Plumbing contractor software for repipes, replacements and new construction, shown on a fictional plumbing company

Open the demo and you are inside Spigotwren Plumbing, a fictional plumbing company running the real product: click anything, nothing changes.

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What works today for a plumbing company, and what is not available yet

The demo's welcome card says the same. The names, people, jobs and prices in this demo are illustrative.

The plumbing jobs in the demo

Each with what its estimate covers and how it is billed:

• Ashdown water heater replacement, 50 gal gas — 50-gallon gas water heater, expansion tank and permit (Fixed Price)
  Schedule: Water heater permit → Remove the old heater, set the new one and the expansion tank → Water heater final inspection.
  Daily log: “Shut off the gas and water, drained the old 40-gallon tank and hauled it out. Set the new 50-gallon gas heater with an expansion tank, a new gas flex and a drain pan, lit it and checked the draft. Install record: serial number, install date and data plate written on the job.”
• Brannigan kitchen drain clear and camera inspection — Clear the kitchen line and run the camera (Time & Materials)
  Schedule: Kitchen drain clear and camera inspection.
  Daily log: “Kitchen line backed up into the sink. Cleared it with the drum machine from the trap arm; heavy grease. Camera report: grease along the run and a low spot under the slab near the outside wall; the camera notes and a repair option went to the customer.”
• Quarles sewer line replacement, 60 ft — Replace 60 ft of sewer line, open trench, new cleanout (Fixed Price)
  Job notes: Keep the driveway open for the homeowners after 5 pm.
• Ellery two-bath PEX repipe — Repipe two baths and the kitchen supply in PEX (Fixed Price)
  Job notes: 1962 house; galvanized supply lines and low pressure upstairs.
  Schedule: Repipe plumbing permit → Repipe both baths and the kitchen supply → Pressure test and rough inspection → Patch the access openings.
• Elkmere Valley Clinic backflow assembly tests — Test the domestic and irrigation backflow assemblies (Time & Materials)
  Schedule: Backflow assembly tests, domestic and irrigation.
  Daily log: “Backflow test report notes: tested the domestic reduced-pressure assembly and the irrigation assembly. The irrigation check valve would not hold, so it was rebuilt with a new rubber kit and retested. Readings for each assembly are written on the water district's report form.”
• Lot 6 plumbing: underground, rough-in and trim — Lot 6: underground, rough-in and trim, 18 fixtures, 4 gas outlets (Fixed Price)
  Job notes: Builder's superintendent signs off each phase before we bill it.
  Schedule: Underground drains and the water service sleeve → Underground inspection → Rough-in and top-out → Rough-in pressure test and inspection → Trim and set fixtures.
  Daily log: “Underground drains, the tub box and the water service sleeve set in the trenches. Water test on the underground drains for the inspector; the readings are on the test record.”

Walk through one plumbing job: Quarles sewer line replacement, 60 ft

Its schedule, in order:

1. Sewer and right-of-way permits
2. Utility locates marked
3. Excavate and shore the trench
4. Lay the new 4-inch PVC sewer line and cleanout
5. Trench inspection
6. Backfill, compact and restore the yard

Change orders on this job: “Second tie-in at the main”.

Purchase orders on this job: “Sewer pipe, fittings and cleanout, Quarles”; “Excavation, shoring, bedding and backfill, Quarles”.

To-dos on this job: “Order topsoil and sod for the yard restore”.

From its daily log:

• The excavating crew opened the trench from the foundation to the street tap and set the trench box at the deep end. The old clay line was broken in two places. Weather: Dry and mild.
• Laid the first 40 ft of new 4-inch PVC on bedding and set a two-way cleanout at the foundation. A second building drain from the basement bath joins the old line; CO-1 went to the homeowners. Weather: Sunny. Delays: The second tie-in waits on CO-1.

A plumbing proposal in the demo: Tankless gas water heater and a larger gas line

Spigotwren Plumbing sent it to a lead. The scope reads:

Remove the old 50-gallon tank; install a gas tankless water heater with isolation valves and new venting; run a larger gas line from the meter; pull the permit and haul away the old heater.

The notes on that lead:

• Wants steady hot water for a family of five; the old tank is 14 years old
• Checked the gas meter and the run to the mechanical room; a larger gas line is needed
• Sent the tankless proposal

Other plumbing leads in the demo

• Irrigation backflow tests, nine assemblies: Walked the common areas; nine irrigation assemblies are on the water district's notice
• Slow basement drain and sewer smell: The basement floor drain is slow and there is a sewer smell near the laundry
• Whole-house repipe estimate: 1950s house with galvanized supply lines; low pressure upstairs

What goes on a plumbing estimate in the demo

From Spigotwren Plumbing's price list, without the prices:

• 50-gallon gas water heater, atmospheric vent
• Thermal expansion tank, 2 gallon
• Water heater connection kit: gas flex, water connectors, drain pan
• Old water heater haul-away
• Water heater permit
• Service call and diagnostic
• Plumber labor, per hour
• Sewer camera inspection and locate
• Sink trap and tailpiece kit
• PEX pipe, 3/4 in
• PEX pipe, 1/2 in
• PEX fittings, rings and stub-outs, per fixture
• Drywall access opening and patch
• Repipe labor, per hour
• PVC sewer pipe, 4 in, SDR 35
• Sewer fittings, couplings and two-way cleanout
• Sewer and right-of-way permits
• Sewer crew labor, per hour
• Backflow assembly test and report
• Backflow check valve rubber kit, 1 in
• Underground plumbing, per fixture
• Rough-in and top-out, per fixture
• Trim and set, per fixture
• Gas piping, per outlet

Plumbing cost codes in the demo

Spigotwren Plumbing's own cost codes:

• Service labor
• Diagnostic and trip
• Drain cleaning
• Hydro-jetting
• Camera inspection and locating
• Leak detection
• Water heaters - tank
• Water heaters - tankless
• Fixtures and faucets
• Water supply piping and repipe
• Drain, waste and vent piping
• Sewer line repair and replacement
• Trenchless lining and pipe bursting
• Gas piping
• Backflow testing and repair
• Water treatment
• Sump, ejector and well pumps
• Excavation and restoration
• Drywall access and patch
• Permits and inspection fees
• Equipment rental
• Disposal and haul-away
• Subcontracted work
• New construction - underground
• New construction - rough-in and top-out
• New construction - trim and set
• Warranty and callbacks
• Supervision and general

Questions about SelfConstruct for plumbing work

Is there a plumbing version of SelfConstruct?

Not as a separate product. Spigotwren Plumbing opens with the business type “Plumbing”, so its menus are set for that trade. In a customer's company today, the menus are the same whatever the trade.

Can a plumbing job be fixed price or time and materials?

Both are in the demo: Spigotwren Plumbing's “Ashdown water heater replacement, 50 gal gas” is a fixed-price job, and “Brannigan kitchen drain clear and camera inspection” is billed time and materials.

Does SelfConstruct have “A pricebook with margin floors, service agreements and truck stock” for plumbing companies yet?

Not yet. It is on the list the demo's welcome card shows under “Not available yet for your trade”.

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Pricing is published on the site: $299/mo per company before sales tax, unlimited users, 50 GB of storage included.

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