California C-36
Plumbing License Exam Book
Understand the system before you cut the pipe.
Start with water, waste, basic math and materials. Build toward drainage, venting, water supply, fuel gas, job planning and the business knowledge behind a plumbing company.
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Includes the full table of contents, Clifton's founder story, a complete beginner lesson, selected system diagrams and the lesson's practice answers.
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What's inside all 36 chapters
Start with the basics, connect the ideas to a job, then practice explaining your answers. Expand each group to see the complete table of contents.
Chapters 1–6 · Start with the fundamentals
- I started with two friends. You can start with a plan.
- A study plan that builds understanding, not lucky guesses
- Water, waste, and the math that makes them work
- Know your materials. Make the joint match the job.
- Read the plan before you cut the pipe
- Size the work. Price the whole job.
Chapters 7–20 · Build and service the systems
- Underground work: get it right before it disappears
- Drainage: give waste a clear path
- Traps and vents: protect the water seal
- Protect the drinking water
- Water sizing, pumps and storage without guessing
- Fuel gas: respect the system and the sequence
- Test it, protect it, and document it
- Fixtures that fit, work and stay serviceable
- Water heaters: heat, capacity and protection
- Commercial and specialty systems: know what changes
- Beyond the sewer connection
- Drain service: diagnose before you attack
- Supply and hot-water service: find the cause
- Remodels and retrofits: respect what is already there
Chapters 21–29 · Think like a contractor
- Run the plumbing job like the future owner
- Safety: getting everyone home is the job
- The license and the company are your responsibility
- Money: revenue is not your paycheck
- Build a crew you can stand behind
- Contracts and changes: put the agreement on paper
- Insurance, bonds, liens, and getting paid
- Public works: different money, different rules
- The Bayview plumbing project: put the whole job together
Chapters 30–36 · Practice, review and keep growing
- Two practice exams. Find your weak spots.
- C-36 Plumbing final practice exam
- Law & Business final practice exam
- The answers matter. The reasons matter more.
- Your reference bench
- Go to the source. Keep your knowledge current.
- Learn the trade. Build your future company.
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Learn and practice
- Beginner foundations, illustrated explanations and worked examples.
- Plumbing trade topics plus Law & Business study material.
- Chapter checks, practice exams and final practice exams.
- Original questions with answers and explanations.
- Study planning, licensing steps and reference resources.
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- One printed C-36 Plumbing exam-preparation book with 300+ pages.
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Use this book to build understanding, find weak spots and prepare with a plan. It is independent exam-preparation material, not an official CSLB publication. Passing and license approval depend on your preparation and meeting CSLB requirements; no book can guarantee either.
Learn the trade.
Build your future company.
Clifton started Construction Guys in 2015 with two friends and learned through real business challenges. That experience is the reason behind this school: make the path clearer for the next person starting out.
The teaching style is direct, practical and focused on understanding the work and the business behind it. Read Clifton's story in the free preview.
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