settled after the wall is already rocked. An inspection is missed because one crew finished early and another had not started.
Whether you need a new plumbing system installed or an existing one repaired, new circuits and devices for a remodel, or climate control for a home or a commercial space, the work itself is only half of it. The other half is knowing what everyone else on the site is doing that day, and that is the part a general contractor is hired to carry.
An open stud wall with new plumbing lines, electrical cable, a junction box and a duct boot
How we sequence the trades and the inspections
On a Fischer job the carpenters frame first, then the plumbing, electrical and HVAC crews rough in while the walls are still open. We schedule them so they hand off to each other rather than wait on each other, and we line the rough-in up with the inspections the permit calls for. In almost every case we apply for the building permits for you, and we keep up with local building code changes so the work is built to what the city expects in Stockton, Sacramento or Tracy.
Each scope is done by the trade crew that does that kind of work, and Fischer is the contractor coordinating them and answering to you. Every member of our team and every subcontractor we employ is fully insured. Before the walls close, you can walk the open framing and see where the lines and ducts landed. If you want a sink, an outlet or a vent moved after rough-in, that is a change to the plan, and no change goes ahead without your complete approval first.
Chapter 03
Starting a plumbing, electrical or HVAC job
If the work is part of a remodel or an addition, bring us in at the beginning. The fixture list, the appliance locations and the equipment all decide where the rough-in goes, and those choices are easiest to make on paper at the consultation. For a stand-alone repair or upgrade, call and describe what you are seeing, and we will say which trade it needs and what has to happen around it.
The estimate is built from the materials, the labor, the subcontractors involved and the size and scope of the job. Call (209) 205-5901 for a free estimate or to set up a consultation. Before final payment, check that every fixture and device is working and that the panel, the thermostat and the shutoffs are labeled or shown to you at the final walkthrough.
Contractor License 1104136. Fully insured crews and subcontractors. Call (209) 205-5901 for a free estimate.
Who is in the wall, and when
Rough-in, inspection, then the walls close.
The order matters more than the speed. Plumbing, electrical and HVAC go in together while the framing is open, the inspection comes before anything is covered, and the fixtures and devices come last.
This is how those lanes typically line up. Your own schedule is worked out with you at the consultation. For the bigger picture, see how we coordinate every trade on a job.
Your sign-off: the plan before work starts, and any change you want made after rough-in, such as moving a sink, an outlet or a vent.
Jobs that start with the same trades
Questions about what a job needs? Call (209) 205-5901, or read the answers people ask a general contractor first.