BREE123 QUOTE some seemingly questionable regulations like the requirement that Amish must now hire licensed contractors to build their houses and stores, even though they've been safely constructing their homes in the same manner for nearly 2 centuries with very few resulting problems. QUOTE
Some Amish are now licensed contractors. I had my steel roof put on by an Amish company. My treadle sewing machine cabinet is now at a woodworking shop waiting for refinishing and many of them now work for other contractors.