Tennessee Association of
Plumbing Heating Cooling Contractors, Inc.
The Tennessee Association of Plumbing, Heating, Cooling Contractors, Inc., is a not-for-profit association founded in 1897 for the purpose of providing services to plumbing-heating-cooling contractors and the PHC industry.
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Our History- The TAPHCC represents the interests of plumbing and HVAC contractors in Tennessee by providing awareness, marketing tips, business enhancement tools and a strong legislative presence on issues that affect members' companies. We are involved in community awareness programs and are proud to have been given a Proclamation from the Governor in 2008 in recognition of Plumbing Industry Week.
The Knoxville Chapter of the TAPHCC has four year apprenticeship programs in the plumbing and sheet metal trades for the purpose of education and training of qualified tradesmen for the future PHC industry. The TAPHCC is affiliated with the National Association of Plumbing, Heating, Cooling Contractors (NAPHCC).
During the 1880's, the transition from outhouses to indoor plumbing was moving at a rapid pace. The true craftsmen sought ways to distinguish those who knew what they were doing from those who didn't. In 1882, a group of these new tradesmen in New York City banded together to form the Master Plumbers Association of New York. Shortly afterward, a like-mided group joined forces in Brooklyn.
In 1883, the 125 members of the New York group formed the National Association of Master Plumbers (NAMP) to provide the public with a complete, safe and sanitary plumbing system. NAMP was the forerunner of the National PHCC, the oldest construction trade association in America.
The NAPHCC is a federation with state and local associations. TAPHCC has a heritage of great leaders who have served on the local, state, and national levels of PHCC. Three of its members have become PHCC National Presidents: Ben Burnette, '65-66; Gene Orr, '82-'83; and Dan Burnette, '90-'91.
Picture Above- 1941 Convention, Chattanooga TN
Picture Left - 1928 Convention, Memphis TN
(photo credits courtesy of TAPHCC)
_______________________________________________________________ Each local Chapter has representation on the state Board of Directors: Board of Directors · To consider our trade worthy as affording us distinct opportunities to serve society
· To improve ourselves, increase our efficiency and enlarge our service, and by so doing attest our faith in the fundamental principles of life, that we profit most who serve best
· To realize that we are businesspersons and ambitious to succeed; but that we are first ethical persons, and wish no success that is not founded on the highest justice and morality
· To maintain the highest ethical standards of advertising, pricing, selling, installation and service guided by the principles of honesty and integrity
· To promote the latest technological advances in the design, types and methods of installation of plumbing-heating-cooling systems; using equipment and materials complying with the standards recognized by this industry
· To enter enthusiastically into the association work—to give as well as take—and do our part in elevating the industry
· To support all progressive moves that are being carried out along the lines of trade extension, standardization and sanitation
· To conduct our affairs that others in our business will find it wise, profitable and conducive to happiness to emulate our example · To promote conservation of water and energy to the public we serve through improved, adequate, safe, modern installation of energy efficient equipment
The TAPHCC has 5 Local Chapters:
Chattanooga
Clarksville
Knoxville
Middle Tennessee
Northeast Tennessee
Each Local Chapter has Officers and monthly meetings, please click here for more information: Local Chapters
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CODE of ETHICS
· To follow and execute our work in conformity with federal, state, county and city building, safety, energy and water conservation, fire and housing codes; and refusing to be a party to any action that violates these regulations
Pride In Our Past—Faith In Our Future