Upfront, Flat-Rate Pricing
You pay for the work, not for a truck in your driveway. What you pay to find out depends on what you already know — and you approve every number before any work starts.
Two questions decide what you pay to find out
Photo or phone quote
Water heater, toilet, faucet, disposal, a repipe — anything where you already know what needs replacing. Send a photo and we price it without sending a truck. Costs you nothing, obligates you to nothing.
Service visit
A licensed plumber diagnoses it on site. Covers the visit and the first 30 minutes of work — and it applies to the repair if you go ahead with one. It is also our minimum charge, so a small fix is often this and nothing more.
Need a specific test — sewer scope, hydrostatic, pressure? Those are fixed prices with a written result, from $150. See the table below.
Evenings, weekends and holidays add a $149 after-hours fee, which members don't pay. The flat rate for the work itself never changes — you are not charged more for the same repair because of when it happened.
What a diagnosis costs
When you already know what needs testing, book the test directly. Each of these is a fixed price and ends with a written result you keep — including if you take it to someone else.
Water test & hardness report
What is actually in your water, in writing — so any softener or filter recommendation is backed by a number.
Water pressure & PRV test
Gauge reading at the bib, PRV and expansion tank checked, written result. Settles whether your pressure is the fault before anyone digs.
Yard leak — meter test & isolation
Proves whether the leak is on your side of the meter and roughly where, before we open ground.
Sewer scope
45 minutes of camera down the line with the video yours to keep. The standard product for a home purchase.
Hydrostatic test
Required by most DFW cities after major work, and the test a foundation company will ask you for.
Concealed / slab leak investigation
Meter and pressure isolation, fixture-by-fixture elimination, hot-vs-cold determination, moisture survey, written findings. Finding the leak is the work.
Hydrostatic + camera + written report
The full package a foundation engineer wants to see.
Cast iron scope & locate
Camera and locate on a pre-1970 cast iron main, mapped and marked, so a replacement quote is based on fact.
Smoke test — sewer odour & DWV
Two technicians, system capped, full interior and exterior walk, photographed findings. The tool for a sewer smell nobody can source.
Members save up to 15% on diagnostics and repairs, and pay no after-hours fee. See the plans →
What the big jobs actually cost
Most plumbing companies answer these with “it depends.” It does depend — but you still deserve to know whether you are budgeting three thousand dollars or fifteen. These are real starting prices from our price book.
Water heater, installed
40-gallon electric, standard install, old unit hauled away. Gas from $1,695; 50-gallon from $1,595.
Tank-to-tankless conversion
Including the gas and venting work a conversion normally needs. Straight tankless installs from $3,595.
Slab leak repair
Spot repair from $2,795, reroute from $2,995. Which one is right depends on the investigation, not a guess.
Whole-house repipe, PEX
Up to 2 baths. Three baths from $7,995, four or more from $9,995. Wall openings closed at $149 each.
Cast iron drain replacement
Exterior and yard runs from $4,495, through the floor from $5,495, tunnelled from $8,995. Whole house $18,500.
Water service line replacement
Trenched from $3,499, directional bore from $4,999 when the yard, drive or trees rule out a trench.
Water softener, installed
Standard 32k grain. Premium 48k metered $2,995; softener and under-sink RO together $3,795.
Sewer spot repair
Open cut on a single failure point, where the rest of the line still has life in it.
What Moves the Price
We price every job from a standardized company price book — the same fair math for every customer. These are the factors that move a quote:
Where the problem is
A faucet swap on an open counter is simpler than a valve buried behind a slab or up in the attic. Access drives most of the difference — it is why an attic water heater adds $399 and a garage one does not.
How complex the fix is
A like-for-like replacement prices differently than diagnosing hidden leaks, correcting old DIY work, or bringing things up to code.
Parts and materials
Builder-grade vs. professional-grade fixtures, pipe materials, and whether existing parts are reusable all factor in. You choose the option — we explain the trade-offs.
When you need us
The flat rate for the work never changes, but evenings, weekends and holidays add a $149 after-hours fee. Scheduling into normal hours avoids it, and members don’t pay it at all.
The Dallas Plumber Promise: 1-Year Workmanship Warranty
Every repair comes with a 1-year workmanship warranty. If our work fails within a year, we come back and fix it — free of charge.
Pricing Questions, Answered
Do you charge a service call or dispatch fee?+
No — we dropped it. We don't charge to knock on your door. If you know what needs replacing, send a photo and the quote is free. When we genuinely have to diagnose an unknown problem, that is a $150 service visit which covers the diagnosis and the first 30 minutes of work, and it applies to the repair if you go ahead. It is also our minimum charge, so a small fix is frequently that and nothing more.
Why do some diagnostics cost more than the $150 visit?+
Because they are different work. A hydrostatic test, a smoke test, or a slab leak investigation takes hours, sometimes two technicians, and ends with a written report you keep and can hand to a foundation company or an insurer. Those are priced as the jobs they are. The $150 visit is for the ordinary case where something is wrong and nobody knows what yet.
Can I get a price before anyone comes out?+
Often, yes. Replacement work — water heaters, toilets, faucets, disposals, a repipe — can be quoted from a photo at no charge, and several jobs can be priced instantly on this site. What we will not do is guess at a problem nobody has looked at.
Do you charge flat-rate or by the hour?+
Flat rate, always. You pay for the result, not the clock. Every job is priced from a standardized company price book — the same fair math for every customer — so a slower job never costs you more, and nobody has an incentive to drag their feet.
Do you charge extra for nights, weekends, or emergencies?+
There is a $149 after-hours fee for evenings, weekends and holidays, and Home Care members don't pay it. The flat rate for the work itself does not change either way, so you are never charged more for the same repair because of when it happened — and emergencies still go to the front of the line for our next available dispatch.
Are the prices on this page what I will pay?+
They are honest starting points from our actual price book, not teaser numbers. What moves them is access, condition, and what we find when we look — which is why the exact figure comes from a quote on your specific job. Whatever that figure is, you approve it in writing before any work starts.
Do property managers and landlords get different pricing?+
Yes. We work with property management companies across DFW with priority scheduling, volume pricing, and direct invoicing. Contact us to set up a property management account.
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