Permit expediting services take the paperwork, submittals, and agency follow-up off your plumbers' plates and hand back an approved permit. iPermit files 100% of permits within 24 hours of a complete job package, so a water heater replacement or whole-house repipe isn't stuck waiting on the city while your crew and your customer stand by.
Permit expediting services are a done-for-you way to pull building permits. An expediter prepares the application, submits it to the correct authority having jurisdiction, tracks it through plan review, and handles any corrections. For a plumbing company, that means water heater, repipe, and drain permits get filed right the first time instead of bouncing back for missing detail.
iPermit has done this one job since 1976 and has pulled more than 1,000,000 permits for contractors across 40+ states. Permitting isn't a side feature bolted onto other software here. Permit expediting, and the inspections that close permits out, are the whole business. That focus is why contractor permit assistance from iPermit tends to move faster than an in-house clerk juggling it between other duties.
Plumbing work runs on urgency. A homeowner with no hot water, a slab leak, or a backed-up sewer line cannot wait two weeks for a permit to clear. Fast permit processing keeps the job moving: the sooner the permit is submitted, the sooner your crew can install, pass inspection, and invoice. Delay costs you the schedule and the customer's patience.
This is where a same-day submittal window earns its keep. iPermit submits 100% of permits within 24 hours of receiving a complete job package. You aren't waiting on us to get around to it — the application goes in while the job is still fresh. For a plumbing outfit running several trucks a day, shaving days off approval on every ticket adds up fast.
iPermit pulls the permits behind everyday plumbing work: water heater and tankless replacements, whole-house repipes, sewer and drain line replacement, gas line installs, backflow devices, and new fixture or bathroom additions. And it isn't limited to plumbing — iPermit pulls permits across every trade, so mixed-scope jobs that also touch gas, mechanical, or electrical are covered on the same file. Requirements vary by jurisdiction, but most of these jobs need a permit — and pulling the wrong one, or none, is what triggers red-tags and reopened work.
Common plumbing permits we handle include:
Getting plumbing permit approval is rarely about one form. It's knowing which jurisdiction wants what, in which order, and answering plan-check corrections without losing days. iPermit handles that back-and-forth so your office manager isn't stuck on hold with a building department.
Yes. iPermit is a ServiceTitan Marketplace partner with a native integration, so you can request and track permits without leaving ServiceTitan. On Housecall Pro, Jobber, FieldEdge, or Service Fusion, your team pulls permits through the iPermit Pro web portal alongside your field-service software, with real-time status on every job.
Either way, you get one place to see where each permit stands instead of a whiteboard of sticky notes and half-remembered phone calls. The ServiceTitan permit integration and the iPermit Pro portal both show live status, so your dispatcher and your customer know when work can start. If your company also runs HVAC trucks, iPermit covers HVAC permit expediting and, in California, HERS and Title-24 energy testing under the same roof.
iPermit charges per project. There's no SaaS subscription, no per-seat minimum, and no long-term software contract. You pay for the permits you pull, which suits plumbing companies with uneven monthly volume — busy summers, slower winters — better than a flat platform fee that bills whether you pull one permit or fifty.
Pricing also covers the part contractors forget: closing the permit out. An open permit left behind after the water heater is installed can come back to haunt the property at resale. iPermit's final inspection management schedules and sees the inspection through, so the permit actually closes instead of sitting open on the address.
Send us the job details and documents for the permit you need, and iPermit takes it from there — submittal within 24 hours of a complete package, tracking through review, and follow-up on any corrections. These construction permit services scale from a single water heater swap to a full board of repipes and sewer jobs across multiple cities. Talk to the iPermit team to set up your account.
In most jurisdictions, yes. Water heater replacement is one of the most commonly permitted plumbing jobs because it involves gas, water, and sometimes electrical connections. Requirements vary by city and county, but skipping the permit risks a red-tag and problems at resale. iPermit confirms and pulls the correct permit for you.
iPermit submits 100% of permits within 24 hours of receiving a complete job package. The main variable is the package itself — once we have the details and documents an authority having jurisdiction needs, the application goes in the same or next day. Review timelines after that depend on the local building department.
Yes. iPermit serves contractors in 40+ states and has pulled more than 1,000,000 permits since 1976. California-specific services like HERS and Title-24 energy testing apply only in California, but permit expediting for plumbing and HVAC work is available across our national service area.
iPermit handles it. When a plan check comes back with corrections, we manage the resubmittal and follow-up with the authority having jurisdiction rather than handing it back to you. That back-and-forth is where most in-house permit efforts stall, so removing it is a big part of what keeps plumbing permit approval moving.
No. If you run ServiceTitan, the native integration adds permitting inside the tool you already use. On Housecall Pro, Jobber, FieldEdge, or Service Fusion, you use the iPermit Pro portal alongside your existing software. Either path gives you contractor permit assistance and real-time status without switching platforms.