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Free plumbing price book template, with flat-rate sample prices
Plumbing is hard to price over the phone: the client describes a symptom and you have to price a fix. A plumbing price book settles most of it in advance: a service call that includes the first hour, a flat price for each repair you do every week, and clear rules for nights, weekends and parts. Copy the free plumbing price book template below, check it against the filled-in sample, then put your own numbers in.
Download this price book template: Word, Excel or PDF
Free to download, with no sign-up and no email. Open the Word file to type over the brackets, or the Excel file to put your own prices over the sample ones. Prefer paper? Print the blank PDF and fill it in by pen.
- Word (.docx) — the blank price book, ready to fill in
- Excel (.xlsx) — the sample prices, ready to swap for your own
- PDF (.pdf) — the sample prices, ready to print
- Blank PDF (.pdf) — print it and fill it in by pen
- Google Docs — your own copy of the Word file, in your Google Drive (Google asks you to sign in)
- Google Sheets — your own copy of the Excel file, in your Google Drive (Google asks you to sign in)
What goes in a plumbing price book
Flat-rate plumbing caught on because homeowners hate watching a clock run while someone works under their sink. A flat rate plumbing price book gives each common repair one price — clear a sink drain, rebuild a toilet, replace a faucet — that already counts the usual time, the standard parts and your overhead. You still keep an hourly rate for the calls that turn out to be something else.
Each entry needs the repair, what it covers, the price and the unit. Spell out the edges, because that's where plumbing disputes start: does the water heater price include haul-away? Then the rules every job shares — what the service call covers, any trip charge, the after-hours rate, how non-standard parts are priced, and the date of the last update.
- Repair name, as the homeowner would say it
- What's included: labor, standard parts, haul-away, testing
- The price and its unit: flat, per hour, per fixture or per foot
- The service call and what it covers, or your trip charge
- Evening, weekend and emergency rates
- What's extra: permits, opening walls, non-standard parts
- The date the prices were set
Copy this plumbing price book template
Paste this plumbing price list template into whatever you carry: a note on your phone, a sheet in the truck, a spreadsheet at home. Arrange it by where the job happens — drains, toilets and faucets, water heaters, gas and sewer lines — because that is how calls come in.
If property managers or regular clients get a copy, keep the bottom block with the service call terms and after-hours rate. For a job that needs its own quote, the plumbing estimate template picks up where the book stops. The skeleton:
- [Your business name] · [license #] · [phone] · Prices as of [date] · US dollars
- Service call: $[price] — includes [first hour / diagnosis]
- Drains and sewer
- [Repair] — [what's included] — $[price] [flat / per hour]
- Toilets, faucets and fixtures
- [Repair] — [what's included] — $[price] [flat / per fixture]
- Water heaters, pumps and gas
- [Repair] — [what's included] — $[price] [flat]
- Labor after the first hour: $[rate] per hour
- Trip charge / minimum: $[…]
- Evenings and weekends: [+…%]
- Prices are a starting point; a written estimate confirms the job price
Sample plumbing price book, filled in
Below, the template filled in for a small residential plumbing shop. The service call includes the first hour, so a quick fix often costs just that. A booked flat repair replaces the service call rather than adding to it, and anything beyond the standard parts is priced before the work starts.
| Price | What's included | |
|---|---|---|
| Service call, first hour included | $149 | Diagnosis and up to one hour of labor |
| Labor after the first hour | $105 per hour | Billed in quarter hours |
| Evenings and weekends | 1.5× labor evenings · 2× weekends | Applies to the service call and hourly labor |
| Clear a sink drain | $175 flat | Snake from the trap or cleanout, one fixture, flow tested |
| Clear a tub or shower drain | $195 flat | Hair and buildup removed, line snaked, flow tested |
| Main sewer line cleaning | $375 flat | From an accessible cleanout |
| Sewer camera inspection | $325 flat | Camera run of the line, findings explained on site |
| Toilet repair | $185 flat | Fill valve, flapper or wax ring, standard parts included |
| Replace a toilet | $525 flat | Standard two-piece toilet, supply line and wax ring; old one hauled away |
| Replace a faucet | $195 flat | Kitchen or bath, labor and supply lines; faucet extra |
| Replace a shower valve | $425 flat | Standard valve and trim from the wall face; tile repair extra |
| Water heater repair | $295 flat | Thermostat, element or valve, part included |
| Water heater replacement, 40–50 gal. tank | $1,650 flat | Old tank out, new tank in and tested; permit extra where required |
| Sump pump installation | $895 flat | Pump in an existing pit, check valve, tested |
| Gas line repair | $395 flat | Find and repair one leak, pressure tested |
We made these prices up to show the format; they are not averages, Workeey data or what Workeey users charge. Each sits inside a published range — HomeAdvisor's plumber cost guide (updated June 19, 2026) for the service call, hourly and after-hours rates, sewer cleaning, camera inspection, toilet repair, water heaters, the sump pump and gas line repair; HomeGuide's plumber cost guide (written September 25, 2023) for the drains, a new toilet, the faucet and the shower valve.
