Pricing
How a water heater gets priced
Water heater prices move with the heater and the house. Here is what moves them, and when you see the number.
What decides the price
Five things change the price of a water heater job, and you can see most of them before anyone drives over.
The type and the size: a 40-gallon tank is not a large tankless.
The fuel, and any change of fuel.
The vent, the gas line or the circuit, and whether any of them has to change.
The permit and any code upgrade the city asks for.
How hard the old heater is to reach and to carry out.
What the estimate includes, and what it doesn't
The price covers the work we describe in it.
Included: the heater, labor, new connectors and a shutoff valve, the permit and hauling away the old one.
Not included: drywall, paint, tile or flooring repair behind or around the heater.
Not included: a new circuit, gas line or vent, unless the estimate lists it.
What happens at the visit
We look at the old heater, the vent, the gas line or circuit, and the way in. The visit has a fee. If you hire us for the job, the visit fee comes off the price.
After hours
The office answers from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays and until noon on Saturday. A heater that is leaking after that goes to the on-call plumber, who calls you back. Nights and Sundays cost more than a weekday visit, and we give you that rate on the call, before anyone is sent.
When you get the number
In writing, before work starts. A replacement gets a flat price once we have seen the house. If the old heater comes out and shows something new, we stop and ask you before we add to it.
Want your number?
Tell us the house. We write the price down before any work starts.