IL flooring installer bonds.
0.5% of the bond amount.

A flooring crew that installs work sold through Lumber Liquidators, Inc. is finishing the job in the retailer’s name, in a customer’s home, on the retailer’s warranty. Joining the program as an installation provider means posting a surety bond that guarantees you perform the agreement and follow the law where you work. Premiums cost 0.5% of the bond amount, $100 minimum; the application collects no credit information, and most applications approve instantly.

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Runs to Lumber Liquidators, Inc. as obligee — a condition of the installation services agreement, not an Illinois statute

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Backs workmanship, callbacks and the law you install under — state and local licensing, permits, and consumer-protection rules

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0.5% of the bond amount, from $100 — one of the lowest rates in the catalog, priced at application

From $1000.5% of the bond amount, $100 minimumNo credit sectionin the applicationInstantissued the moment you pay

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How it works

Apply to filed in one sitting.

Nothing about this bond waits on a government office — it is a private filing with your retailer, and it moves at the speed of your onboarding paperwork. Here is the whole thing:

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Your business details, the bond amount the agreement requires, and an effective date. No financials, no credit section, no trade test.

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Installer bonds are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. The application collects no credit information, and most applications approve instantly.

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Send it to the retailer

Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to upload with the rest of your installation-provider packet — certificates of insurance, W-9 and signed agreement.

About this bond

What it is and who needs it.

What the installation provider bond actually guarantees

When a homeowner buys flooring from the retailer and adds installation, the retailer sells the whole job and then dispatches it to an independent crew. That crew — the installation provider — is not an employee, but the customer experiences it as the store. The bond is how the retailer keeps that promise enforceable: it stands behind the installation services agreement you signed, so a customer left with an unfinished or defective floor has a recovery that does not depend on your balance sheet.

Practically, a claim looks like abandoned work, a botched subfloor, unpaid material suppliers or subcontractors, damage to the home, or a refusal to honour a callback inside the warranty window. It also backs your promise to work lawfully — to hold whatever municipal registration, permit or trade licence the job requires, and to follow consumer-protection and home-repair rules where you install.

This matters more in Illinois than in most states because Illinois does not issue a statewide general contractor or flooring licence. Trade licensing here is narrow — roofing and plumbing are state-licensed, and everything else is handled locally, so a crew installing across Cook, DuPage and Will counties may be registered in one municipality and not another. A private bond is the retailer’s way of closing that gap across a network that spans very different local rules. It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays, you reimburse the surety.

Private contractual requirement — Lumber Liquidators installation services agreement, not an Illinois statuteNo Illinois statute requires this bond. It is a condition the retailer imposes on installation providers as part of onboarding, and the retailer — not the State — sets the penal sum, the bond form and the term. The company operated for several years under the LL Flooring name before the brand returned to Lumber Liquidators, so your paperwork may carry either name; use the exact obligee spelled out on the agreement you were sent, and if the two disagree, ask your program contact before you buy. Note also that this bond is separate from any municipal contractor registration you owe — the City of Chicago, for example, licenses general contractors independently of anything your retailer requires — and from the roofing and plumbing licences the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation and the Illinois Department of Public Health issue for those specific trades.

You need this bond if you are

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Joining the installation provider program as a new flooring crew in Illinois

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Renewing your installation agreement and the retailer has asked for a fresh bond

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Expanding into Illinois from another state where you already install for the program

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Re-papering after an entity change — the bond has to name the exact legal entity on the agreement

One application, issued instantly.

These are the actual issuing fields — no credit section, because this application does not collect credit information.

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FAQ

Common questions.

How much is the Illinois Lumber Liquidators installation provider bond?Premiums cost 0.5% of the bond amount, with a $100 minimum — one of the lowest rates in our catalog. Enter the penal sum your installation agreement names and the exact figure appears at the application.

What amount should I enter?Whatever your installation services agreement states. The retailer sets it, generally scaled to the size and volume of jobs you will be dispatched. If your onboarding packet does not name a figure, ask your program contact — a bond written for the wrong penal sum will be rejected at upload.

What does the bond guarantee?That you perform the installation agreement and follow the law where you work: finish the job, honour callbacks in the warranty window, pay your own subcontractors and suppliers, avoid damaging the home, and hold whatever local registration or trade licence the work requires. If you fail and the retailer makes the customer whole, it can claim against the bond — and you reimburse the surety.

Do I need an Illinois contractor licence as well?Illinois has no statewide general contractor or flooring licence, but that is not the whole answer. Roofing and plumbing are licensed at the state level, and municipalities license and register contractors on their own terms — Chicago most notably. Check every city and county you install in; this bond does not substitute for any of them.

Is there a credit check?The application collects no credit information, so most applications approve instantly. If a check ever runs on this bond, it is a soft pull that will not affect your score.

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