Appliance installation in Burnet County is rarely one trade's job. Texas assigns the water, drain, and gas connections to licensed plumbers, electrical connections to TDLR-licensed electricians or residential appliance installers, and propane system work to Railroad Commission licensees. An appliance technician handles the machine itself — leveling, door swaps, stacking kits, haul-away — and this number reaches each of those hands.
Who can legally hook up a dishwasher or washer in Texas?
A state-licensed plumber. Texas plumbing law treats a dishwasher, clothes washer, disposer, or water heater as a plumbing appliance, and connecting one to the house's water supply or drain requires a Texas State Board of Plumbing Examiners license. The single exemption belongs to appliance dealers and their employees connecting to an existing opening with a code-approved connector — and it never covers water heaters. So when a Marble Falls homeowner asks an independent repair tech to plumb in a new dishwasher, the honest answer is a referral to a licensed plumber, and that is what we give.
Who can make the electrical connection?
Plug-in appliances on an existing, working receptacle are a plug-in. Anything beyond that — a hardwired wall oven or cooktop, a new 240-volt dryer or range circuit in a Bertram remodel, a receptacle that reads dead, a breaker that trips — is electrical work, and Texas requires a TDLR-licensed electrician or a licensed residential appliance installer working under an installation contractor. An appliance tech may replace like-for-like parts inside the machine; the wiring on the wall side is the licensed trade's.
Propane: the Burnet County wrinkle
A large share of the county outside the city limits — Spicewood, Smithwick, the Briggs and Oakalla roads, much of the lake shore — cooks and dries on propane. The regulator, the line from the tank, and the piping to the appliance are licensed by the Railroad Commission of Texas. A range or dryer may also need a propane orifice kit before it will burn correctly; that conversion is an appliance-side job, and the tech will say which parts the manufacturer requires.
What the appliance technician does on install day
Uncrates and inspects, swaps door hinges to open the right way for your Horseshoe Bay layout, installs stacking kits and anti-tip brackets, levels the machine, fits a propane conversion kit where the manufacturer supplies one, removes the old unit, and tests the new one on its existing, working connections. If the job includes any piece that Texas assigns to a licensed plumber, electrician, or gas licensee, the quote separates it and names the trade. Nothing is hidden in a single line item.