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Yes. Gold Seal answers (509) 535-5946 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and sends a journeyman plumber to emergencies across Spokane and North Idaho. Emergency plumbing prices →

Yes. After-hours work carries an extra fee, and we tell you the amount before a plumber is sent. Quality Service Club members get priority scheduling for emergencies and never pay a minor diagnostic fee. Emergency plumbing prices →

Shut off the water: the fixture’s own valve for a sink or toilet, the main shut-off for anything bigger. If a water heater is leaking, also turn off its gas or breaker. Then move valuables away from the water and stay out of water near anything electrical. Emergency plumbing prices →

Usually where the water line enters the house: in the basement, crawl space or utility room near the front wall, or in the garage. There is also a curb stop near the street under a metal lid, which takes a key tool. Find and label yours before you need it. Emergency plumbing prices →

Most policies cover sudden water damage but not the repair of the failed pipe, and many exclude slow leaks. Take photos before cleanup. We photograph every job and record what failed and how it was repaired, which is what an adjuster asks for. Emergency plumbing prices →

A minor water leak search starts from $152 at Gold Seal, and a major search for harder-to-trace leaks starts from $511. Repairs are priced separately, from $255 for a spot repair on a water pipe. Leak detection prices →

Usually, yes. We use pressure testing, acoustic listening equipment and thermal imaging to pin the leak down, then open one small spot instead of searching by demolition. Leak detection prices →

Read your water meter, use no water for two hours, then read it again. If it moved, water is going somewhere. A rising bill with no change in use, the sound of running water and warm or damp spots on a floor are the other signs. Leak detection prices →

Repair when the leak is isolated and the pipe around it is sound. When the same line keeps failing, pinholes show up in several places or the house still has old galvanized pipe, replacing the run once costs less than repeated spot repairs. Leak detection prices →

Install a shutoff that acts on its own. A Moen Flo watches the main and closes it when it senses a leak, from $1,610 on a 3/4-inch line. Detectors that guard just a water heater start from $452. Leak detection prices →

New toilets at Gold Seal start from $688 for a budget round-front model and from $767 for a comfort-height elongated toilet. Premium comfort-height toilets start from $1,131, and installing a toilet you bought starts from $660. Toilets prices →

Nearly always the flapper or the fill valve. A new flapper starts from $144 and a fill valve from $422. A running toilet can waste more water than any other fixture in the house, so it is worth fixing soon. Toilets prices →

For most adults, yes. A comfort-height bowl sits about two inches higher than a standard one, which makes sitting and standing easier. A household with small children may prefer standard height. Toilets prices →

The seal under the toilet has failed, often because the toilet rocks or the flange is broken. We pull the toilet, replace the flange if needed and reset it. Pull and reset starts from $496, and a new PVC or ABS flange from $529. Toilets prices →

Yes. Clearing a clog with an auger starts from $232. If the blockage is deeper, we pull the toilet, clear it and reset it, from $616. If more than one drain is backing up, the problem is the main line. Toilets prices →

A new single-handle kitchen faucet starts from $656 installed at Gold Seal, and a pull-down sprayer model from $897. If you bought the faucet yourself, installing it starts from $336. Faucets & fixtures prices →

Repair it if the faucet is decent quality: a worn cartridge, washer or O-ring is the usual cause, and faucet repairs start from $444. Replace it when the body is corroded, the finish is failing or parts are no longer made. Faucets & fixtures prices →

Yes. Installing a kitchen or bathroom faucet you supply starts from $336. Old stop valves that won’t close are the usual surprise, and we replace those too. Faucets & fixtures prices →

When only one fixture is weak, the cause is at that fixture: usually an aerator clogged with mineral scale, a stop valve partly closed or a failing cartridge. When every fixture is weak, the problem is upstream, often the pressure regulator. Faucets & fixtures prices →

Replacing a shower or tub and shower valve starts from $1,316 at Gold Seal. A quality valve with a repair plate, which covers the old opening in the tile, starts from $1,980. Faucets & fixtures prices →

