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Mechanical / HVAC Permit in Pierce, Colorado

Required for furnace, air conditioner, boiler, and gas piping installation or replacement in Pierce, issued as part of the combined Building Permit Application. Governed by the 2024 IMC and 2024 IFGC as adopted.

Verified 2026-07-06 · Source

When you need this permit

  • Governed by the 2024 IMC and 2024 IFGC as adopted by the Town of Pierce
  • Per the Building Permits page, a permit is explicitly required for: Air Conditioner/Furnace installations or replacement, Boiler installation or replacement, Gas piping over 10 feet in length, Gas log installations or replacement, and Water heater installation or replacement
  • Heating Contractor name, phone, and Colorado contractor license number, plus Type of Heat and Type of Mechanical, collected on the combined Building Permit Application Contractor

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Fee schedule

Mechanical/HVAC work fee (folded into combined Building Permit Fee)Town of Pierce Fee Schedule does not itemize a standalone mechanical fee table
No separate published mechanical-specific line item; billed under the same 'UBC fee schedule + $30 or 30% (greater)' structure

Review timeline

Plan review
Not published — contact the department

How long did your Mechanical / HVAC Permit permit actually take in Pierce?

Anonymous — one question, no email. Answers are combined and only shown once at least 5 people have reported.

Inspection process

  1. 1

    Rough Mechanical

    Ductwork, flues, gas piping, and equipment placement before concealment

  2. 2

    Final Inspection

    Equipment operational, combustion air and venting verified

See the full Pierce inspection guide — scheduling & re-inspection fees →

Tips

  • Gas piping over 10 feet in length is explicitly named as requiring its own permit on Pierce's Building Permits page — short gas-line extensions under 10 feet appear not to trigger this requirement, though this is not stated as an explicit exemption, only listed as the triggering threshold.
  • Furnace and water heater replacements are both explicitly listed as requiring permits in Pierce — do not assume like-for-like equipment swaps are permit-exempt.

Frequently asked questions

Yes. The Town of Pierce's Building Permits page explicitly lists 'Water heater installation or replacement' among the project types requiring a building permit.

In Pierce, the published Mechanical/HVAC work fee (folded into combined Building Permit Fee) is: No separate published mechanical-specific line item; billed under the same 'UBC fee schedule + $30 or 30% (greater)' structure. These are the jurisdiction's own published figures — see the fee schedule table and source citations on this page.

Pierce does not publish a plan-review timeline for this permit. Contact Town of Pierce Planning & Zoning / Building Permit Department (Town Hall) at 970-834-2851 for current turnaround.

You'll need: Building Permit Application (Heating Contractor fields). See the required-documents checklist on this page for details on each.

Pierce requires 2 inspection(s) for a mechanical / hvac permit, in order: Rough Mechanical, Final Inspection. Schedule each through Town of Pierce Planning & Zoning / Building Permit Department (Town Hall) (970-834-2851).

Apply through Town of Pierce Planning & Zoning / Building Permit Department (Town Hall) at 144 Main Street, Pierce, CO 80650 (PO Box 57). Phone: 970-834-2851, email: info@piercecolo.gov. Office hours: Town Hall main line (970) 834-2851, fax (970) 834-2755, per the Town's Building Permit Application form. The Town's general Contact Us page lists the same address/phone but no posted office hours; the Planning and Zoning department directs all building-permit, addition, new-construction, annexation, and remodel questions to the Town Hall main line. Inspections (not permit intake) are scheduled directly with SAFEbuilt Inc. at 970-674-1036 or 1-866-671-1036, calls before 7:30 a.m. receive same-day inspection, after 7:30 a.m. scheduled for the next working day. Note: the Contact Us page renders the street address as '144 Main Avenue' while the Town Hall page and the Building Permit Application PDF both render it as '144 Main St./144 Main Street' — treated as the same address, minor inconsistency in the Town's own CMS.. Official information: https://www.piercecolo.gov/government/departments/planning-and-zoning/pages/building-permits.

Pierce, Colorado has adopted: 2024 International Residential Code (IRC) — Town of Pierce Design Criteria page (Residential Construction Codes); 2024 Energy Conservation Code (residential) — Design Criteria page; 2024 International Building Code (IBC) — Design Criteria page (Commercial Construction Codes); 2024 International Plumbing Code (IPC); 2024 International Mechanical Code (IMC); 2024 International Fuel Gas Code (IFGC); 2024 International Energy Code (IECC); 2024 Pool and Spa Code; 2024 International Property Maintenance Code; 2024 International Existing Building Code; 2023 National Electrical Code (NEC) — listed for both Residential and Commercial Construction Codes on the Design Criteria page; Note on document currency: the Town's downloadable project guides in the Building Permits 'Supporting Documents' list are titled for the prior code cycle ('2018 IRC Accessory Structures Guide', '2018 IRC Decks Guide', '2018 IRC Home Additions Guide', '2018 Pole Barns Guide', '2018 Swimming Pools Guide', '2018 IRC Basement Finish Guide', '2018 IRC Patio Covers - Carports Guide', '2018 IRC Window Replacement', '2018 IRC Re-Roof Guide', '2020 NEC - Significant Changes Residential') even though the Town's live Design Criteria page lists 2024 IRC/IBC/IPC/IMC/IFGC/IECC/Pool-Spa/Property-Maintenance/Existing-Building codes plus 2023 NEC as currently adopted. As in this corpus's established pattern (e.g. Vail), the actively maintained Design Criteria webpage is treated as the current, governing adopted-code list; the 2018/2020-titled PDFs are legacy guidance documents whose filenames were not renamed when the Town's adopted-code edition was updated.; State-level requirement: Electric Ready, Solar Ready, and EV Ready provisions apply per the Town's Design Criteria page, consistent with Colorado's HB22-1362 statewide energy-code floor (2021 IECC baseline plus electric/solar/EV-ready provisions, in effect July 2023-July 2026) — Pierce's own 2024 IECC adoption already meets or exceeds this floor, and the Town's page lists the electric/solar/EV-ready provisions as an explicit, separate 'State Code Requirements' item rather than folding them silently into the IECC line.. Local amendments apply — see the Pierce overview page for the full list.

Sources & verification

Verified against official sources. Last reviewed 2026-07-06.

Fees, timelines, and adopted codes are researched from each jurisdiction's published records — see how we verify. Requirements change and vary by project, so always confirm the current details with the Pierce building department before you submit. PermitBase is an independent reference and is not affiliated with any government agency.

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