Bristol County Plumbing & Gas Inspector Association

08/23/2026

Ran across this photo today, from a final gas inspection I was doing in Lawrence from the gas disaster in 2018. The tenant was cooking on this outdoor propane stove in their kitchen when we arrived. We all felt dizziness when we went into the apartment to inspect, which had some low levels of CO in there and two young kids as well. We got the windows open just in time... luckily the final gas passed and a approval tag to get their gas back on that day.

08/16/2026

The early set up crew, thank you guys!

08/16/2026

Great day for a clamboil!

08/09/2026

One week to go till our clamboil at the Holy Ghost Club in Westport. Food served at apx. 2:00PM. The co****le tournament will begin before that so get there early if you want to play and a chance to win and get your name engraved on the Francis Reilly cup displayed at the Fall River Plumbing Inspector's office.
$150.00 1st place and $75.00 runner up, no fees to enter.

Just going over some numbers from last year:
40-gallons of clam chowder
300-lbs of potatoes
90-lbs of onions
17-bushels of clams between chowder and clamboil
and a pickup bed full of corn
500 tickets sold
Just over 22k to host it.

with 500 tickets sold at $40.00 ea, that's $2,000 short on the bill. With the raffle proceeds and vendors it tips us over a bit in the black. It's a lot of work for a lot of people..

We are going to ask this year for any meals getting wrapped for take out get picked up after the line moves thru. It slows down the servers.

Don't forget to write your name and tel number on the back of your meal ticket for a chance to win 4 Redsox tickets for September 23rd game vs Cleveland Guardians, courtesy of Plumbers' Supply Company

All to bring the trade together, and raise a few bucks for our scholarship fund.

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08/05/2026

It was announced at today's Board meeting, after many years serving, Ruth Alfasso who represented as the Member of the Dept. of Public Health, will be stepping down and retiring from the Board. She brought many years of experience and knowledge and will be missed.

She will be replaced by Katharine Dagle, who currently serves as the Deputy Director for the Department of Public Health.

We would like to wish you both health and success in this next chapter of your life, and thank you both for serving on our Board.

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08/05/2026

MA Plumbing Board meeting today at 9:00 am. Link to the agenda and virtual meeting is here: https://www.mass.gov/event/board-of-state-examiners-of-plumbers-and-gas-fitters-meeting-8526-08-05-2026

If you log into the meeting, be sure to turn off you microphone unless called to speak, cameras are also not required unless you are speaking.

This is a remote meeting. You can participate from your computer, laptop, or smartphone. See the Meeting Agenda for details.

08/01/2026

This will give you high carbon monoxide readings in cooking equipment. If you have commercial kitchen customers, do them a favor and bring your combustion analyzer with you when you do a service call.. and if it's an older kitchen w/o CO detectors, sell them a battery operated one.

07/31/2026

Getting close to crunch time.... about a week left to get clamboil tickets if you are planning on joining us. Send us a message, or contact David, Eric or Ross for tickets, or you can buy them online here: https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/QADV59A565PM6 and we can get them to you.

07/27/2026

Rough plumbing inspection without the tub or shower being installed? This is in reference to a standard tub or shower stall, not a freestanding tub installed on the finish floor after the rough.

I'm being told I'm the only one that has requested it in his years being a plumber. Are inspectors okay with the the shower valve roughed in without the tub or shower there? I told him I don't want to go back on the final and see a shower that doesn't have product acceptance. He said he didn't think that applied to tubs and showers...