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Hot water tank estimator template

Let homeowners price a like-for-like hot water tank replacement from their fuel type and tank size, with your packages and installation add-ons. Tankless conversions and unusual installations go to an assessment.

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Try it as a customer would

Clearwater Plumbing (sample business) Sample result: Replacing a 50-gallon gas tank in the basement, with the old tank removed Before tax
Standard $2,750 CAD
Gas tank installed (50 gal) · $2,600 Remove and dispose of old tank · $150
Premium $3,150 CAD
Gas tank installed (50 gal) · $3,150 Remove and dispose of old tank · included

Fictional business and sample prices. Preliminary estimate based on the answers; final pricing follows an assessment.

Questions included

  1. What are you looking for? Replace my tank with a similar tank Switch to a tankless water heater
  2. How is your water heated now? Natural gas Electric “I don't know” → asks for an assessment
  3. Tank size 40 gallons · 50 gallons · 60 gallons “I don't know” → uses a stated assumption
  4. Where is the tank? Basement or utility room · Attic · Somewhere else
  5. How is the gas tank vented? Through a chimney or metal flue · Plastic pipe with a fan (power vent) “I don't know” → shows a price range
  6. Should we remove and dispose of the old tank? Yes · No
  7. Extras Expansion tank · Drain pan

Prices you supply

  • Gas tank installed (40 gal) Your installed price for each package
  • Gas tank installed (50 gal) Your installed price for each package
  • Gas tank installed (60 gal) Your installed price for each package
  • Electric tank installed (40 gal) Your installed price for each package
  • Electric tank installed (50 gal) Your installed price for each package
  • Electric tank installed (60 gal) Your installed price for each package
  • Attic installation A fixed extra when it applies
  • Power-vent tank upgrade A fixed extra when it applies
  • Remove and dispose of old tank A fixed extra when it applies; included in Premium
  • Expansion tank A fixed extra when it applies
  • Drain pan A fixed extra when it applies
  • Assessment rule: Tankless conversionSwitching to tankless needs a site assessment of gas, venting and electrical.
  • Assessment rule: Unusual locationWe'll need to see the location before pricing.

How the price is worked out

Each fuel and tank size has its own installed price per package. In the sample, a 50-gallon gas tank is $2,600 (Standard) or $3,150 (Premium). Removing and disposing of the old tank adds $150 to Standard, but it's already part of Premium, so Premium shows it as “Included”. That gives $2,750 and $3,150 before tax.

Attic installations, a power-vent upgrade and extras like an expansion tank or drain pan are added only when they apply. The venting question only appears for gas tanks. If the customer doesn't know their tank size, the estimate uses a stated 50-gallon assumption. If they don't know the fuel type, it asks for an assessment.

What you can change

  • The tank sizes and fuel types you install, and each installed price.
  • Package names, what each includes, and your warranty wording.
  • Add-ons, and which situations go to an assessment.
  • What “I don't know” does for each question.

What it doesn't do

It doesn't decide whether an installation is safe or meets code, and it doesn't add permit costs you haven't set. Your visit confirms the venting, connections and final price.

Putting it on your website

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Used by: plumbers.