How to build a flat-rate plumbing price book
Start from the repairs you did most last year. For each one, take the honest average time including setup and cleanup, multiply by your hourly rate, add the standard parts at your markup, and add a share of overhead — the truck, insurance, the calls that never turn into work. Round to a price you can say out loud. The hourly rate calculator and the markup calculator do the two harder sums.
Then decide how the service call fits: some plumbers include the first hour in it, others skip it when a flat repair is booked. Pick one and write it at the top of the book. Our guide to the service call fee walks through both.
- Flat price = hours × rate + parts × markup + overhead, rounded
- Write what each price leaves out: permits, opening walls, seized shut-off valves
- Offer good, better, best on water heaters and toilets, where clients really choose
- Keep after-hours as a multiplier on labor, not a second book
- Re-check part prices every quarter and the whole book once a year
Your price list, inside Workeey
Workeey keeps the same rules your price book does. In Settings you save your hourly rate, travel per 20 minutes, a call-out charge (the least any job costs), the first hour, extra for evenings and weekends as a percent, your parts markup and a deposit percent. A quick estimate prices each plumbing call from them, so the late-night callout and the Tuesday drain follow your own rules.
When you type a line by hand — “Replace shower valve, $425” — Workeey remembers it with its price and offers it as a one-tap chip on the next job, most-used first, so the book builds itself from real calls. The quote PDF you share from your phone prints the deposit percent; Workeey never collects it. Once the homeowner gives you the go-ahead, one tap turns the estimate into the invoice. Free has 23 quick estimates a month (unlimited on Pro) and unlimited invoicing, no card needed. More on the plumbing software page.
More for plumbers: pages and free templates
- Plumbing software — the whole plumbing business in one app
- Plumbing invoicing — how to bill a plumbing job, step by step
- How to start a plumbing business — a step-by-step guide to going out on your own
- Best apps for plumbers — the apps for this trade compared
- Plumbing invoice template — free, with a filled-in sample
- Plumbing estimate template — a free quote sample
- Plumbing receipt template — a free paid-in-full sample
- Plumbing work order template — free, with a filled-in sample
- Plumbing price book — the common jobs with starting hours and parts prices, priced from your rate
- Free invoice template — every field a trade invoice needs
- Free estimate template — copy it, price it, send it
- Free receipt template — a paid-in-full receipt to copy
- Work order template — the job written down before you bill it
- Late payment reminder templates — texts, emails and a letter to copy and send
- All free templates and tools
What is a flat rate plumbing price book?
A list of your common repairs, each with one set price covering the usual time, standard parts and overhead. The homeowner agrees to the price before you start instead of watching the clock.
Do plumbers charge by the hour or a flat rate?
Both are common. HomeAdvisor's plumber cost guide (updated June 19, 2026) lists hourly rates from $45 to $200 and service calls of $100 to $250 that usually include the first hour. Many shops quote flat for familiar repairs and hourly for the rest.
Should I put plumbing prices on my website?
A few starting prices, such as the service call and a drain clearing, answer the first question most callers have. Leave out repairs that vary by house, or mark them “from”, and say that a written estimate confirms the price.
How often should I update my plumbing price book?
Check part costs every few months, since fixtures and water heaters move the most, and review labor times yearly. Print the date so an old copy in a client's drawer never sets the price.