Replacing a disposal at Gold Seal starts from $551 for a Badger 5, from $1,093 for a Pro 750 and from $1,473 for a Pro 1250. If you bought the disposal yourself, we install it from $336. Garbage disposals prices →

It’s jammed. Turn it off at the switch and keep your hand out of it. If there is a hex socket on the bottom, a hex wrench can free the rotor; then press the reset button. If it still won’t turn, stop running it or the motor burns out. Unjamming starts from $255. Garbage disposals prices →

Anything but small food scraps. Grease, stringy peels, coffee grounds and bones are the usual causes of jams and kitchen drain clogs. Run cold water while it grinds. Garbage disposals prices →

About ten years on average. Hard water and heavy use shorten that, because scale builds up on the moving parts and seals. Garbage disposals prices →

Yes. Removing a disposal and installing a sink strainer in its place starts from $598 at Gold Seal. Garbage disposals prices →

Replacing a sump pump starts from $862 at Gold Seal. A new check valve starts from $364 and a high-water alarm from $451. Installing a pump you bought starts from $488. Sump & ejector pumps prices →

A pump in a sealed basin that lifts waste from a basement bathroom or laundry up to the main sewer line, which sits higher than those fixtures. Unjamming one starts from $638, and replacing a submersible ejector pump from $1,679. Sump & ejector pumps prices →

Usually a stuck float switch, a failed check valve letting water drain back into the pit, a pump too small for the inflow, or a high water table after heavy rain or snowmelt. The first three are repairs, and constant running burns a pump out quickly. Sump & ejector pumps prices →

Yes, and it is a common failure in the Inland Northwest. When the outside line freezes solid, the pump runs against a blocked pipe and burns out, often unnoticed until the thaw. Check the outlet after a hard freeze. Sump & ejector pumps prices →

Twice a year, in early spring and late fall. Pour a five-gallon bucket of water slowly into the pit: the pump should start, empty it and shut off cleanly. Most sump pumps last seven to ten years. Sump & ejector pumps prices →

Leave the building and take everyone with you. Don’t flip switches, use a phone inside or light anything. From outside, call 911 or your gas utility’s emergency line, then call us for the repair. Don’t go back in until the utility says it’s safe. Gas lines prices →

At Gold Seal, gas leak detection starts from $383, a new flex connector from $284 and up to 10 feet of new exposed 1/2-inch steel gas pipe from $891. A pressure test of the whole house starts from $1,050 when the piping is exposed. Gas lines prices →

Yes. Gas piping needs a permit and an inspection. We pull the permit, install with approved materials, pressure test the line and coordinate the inspection. Permits are $143 through L&I or the county and $89 through a city. Gas lines prices →

Most likely the gas line is now too small for everything on it. Every appliance draws from the same supply, and adding a tankless water heater, a second furnace or a generator can starve the rest. We add up the load and the pipe length, then upsize the line if the numbers call for it. Gas lines prices →

Yes. We size the line for the appliance, put the shut-off where it belongs, pull the permit and pressure test before it goes into service. Swapping a gas grill on an existing line starts from $567, and new runs are priced on site. Gas lines prices →

A spot repair on a 1/2 to 1 inch water pipe starts from $255 at Gold Seal. Replacing up to 10 feet of exposed 1/2-inch pipe starts from $839, then $131 a foot. Crawl space and attic repairs start from $1,334. Repiping & pipe repair prices →

It depends on the size of the house and how the pipe is reached, so whole-house repipes are priced after a free estimate, in writing, before any work starts. You can pay over time with the Wells Fargo Home Projects credit card, subject to credit approval. Repiping & pipe repair prices →

Usually corrosion from the inside, driven by water chemistry, high water pressure or poor grounding through the plumbing. Pinholes rarely come alone: once one appears, others tend to follow on the same run, and that is when replacing a section beats repeated spot repairs. Repiping & pipe repair prices →

Yes. We replace sections of cracked cast iron with ABS, from $853 for up to 5 feet of exposed 1-1/2 or 2 inch pipe and from $1,641 for 4-inch. Drains in a crawl space cost more per foot because of the access. Repiping & pipe repair prices →

