Licensed and insured drywall contractors in Salt Lake City

For contracting work, yes. A business that contracts to hang, finish, or texture drywall in Utah needs a DOPL contractor license, usually S270 Drywall, Paint, and Plastering Contractor, or a general classification when drywall is part of a remodel. DOPL’s current application asks for a general liability certificate and workers compensation evidence or a Labor Commission waiver. Small jobs below Utah’s handyman exemption threshold may be done without a contractor license, so confirm which applies to your job.

S270 Drywall, Paint, and Plastering Contractor is Utah’s specialty classification for drywall, gypsum, and wallboard panels and assemblies. It also covers lightweight metal and non-bearing wall partitions, ceiling tile and panels with their grid, specified insulation, stucco and plaster, and paints and coatings. Framing with structural metal studs or bearing walls points to S220 instead, so ask a drywall company that frames bearing walls which classification covers that part of the job.

Search the business name in Utah DOPL’s licensee search. The license belongs to the business entity, so search the legal name on the estimate, not the crew’s name; for a franchise location, that is the local owner’s entity, not the national brand. The result should show an Active contractor license in a classification that covers drywall, such as S270. A city business license is a different credential. Some companies on this list display a license number on their own websites.

Ask for a certificate of insurance, often called a COI, issued by the company’s insurance agency. It shows the insured’s legal name, the carrier, policy numbers, effective and expiration dates, and limits. Check that the named insured matches the licensed business, that the dates cover your job, and that general liability is listed. Ask whether the company carries workers compensation or holds a Labor Commission waiver. For certainty, call the agency on the certificate.

It depends on what was damaged. General liability can respond when a drywall crew’s work damages other property, such as a pipe punctured behind a wall or flooring scratched while board is carried in, subject to the policy’s terms and exclusions. It generally does not pay to redo the contractor’s own unsatisfactory work, such as visible seams or a texture that does not match; that is a warranty question. Ask how the company handles dust control and cleanup, too.

Sometimes. Small jobs below Utah’s handyman exemption threshold may be done without a contractor license, so confirm which applies to your job before hiring someone unlicensed for a patch. Larger work, such as hanging and finishing a basement or repairing drywall as part of a bigger project, generally calls for a licensed contractor. Whoever does the work, ask whether they carry general liability; being exempt from licensing does not make anyone insured.

Self-reported means the drywall company’s own website states it is licensed and insured and Redoubt has not yet checked the business in DOPL’s license lookup or reviewed its certificate of insurance. Verified means Redoubt did both and recorded each date. A displayed license number is something the company published, not a Redoubt check. A verified label describes what the lookup and the documents showed on those dates and does not guarantee the license or policies are still in force today.

A Salt Lake City general contractor usually asks a drywall subcontractor for a certificate of insurance showing general liability at or above the limits in the subcontract, the general contractor named as additional insured, often for ongoing and completed operations, and workers compensation or a verified Utah Labor Commission waiver. Additional insured status comes from an endorsement on the policy, not from listing a name on the certificate.

When a Utah drywall contractor’s S270 license renews, DOPL expects general liability to be in force for the licensed scope with the Division as certificate holder, and the workers compensation side to match the worker setup: a current workers compensation certificate if the company has employees, or a current Utah Labor Commission waiver, which runs one year and must be renewed, if it has none. Requirements depend on the business, worker setup, and current DOPL instructions.

Send Redoubt a current certificate of insurance showing general liability, plus workers compensation if you have employees, and the legal name your DOPL contractor license is issued under. Drywall contractors serving Salt Lake County whose license shows Active in DOPL’s lookup and whose documents check out are listed as verified with both dates. There is no fee. If you need general liability or a DOPL-ready certificate first, Redoubt quotes both; start on the Utah contractor insurance page.