Washington Lumber Liquidators installer bonds.
From $100.
Lumber Liquidators, Inc. requires each contractor who installs its flooring under an Installation Provider Agreement to post a surety bond in its favor. This is a private, contractual requirement: the company sets the amount, not a Washington agency. Premiums cost 0.375% of the bond amount, $100 minimum.
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How much does a Washington Lumber Liquidators installer bond cost?
0.375% of the bond amount, from $100. Enter your amount in the calculator for the exact price.
Three steps. One sitting.
A private-obligee installer bond is one of the simplest things in surety — there is no agency queue behind it. Here is the whole process:
Apply online
Your business details, the bond amount your provider agreement names, and an effective date. That is the application. No credit check up to $500,000. Above that, the carrier may run a soft pull, which never affects your score.
Pay & e-sign
No credit check up to $500,000, and most applications approve instantly. Your exact premium is calculated from the amount you enter, so the number you see is the number you pay.
Send it to Lumber Liquidators
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to hand to the Installation Provider onboarding contact who asked for it. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the installation provider bond actually guarantees
Lumber Liquidators sells hard-surface flooring through its own stores and refers the installation work to independent contractors it enrolls as Installation Providers. (The chain traded as LL Flooring until F9 Investments bought it out of Chapter 11 in October 2024 and returned it to the Lumber Liquidators name; older bond forms and onboarding packets still circulate under both names.) Enrollment runs on an Installation Provider Agreement, and that agreement — not any statute — is what makes the bond mandatory.
The bond is the usual three-party instrument: you are the principal, a surety carrier stands behind you, and Lumber Liquidators, Inc. is the obligee. It guarantees that you will perform the work you accept under the agreement and that you will comply with the state and local laws governing that work. If a homeowner or the retailer is harmed by work you fail to finish or finish properly, the claim can reach the bond up to the penal sum.
It is not insurance for you. When a surety pays a valid claim it comes back to you for reimbursement — the bond protects the obligee and the customer, and you indemnify the surety. Keep it in force for as long as you hold work orders under the program; if it lapses, the provider agreement is what stops, and we notify you 60 and 30 days out so it does not.
You need this bond if you are
Claims, renewal, filing, and what sets the price.
If a claim is made
A claim comes from the party the bond protects, the obligee named on the form, when the duty the bond guarantees is not met.
The surety investigates and pays a valid claim, up to the bond amount. You then repay the surety: a surety bond is a guarantee of your performance, not insurance for you.
Renewal and term
The premium covers a one-year term from the effective date you choose.
Renew before the expiry date to keep the bond in force: the license, permit or contract it backs expects continuous coverage.
How to file it
Pay & e-sign. No credit check up to $500,000, and most applications approve instantly. Your exact premium is calculated from the amount you enter, so the number you see is the number you pay.
What sets the price
The premium is 0.375% of the bond amount, $100 minimum: the amount the obligee sets moves the price, not your business profile.
No credit check up to $500,000. Above that, the carrier may run a soft pull, which never affects your score.
Where a check runs, it decides approval; the rate is the same for everyone approved.
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual issuing fields. No credit check up to $500,000. Above that, the carrier may run a soft pull, which never affects your score. Enter the amount your provider agreement names.
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Finish your Installation Provider onboarding today.
From $100. Enter the amount your provider agreement names and send the executed bond the same day. Free until issued.