Free Plumbing Quote Template
Blank plumbing contractor quote template, already carrying the line items plumbing jobs use. Download it, or fill one in below and get a finished PDF in about a minute.
Fill it in online Type your details in and download it already filled in.Download the blank template
Print it, fill it in by hand, or open it and type. Nothing to sign up for.
Free, no signup, no email, no watermark.
A quote is a fixed price you are committing to. That is the whole difference from an estimate, and it means the exclusions and the valid until date on this one are carrying more weight than they look like they are.
Quote, estimate or bid: this is the same document
It is one form with one word changed on it, and that is deliberate. A quote is normally a fixed price you are committing to, an estimate is a considered approximation that can move with the scope, and a bid is a price submitted into a competitive process. Customers use all three interchangeably, so nobody is going to read the word at the top the way you meant it.
The longer version, including what belongs in the exclusions and why every price you send needs a valid until date, is in estimate vs quote vs bid. The plumbing contractor estimate template is this same form with the other word on it, and the same plumbing line items.
What a contractor quote should contain
- Your business details and license number where required
- The customer name and the job address
- A quote number and the date you wrote it
- The word quote on the document, so nobody has to guess whether the price can move
- A valid until date, because a fixed price you wrote in March is not a fixed price in September
- Scope in plain language, line by line, so the customer knows what is and is not included
- What is explicitly excluded, which is what stops a fixed price turning into free work
- A line saying scope changes are priced in writing and approved before the work is performed
- Subtotal, tax, any deposit required to book the work, and the total
What goes on a plumbing contractor quote
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 quote 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 quote 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 quote template page, with the questions people ask about the template:
- Write an exclusions line, it wins arguments before they start
- Put an expiry on every price you send