Plumbing Permit in Firestone, Colorado

Yes. Residential Water Heater Replacement (tank style only, electric or gas) is a specific flat-fee line item ($141.20) on the Town's Building Division Fee Schedule. Tankless water heaters require plan review instead.

In Firestone, the published Residential Water Heater Replacement (Tank Style Only, Electric or Gas) is: $141.20. Additional published fees: Backflow Preventer / Residential — $100.00; Backflow Preventer / Commercial — $225.00; Building/Plumbing Permit Fee (general Valuation Chart, for plan-review items like new gas lines/tankless water heaters) — $80 minimum, scaling per valuation tiers; Reinspection Fee — $75.00 progressive (24-hour inspection delay). These are the jurisdiction's own published figures — see the fee schedule table and source citations on this page.

Firestone does not publish a plan-review timeline for this permit. Contact Town of Firestone Building Division (plan review/permit administration by Town staff; building inspections contracted to SAFEbuilt Colorado) at 303-833-3291 for current turnaround.

You'll need: Plumbing Permit Application (Online Portal). Depending on your project, Firestone may also ask for: Gas Load Form. See the required-documents checklist on this page for details on each.

Firestone requires 2 inspection(s) for a plumbing permit, in order: Rough Plumbing, Final Inspection. Schedule each through Town of Firestone Building Division (plan review/permit administration by Town staff; building inspections contracted to SAFEbuilt Colorado) (303-833-3291).

Apply through Town of Firestone Building Division (plan review/permit administration by Town staff; building inspections contracted to SAFEbuilt Colorado) at 9950 Park Avenue, Firestone, CO 80504. Phone: 303-833-3291, email: building@firestoneco.gov. Office hours: Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (Town Hall hours); SAFEbuilt Colorado's local office is at 11409 Business Park Circle, Suite 350, Firestone, CO 80504, phone 303-774-1388 (per SAFEbuilt's own site); Firestone-specific SAFEbuilt inspection contact: firestone-building@safebuilt.com / 303-774-0454, and Building Official Tim Moroney, tmoroney@safebuilt.com / 970-545-3555 (per SAFEbuilt/search-indexed contact listing — recommend confirming current staffing directly with the Town before publishing to end users, as this level of detail was not independently re-confirmed on a live SAFEbuilt staff-directory page during this extraction). Official information: https://www.firestoneco.gov/425/Building-Permits-Fees.

Firestone, Colorado has adopted: 2018 International Building Code (IBC), adopted by reference and locally amended as the 'Firestone Building and Construction Code' (FBCC) — Town of Firestone Building Guides page, https://firestoneco.gov/294/Building-Guides, and Ordinance No. 1029, https://firestoneco.gov/DocumentCenter/View/9387; 2018 International Residential Code (IRC), adopted by reference and locally amended; 2018 International Plumbing Code (IPC); 2018 International Mechanical Code (IMC); 2018 International Existing Building Code (IEBC); 2018 International Fuel Gas Code (IFGC); 2018 International Property Maintenance Code (IPMC); 2018 International Swimming Pool and Spa Code (ISPSC); 2018 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC); 2018 International Fire Code (IFC), per Ordinance No. 1029 chapter list (Chapter 15.32); 2023 National Electrical Code (NEC), adopted by reference per Ordinance No. 1029 (replacing the previously-adopted 2020 NEC); Ordinance No. 1029 (adopted following a June 21, 2023 public hearing) repealed and reenacted Firestone Municipal Code Chapters 15.04 (IBC), 15.06 (IRC), 15.08 (NEC), 15.10 (IEBC), 15.12 (IFGC), 15.14 (IMC), 15.16 (IPC), 15.18 (IPMC), 15.32 (IFC), 15.20 (ISPSC), and 15.36 (IECC) — source PDF, https://firestoneco.gov/DocumentCenter/View/9387/1029-AN-ORDINANCE-OF-THE-BOARD-OF-TRUSTEES-OF-THE-TOWN-OF-FIRESTONE-COLORADO. Local amendments apply — see the Firestone overview page for the full list.