Over time, yes. Galvanized steel rusts from the inside, which narrows the pipe, lowers the pressure and can turn the water brown. Once it starts leaking, replacing the run is usually better value than patching it. Repiping & pipe repair prices →

Open the faucet it feeds, and know where your main shut-off is in case the pipe has split. Never use an open flame. Then call us: in a Spokane winter a frozen pipe is an emergency, and thawing starts from $255. Frozen pipes & winterizing prices →

Insulate pipes in crawl spaces, garages and outside walls. In a hard freeze, let a faucet on the coldest run drip and open the cabinet doors under sinks. Disconnect garden hoses before the first freeze: a hose left on is one of the most common causes of a burst hose bibb in the Inland Northwest. Frozen pipes & winterizing prices →

At Gold Seal, thawing an exposed pipe with a heat gun starts from $255, and with an electric thaw machine from $511. On an emergency response, thawing starts from $511. Repairing a split pipe is priced separately. Frozen pipes & winterizing prices →

An outside faucet whose valve sits inside the warm part of the wall, so the water left in it drains out instead of freezing. A new one starts from $422. It only works if the hose is disconnected for winter. Frozen pipes & winterizing prices →

Winterizing a house with 1-1/2 baths starts from $1,108 at Gold Seal, 2-1/2 baths from $1,406 and 3-1/2 baths from $1,577. Turning the water back on in spring starts from $766. Frozen pipes & winterizing prices →

Gold Seal’s boiler inspection and minor maintenance special is $200. A minor diagnostic and inspection starts from $304, and a major one from $456. Boiler service prices →

Once a year, before the heating season. A service visit checks combustion, cleans the burner, verifies the expansion tank and relief valve, inspects the circulator and low-water cutoff, and bleeds air from the system. Boiler service prices →

Water is leaving the system: a leak in the piping, a failing expansion tank or a relief valve letting go. A hydronic system is sealed, so needing to add water again and again is a symptom, not maintenance. Replacing an expansion tank during a visit starts from $379. Boiler service prices →

Usually not. Hydronic heat is quiet and even, and switching to forced air means adding ducts through a finished house. When a boiler fails, a modern high-efficiency boiler is normally the better path. We lay out both. Boiler service prices →

A boiler that’s looked after commonly lasts 15 to 30 years, longer than most forced-air furnaces. Yearly service decides where in that range yours lands. Boiler service prices →

Yes. Gold Seal has worked on manufactured homes around Spokane since 1967: leaks in the belly, frozen lines, repipes and approved water heaters. A minor water leak search starts from $152. Mobile home plumbing prices →

Much of the plumbing runs in the belly of the home, under the floor and outside the heated space, protected only by underbelly insulation and skirting. When the insulation sags or the skirting is damaged, cold air reaches the pipes. Intact skirting, a repaired underbelly and heat tape are the defenses. Mobile home plumbing prices →

No. Manufactured homes need a water heater approved for that use, often in a small closet with sealed combustion and outside venting. A standard heater isn’t a safe substitute. An approved 40-gallon water heater starts from $4,945 at Gold Seal. Mobile home plumbing prices →

By pressure testing first, then opening the underbelly at the spot the test points to. Watch for a rising water bill, soft ground or a sagging belly, and the sound of running water with everything off. Mobile home plumbing prices →

Yes. In a park, part of the pipe may belong to the park. We find where the park’s responsibility ends and yours begins before starting, so you don’t pay to repair something the park owns. Mobile home plumbing prices →

The biggest gains are grab bars anchored into the framing, a comfort-height toilet, a handheld shower on a slide bar, lever or touch faucets, and an anti-scald valve. Most can be done without a remodel. At Gold Seal a grab bar starts from $515 and a comfort-height toilet from $767. Aging-in-place plumbing prices →

Yes. Done ahead of time, it’s planned work at a normal pace with your full choice of fixtures. Done after a fall or a hospital stay, it’s rushed, more disruptive and often costs more. Aging-in-place plumbing prices →

