Free Plumbing Estimate Template
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An estimate is a written price you are offering before the work starts. The two things that decide whether it wins the job are how clearly it describes the scope and how obviously it expires.
What a contractor estimate should contain
- Your business details and license number where required
- The customer name and the job address
- An estimate number and the date you wrote it
- A valid until date, because prices move and you should not be held to a number from six months ago
- Scope in plain language, line by line, so the customer knows what is and is not included
- What is explicitly excluded, which is the line that prevents most disputes
- Subtotal, tax, any deposit required to book the work, and the total
What goes on a plumbing contractor estimate
These are the lines a plumbing job usually needs. They are already in the template and in the generator, so you edit rather than start from an empty page.
- Service call and diagnosis
- Replace water heater, 50 gal
- New shutoff valve and supply lines
- Haul away old unit
- Permit and inspection
Delete what does not apply, add what does. The point is that a customer looking at an itemized plumbing estimate can see where the money went, which is what stops the argument before it starts.
Plumbing is billed as a service call plus labor and parts, or as a flat price for a defined job such as a water heater swap. The service call line is the diagnosis, so it stays on the bill even when the fix turns out to be small.
What to settle before the Plumbing estimate goes out
The permit line is there because a water heater replacement is permitted work in many places. If yours does not require one, delete the line. If it does, keep the fee and the inspection visit in the price rather than adding them to the invoice later.
Related pages for Plumbing work
The rules that hold for every trade
These are on the contractor estimate template page, with the questions people ask about the template:
- Estimate versus quote versus bid
- Write an exclusions line, it wins arguments before they start
- Put an expiry on every price you send