How much does water heater installation cost in Boulder? The usual water heater job filed with Boulder is $3,518, from 1,266 priced permits (October 2023 through September 2026); the middle half of firms file between $2,675 and $4,030. A filed value is what the contractor wrote on the permit, not a quote or the final bill.
The usual water heater job filed with Boulder is $3,518, from 1,266 priced permits, October 2023 through September 2026. The middle half of firms usually file between $2,675 and $4,030. Half of jobs were filed for less, half for more. A filed value is what the contractor wrote on the permit, not a quote or the final bill. A water heater permit here usually takes 137 days from issue to final inspection. How long permits take →
Approximately, from each firm's own spread: every firm's range of filed values, weighted by its 1,266 priced permits across 125 firms, pooled into one. Half of Boulder water heater permits were filed between $2,500 and $4,900.
| Percentile | Filed value | Reads as |
|---|---|---|
| 10th | $1,900 | 1 in 10 permits filed below |
| 25th | $2,500 | 1 in 4 filed below |
| 50th | $3,500 | the middle permit |
| 75th | $4,900 | 1 in 4 filed above |
| 90th | $7,100 | 1 in 10 filed above |
Firms split into thirds by the usual value of the homes they work on, with each third's usual filed value weighted by permits. Home values: Boulder County Assessor values.
| Firms working on | Usual home value | Usual filed value | Firms | Permits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower third | under $927,900 | $3,164 | 40 | 126 |
| Middle third | $927,900–$1,235,450 | $3,600 | 40 | 967 |
| Upper third | $1,250,400 and up | $3,661 | 40 | 169 |
Top 10 by permits in the last 12 months. Usual is each firm's middle filed value; middle half is the range its middle half of jobs were filed in. Busy is not the same as careful: pick what you value to build a list.
| Firm | Permits | Last 12 mo | Usual | Middle half | Finished |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Planet Plumbing, Inc | 274 | 84 | $3,800 | $3,366–$4,478 | 41.6% |
| Bernie's Plumbing & Heating Co | 154 | 69 | $2,390 | $2,102–$2,714 | 37.8% |
| Save Home Heat Co Inc | 62 | 35 | $3,227 | $2,116–$5,326 | 86.5% |
| Solid Mesa LLC dba Mesa Plumbing Heating & Cooling | 37 | 33 | $2,504 | $2,190–$4,062 | 40.8% |
| Plumbline Services LLC | 105 | 30 | $3,132 | $2,604–$3,477 | 53.8% |
| Applewood Plumbing Heating & Electric | 48 | 18 | $6,483 | $5,691–$7,918 | 55.9% |
| Jim Needham LLC | 26 | 17 | $4,674 | $3,850–$7,488 | 7 of 9 |
| Meiers Mechanical Inc | 26 | 12 | $3,661 | $3,437–$6,533 | 42.8% |
| Secrist Inc dba Canyon Plumbing & Heating Inc | 12 | 11 | $4,712 | $3,886–$5,611 | — |
| Timberline Mechanical Systems | 19 | 10 | $7,023 | $5,527–$10,613 | 8 of 9 |
Line your quote up against the file. In Boulder, 1 in 10 water heater filed values sit under $1,900, the middle half between $2,500 and $4,900, and 1 in 10 over $7,100.
Boulder files the fewest water heater permits in July (78 against an average month of 100) and the most in April (118). If you can choose, ask for quotes in a quiet month. We have no prices by month, so this is about crews' schedules, not a discount. When each trade is busiest in Boulder →
Source: City of Boulder construction permits. The window is October 2023 through September 2026; a permit filed after that isn't here yet.
Usual is the middle permit: half were filed for less, half for more. Only permits with a filed value count; a value of $0 or none is left out.
The spread is approximate: we keep seven points of each firm's own range of filed values, not every permit, and pool them.
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