Almost always, but they have to be anchored into structure, not just drywall or tile. Where there is no blocking behind the wall, we add it or use anchors rated for the load. A bar that pulls out under weight is worse than none. Aging-in-place plumbing prices →

A valve that mixes cold water into hot so the water at the tap can’t get hot enough to scald. It matters most for older adults and children, whose skin burns faster. A Honeywell tempering valve starts from $1,103 at Gold Seal. Aging-in-place plumbing prices →

Standard Medicare generally doesn’t cover home modifications, though some Medicare Advantage plans, long-term care policies and VA benefits do. Check with your plan first. We can document the work in detail for whatever claim applies. Aging-in-place plumbing prices →

Yes. The Inland Northwest’s geology produces radon, and Spokane County is among the higher-radon areas of Washington State. Elevated readings are common enough that testing any home here is worth it. Radon testing & mitigation prices →

A radon test and inspection with a complete report starts from $255 at Gold Seal. If the result is high, a mitigation system is priced after a free estimate. Radon testing & mitigation prices →

The EPA recommends mitigation at 4.0 picocuries per liter (pCi/L) or higher, and says to consider it between 2 and 4. There is no known safe level. Radon testing & mitigation prices →

A suction point through the floor slab, sealed piping and an inline fan that runs all the time, venting soil gas above the roof. It keeps the space under the slab at slightly lower pressure than the house, so radon is drawn outside instead of in. Sealing cracks helps, but sealing alone is not mitigation. Radon testing & mitigation prices →

Typically five to ten years of nonstop running. Check the manometer on the pipe now and then: if the liquid levels are even, the fan has stopped. Replacing a fan starts from $676. Radon testing & mitigation prices →

Installed prices at Gold Seal start from $2,026 for a 50-gallon electric tank and from $2,271 for a 40-gallon gas tank. Heat pump water heaters start from $4,473 and new tankless installs from $5,908. Take $299 off a new water heater, installed. Water heaters prices →

Most tank water heaters last eight to twelve years. Mineral scale settles in the tank and shortens its life, so a yearly flush is the best way to reach the top of that range. Our tank flush special is $89. Water heaters prices →

It can be if you run out of hot water or want the floor space back. Tankless units cost more to install, often need gas line and venting upgrades, and groundwater here runs cold in winter, which affects sizing. For a large household we tell you honestly whether tankless or a high-recovery tank fits better. Water heaters prices →

Repair when the tank is sound and a part failed: a thermostat, element, thermocouple, gas valve or relief valve. Replace when the tank leaks, is badly corroded or is past about ten years. A leaking tank can’t be repaired. Water heaters prices →

In the right spot, yes. A heat pump water heater uses about 60% less energy than a standard electric one. It needs enough air around it and cools the room it sits in, which is less welcome in a cold basement in winter. Ours start from $4,473 installed. Water heaters prices →

A premium 1-inch water softener starts from $3,353 installed at Gold Seal, or from $3,701 with a carbon filter. Replacing an existing softener starts from $2,484, and installing one you bought from $2,231. Water softeners & filters prices →

They solve different problems. A softener removes the calcium and magnesium that cause scale. A filter targets something specific: sediment, iron, chlorine, or taste and odor. Many homes need both, and testing the water shows which. Water softeners & filters prices →

Sometimes. City water is treated to safe standards but still varies in hardness, chlorine and taste. Many Spokane Valley homes on city water benefit from softening or carbon filtration for scale and taste, not safety. Water softeners & filters prices →

For drinking and cooking water, many households think so. Reverse osmosis removes a broad range of dissolved contaminants other filters leave behind, usually at the kitchen sink. An under-sink system starts from $1,622. Water softeners & filters prices →

Keep salt in the brine tank and have it checked once a year: the resin, the valve and how often it regenerates. A softener set to regenerate more often than the house needs wastes salt and water. Water softeners & filters prices →

Plumbing code sets 80 psi as the most a house should see, and calls for a pressure reducing valve when street pressure is higher. Pressure that high wears out valves, appliances and pipe. A gauge on the main tells you yours; adding one starts from $541. Pressure regulators & booster pumps prices →

