How This Site Works
We believe in transparency. Here's exactly how Badger State Pros operates, where its facts come from, and how we sustain the site.
Where the Facts Come From
The tables on this site are researched by us from official sources: the Wisconsin Uniform Dwelling Code, the Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services (DSPS), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and each city's own website. Every row shows the page it was read from and the date we read it. When we could not confirm an answer, we say "check with the city" and link to the city; we do not guess.
Rules change and we can make mistakes. Confirm any permit, code or license requirement with your city or county building inspector or with DSPS before you start work, and email hello@badgerstatepros.com if you find an error.
The grouping of Wisconsin counties into regions is ours, chosen for navigation. It is not an official boundary.
What We Are
- A free guide for homeowners and contractors to Wisconsin permit, code and license rules
- An independent publisher: not a government agency, and not affiliated with DSPS, the EPA or any city
- An operator of other websites in Wisconsin, described below
What We Are Not
- Not a business directory. This site lists no businesses and grades none
- Not a data broker. We never sell your personal information to anyone
- Not legal advice. Nothing here replaces your city, your county or an attorney
Our Other Wisconsin Sites
We also run directories of local businesses in Wisconsin: Fox Valley Concrete, Fox Valley Arborist, Fox Valley Gutters, Fox Valley Epoxy, Badger Basements and Badger Flatwork. Where one of them covers a trade and an area, this site links you to it. Those links are our own sites, not independent recommendations, and a link here is not an endorsement of any business listed there.
Revenue
We make money by selling leads, calls and placement on our directories to contractors. That is what the contractor page is for. No contractor pays for, edits or influences a row in the tables on this site or what a guide here says about a permit, code or license.
Your Information
This site has no form for homeowners. The one form is for contractors who want to talk to us; what happens to it is in our privacy policy. Messages from that form are not sent to any business.
Editorial Independence
Our guides and cost pages are written independently, and each states the sources behind its rules and figures. No business has editorial input or approval over what we publish.
Questions
Email us at hello@badgerstatepros.com.