Replacing a standard 3/4-inch pressure reducing valve starts from $585 at Gold Seal, and a premium one from $831. Adding a regulator where there is none starts from $954. Pressure regulators & booster pumps prices →

Usually a failing pressure regulator, corroded or partly closed supply pipe, a main valve that isn’t fully open, or a leak. When only one faucet is weak, the cause is at that faucet instead, most often a clogged aerator. Pressure regulators & booster pumps prices →

It raises the pressure of the water coming into the house when the supply can’t give you enough. A DAB booster pump starts from $2,666 floor mounted, or $2,874 wall mounted. Pressure regulators & booster pumps prices →

Often, once a regulator is in. A pressure reducing valve keeps water from flowing back to the street, so when the water heater heats and the water expands, the pressure has nowhere to go. An expansion tank absorbs it. One at the water heater starts from $629. Pressure regulators & booster pumps prices →

A residential backflow test starts from $130 at Gold Seal, and each extra assembly on the same visit from $105. Commercial tests start from $314. Assemblies in a vault or pit cost more to reach. Backflow testing & repair prices →

Every year. Water systems require each testable assembly, like the one on most lawn sprinkler systems, to be tested yearly, and usually send a notice when the test is due. Backflow testing & repair prices →

A valve assembly that keeps water from flowing backward into the drinking water supply, so water from a sprinkler system or a business can’t get into the public lines. Backflow testing & repair prices →

It gets repaired or replaced, then tested again. Minor repairs on 3/4 to 1-1/4 inch assemblies start from $681. A new 3/4-inch double check assembly starts from $1,102. Backflow testing & repair prices →

It depends on the hazard and on your water system’s rules. Lawn sprinklers commonly use a pressure vacuum breaker or a double check, and higher hazards need a reduced pressure assembly. Your water system has the final say, and we install what it requires. Backflow testing & repair prices →

Right now any drain in your home can be cleared for $89, with a free camera look; some restrictions apply. Book prices start from $232 for a toilet clog, $332 for a kitchen or bathroom sink and $335 for a tub or shower, and Quality Service Club members pay 10% less. Drain cleaning prices →

Because clearing a clog is not the same as cleaning the pipe. A cable opens a path but leaves grease, soap and scale on the pipe wall, so the line narrows and closes again. Repeat clogs call for hydro jetting, or a camera look for a problem in the pipe itself. Drain cleaning prices →

A cable punches a path through a clog and is the fast fix for hair, wipes and debris. A jetter scours the whole pipe wall with high-pressure water, which suits grease, sludge and lines that keep clogging. Drain cleaning prices →

We recommend against them. They often fail to clear the clog, they can damage older pipe and fixtures, and they make the line more hazardous for whoever opens it next. Drain cleaning prices →

Yes. A person answers our phone 24 hours a day, every day, and emergency service runs around the clock. Ask about after-hours charges when you call. Drain cleaning prices →

At Gold Seal, clearing the main line starts from $568 through an outside cleanout, $721 through an inside cleanout and $823 through a toilet, each for up to 100 feet. Take $100 off with our main line cleaning offer. Sewer cleaning & root removal prices →

Typically within one to two years, because cutting roots does not close the crack or joint they came in through. A line that needs rooting on a schedule has a structural problem, and lining the pipe is the permanent fix. Sewer cleaning & root removal prices →

Rooting uses a motorized cable with a cutting head to shear through roots and packed blockages. Jetting uses high-pressure water to scour the whole pipe wall, removing the grease and sludge that rooting leaves behind. Sewer cleaning & root removal prices →

Only as a follow-up. A foaming treatment such as Root-X, applied after the roots are cut, can slow regrowth, but nothing poured down a drain replaces cutting the roots or repairing the pipe. Sewer cleaning & root removal prices →

Stop using water in the house, because every flush adds to what is coming back up. Keep people and pets away from it, skip the chemical cleaners and call (509) 535-5946; a person answers 24/7. Sewer cleaning & root removal prices →

Yes, especially for an older home. A standard home inspection does not include the sewer line, and finding a problem before closing gives you room to negotiate; finding it afterward just gives you a bill. Sewer camera inspection prices →

At Gold Seal, a camera inspection starts from $304 for a line that is clear and $511 with our camera equipment. When we are estimating a sewer repair or replacement, the camera look is free. Sewer camera inspection prices →

Yes. You should see what we saw, and be able to get a second opinion if you want one. We walk you through the footage, including when it shows nothing needs doing. Sewer camera inspection prices →

Yes. The camera reports how far along the line each problem sits, and a transmitter in its head lets us trace the line and mark the spot and its depth from the surface, so any dig is small and in the right place. Sewer camera inspection prices →

Orangeburg above all: a tar-soaked fiber pipe from the mid-century that deforms and collapses. Old clay lets roots in at every joint, and old cast iron scales and corrodes. Each looks different on camera. Sewer camera inspection prices →

It is cured-in-place pipe: a resin-soaked liner is pulled into your existing sewer and hardened with UV light, forming a new seamless pipe inside the old one without a trench. Gold Seal is the region’s exclusive LightRay UV provider. LightRay UV sewer lining prices →

At Gold Seal, lining starts from $6,426 for up to 50 feet and $8,775 for up to 100 feet, and a patch over one spot starts from $4,116. Lining equipment, descaling and permits are their own lines on the free estimate, and LightRay UV repairs are $500 off right now. LightRay UV sewer lining prices →

When the pipe is collapsed, badly deformed or out of alignment, or has a belly that holds water. Lining rebuilds a pipe along its existing path but does not correct its slope; pipe bursting or an open trench handles those lines. LightRay UV sewer lining prices →

Along the lined section, yes. Roots get in through joints and cracks, and a seamless liner leaves them no way in, provided the whole affected run is lined. LightRay UV sewer lining prices →

The lining itself takes a few hours. Most residential jobs, with the cleaning and the camera before and after, are finished in one day, and you will be asked not to run water while the liner cures. LightRay UV sewer lining prices →

Pipe bursting replaces a sewer without a trench. A bursting head is pulled through the old pipe, breaking it outward into the soil while a new seamless pipe follows it into place, from small pits at each end. Pipe bursting prices →

At Gold Seal, bursting starts from $12,691 for up to 50 feet, $13,454 for up to 100 feet and $15,564 for up to 200 feet. Excavation equipment, a required cleanout and permits are their own lines on the written estimate, which is free. Pipe bursting prices →

When the old pipe is collapsed, badly deformed or too far gone to hold a liner, such as Orangeburg, or when you want a full-size new pipe rather than a liner inside the old one. Bursting can also upsize the line. Pipe bursting prices →

Only partly. Bursting follows the existing path, so a significant belly generally stays a belly. Correcting the slope means digging up and re-bedding that section, which the camera shows before we recommend a method. Pipe bursting prices →

Yes. Most of our sewer customers pay over time, with the Wells Fargo Home Projects credit card and its special promotional offers where available. Credit is subject to approval. Pipe bursting prices →

When the pipe is fully collapsed, when a belly means the line has to be re-laid at the right slope, or when offsets, bends or connections block a liner or bursting head. When trenchless will work, we recommend it instead. Open trench sewer repair prices →

It is priced on site after a free written estimate, because depth, length and what sits on top all change the work. Every line on the estimate comes from our flat-rate book, such as excavation equipment from $3,521 and the county sewer permit at $230. Open trench sewer repair prices →

Often, yes. A spot repair makes sense when the camera shows one damaged section and the rest of the line is sound. In a line of old clay or Orangeburg, fixing one spot just moves the next failure a few feet down, and the footage shows you which you have. Open trench sewer repair prices →

Yes. We backfill, compact to limit settling and restore the surface, and restoration is scoped and priced up front, so you know what goes back as it was and what may need follow-up such as new sod or concrete. Open trench sewer repair prices →

Yes. Gold Seal’s sewer repairs carry our own written sewer warranty. Ask us for its terms with your estimate. Open trench sewer repair prices →

Often, yes. Where the soil, the length of run and the old pipe allow, we work from small access pits at each end instead of a trench. Rock, sharp bends or a badly crushed line can rule it out, and we tell you plainly which yours is. Water line replacement prices →

It is priced on site after a free written estimate, because length, depth, soil and what has to be crossed all change the work. Other lines on the estimate come from our flat-rate book, such as a main shut-off valve from $555 and the city water permit at $230. Water line replacement prices →

In most places the property owner is responsible from the curb stop or property line to the house, and the city maintains the main in the street. The exact boundary varies, so a call to your water purveyor confirms it. Water line replacement prices →

Age and material first: old galvanized and undersized copper corrode from the inside. Roots, settling ground and Inland Northwest freeze-thaw cycles on shallow runs do the rest. Water line replacement prices →

Yes. You can pay over time with the Wells Fargo Home Projects credit card and its special promotional offers where available. Credit is subject to approval. Water line replacement prices →

Send plans, specifications, the schedule and the fixture package through our bid request page. The more complete the package, the faster and more accurate the bid. For a repair in an existing home, use Get a quote instead; it goes to a different team. New home plumbing prices →

Three: underground, with waste and supply below the slab or in the crawl space before concrete; rough-in, with supply and drain lines in the framed walls before insulation and drywall; and trim-out, with fixtures, faucets, the water heater and final connections. Each has its own inspection. New home plumbing prices →

We do. The plumbing contractor pulls the plumbing permits and schedules each inspection, while the building permit stays with the builder or owner. We confirm the split in writing at contract so nothing falls between parties. New home plumbing prices →

At the plan stage. Reviewing plans before the slab or foundation goes in catches conflicts between plumbing runs, structure and mechanical while changes are still cheap; after framing, everyone works around decisions already made. New home plumbing prices →

Yes. Our plumbers are licensed in Washington and Idaho, and our construction crews work across Spokane and North Idaho, including Coeur d’Alene, Post Falls, Hayden and Sandpoint. New home plumbing prices →

Send plans, specifications, the schedule, any addenda and the bid due date through our bid request page. For work in an occupied building, note access limits and working hours early; they affect the price and belong in the bid, not a change order. Commercial construction prices →

Changing an existing building’s plumbing for a new tenant or use: moving fixtures, adding restrooms or break rooms, running new waste and supply for equipment, and bringing existing work up to code. We survey the existing conditions before we price it. Commercial construction prices →

Yes. Gold Seal Mechanical’s construction division takes public prevailing-wage work and files the prevailing wage intent and affidavit for it. Commercial construction prices →

Yes. Tenant improvements in a live retail or medical space often need after-hours or phased work so the business keeps running, and we plan shutdown windows with you in advance. Commercial construction prices →

Ground-up and tenant work across Spokane and North Idaho, including Spokane’s Rock Pointe Tower and the Coeur d’Alene Fred Meyer, along with restaurants, strip malls, retail stores, dental offices and apartment complexes. Commercial construction prices →

Plumbing happens in two visits: rough-in once framing is done and before drywall, then trim-out after the finishes are in. Each usually takes one to a few days depending on scope, with weeks of other trades’ work in between. Remodel plumbing prices →

Usually, but distance and direction matter. Drain lines need steady slope, so moving a toilet often means opening the floor and rerouting waste: straightforward over a crawl space or basement, much harder over a slab. Supply lines are far more flexible. Remodel plumbing prices →

Generally yes, for anything beyond a like-for-like fixture swap. Moving fixtures, adding a bathroom or changing waste and supply lines needs a permit and inspection, and we pull them; unpermitted plumbing tends to surface at resale. Remodel plumbing prices →

Often, yes. If the basement floor sits below the sewer line, waste has to be lifted by an ejector pump instead of flowing by gravity, which affects layout and cost, so we check the elevation before you finalize the design. Remodel plumbing prices →

You can, and we install owner-supplied fixtures. The caution is that inexpensive online fixtures often use hard-to-find parts, so a repair years later becomes a replacement; we will tell you honestly if one looks likely to cause problems. Remodel plumbing prices →