Plumbers and heating and cooling contractors in Vermont
30 plumbers and heating and cooling contractors are listed in Vermont. 16 hold an active USDOT registration. They're listed below by county.
Vermont licenses master, journeyman and specialist plumbers through its Division of Fire Safety.1, 2 Oil burner installer licenses and gas certifications in Vermont come from the same division.3 Your local building department in Vermont can tell you whether replacing a water heater, furnace or AC needs a permit.
Contractors by county
30 contractors in 10 counties.
Addison County 1 contractor
Bennington County 1 contractor
Caledonia County 2 contractors
Chittenden County 11 contractors
Affordable Plumbers Plumbing Services Burlington Vermont, Air Systems Inc, Benoure Plumbing, Heating & Air Conditioning, Call The Whale (Plumbing Heating Air Electrical), Champlain Valley Heat Pump, Fitzgerald Plumbing & Heating, Laplante's Plumbing & Heating LLC, Lloyd Plumbing Heating Air Electrical, Red Rock Mechanical, LLC, Roto-Rooter Plumbing & Water Cleanup, Vermont Mechanical
Franklin County 4 contractors
AAA Mechanical VT, Brock's Plumbing, Heating & Air Conditioning, Lely Center New England, Red Merle Mechanical LLC
Grand Isle County 1 contractor
Orange County 1 contractor
Orleans County 4 contractors
Fred's Energy, Fred's Propane & Heating Oil Or Fred's Energy, Nadeau's Plumbing & Heating Inc, Wright's Plumbing & Heating Oil Inc
Windham County 4 contractors
Green Star Energy and Mechanical, James Plumbing Heating Oil Co Inc, Lowe Plumbing and Heating LLC, Norton Mechanical II Inc
Windsor County 1 contractor
Plumbing and HVAC rules in Vermont
- Heating and cooling license
Vermont's Division of Fire Safety issues a refrigeration and air conditioning electrical specialist license, gas certifications and oil burner installer licenses. Ask a heating and cooling contractor which of these they hold.3
- Replacement permits
Ask your local building department whether replacing a water heater, furnace or AC needs a permit where you live.
What plumbing and HVAC work costs in Vermont
These are published national ranges, not quotes. Local quotes vary.
- A plumber's hourly rate
- $45 to $200 an hour; most charge $70 to $150 (HomeAdvisor, Fixr, HomeGuide)
- A plumber's service call
- $50 to $300 a visit, which often covers the first hour (HomeAdvisor, Fixr, HomeGuide)
- After-hours or emergency call
- about $100 to $300 added to the call, or about $150 to $350 an hour (HomeAdvisor, Fixr, HomeGuide)
- Burst or leaking pipe repair
- $200 to $3,000; the guides' averages run $500 to $1,200 (HomeAdvisor, Fixr, HomeGuide)
- Clearing a sink, tub or toilet drain
- $100 to $275 (HomeAdvisor, Fixr, HomeGuide)
- Clearing the main line
- $175 to $800; typically $350 to $650 (HomeAdvisor, Fixr, HomeGuide)
- Hydro jetting
- $350 to $1,400, depending on the line and the blockage (HomeAdvisor, Fixr, HomeGuide)
- Gas tank water heater
- $700 to $2,700 installed; about $1,900 on average (HomeAdvisor, Fixr, HomeGuide)
- Tankless water heater
- $1,600 to $5,600 installed for gas, depending on gas line and venting work (HomeAdvisor, Fixr, HomeGuide)$850 to $3,000 installed for electric, before any panel upgrade ($850 to $1,700) (Fixr, HomeGuide)
- Heat pump water heater
- $2,000 to $4,600 installed in place of an electric tank; more when it replaces gas (HomeAdvisor, Fixr, HomeGuide)
- Sewer camera inspection
- $125 to $500 (HomeAdvisor, Fixr, HomeGuide)
- Sewer line replacement
- about $1,400 to $5,300 for a typical line (HomeAdvisor, HomeGuide)$50 to $250 a linear foot (HomeAdvisor, HomeGuide)
- Replacing central AC on existing ducts
- $3,900 to $8,000; about $6,000 on average (HomeAdvisor, Fixr, Forbes Home)
- Swapping a heat pump on existing ducts
- $4,000 to $8,000; a 3-ton system about $3,900 to $6,200 (HomeAdvisor, Forbes Home, HomeGuide)
- A whole-home heat pump system
- commonly $14,000 or more (NYSERDA, Massachusetts EEAC, Fixr, HomeGuide)
- Replacing a gas furnace
- $3,800 to $6,200 at standard efficiency (HomeGuide, HomeAdvisor, Fixr, Forbes Home)$5,200 to $12,000 at high efficiency (90% AFUE and up) (HomeGuide, HomeAdvisor, Fixr, Forbes Home)
- Replacing an electric furnace
- $1,600 to $8,000, with a like-for-like swap at the low end (Fixr, HomeAdvisor)
- A single-zone mini-split
- $2,000 to $5,000 (HomeGuide, Fixr, Forbes Home)
- A multi-zone mini-split
- $3,000 to $14,000 for 2 to 4 zones (HomeGuide, Fixr, Forbes Home)
- An HVAC tune-up
- $70 to $350 a visit; a basic tune-up is often about $100 to $200 (HomeGuide, HomeAdvisor, Fixr)
Ranges from HomeAdvisor, HomeGuide, Fixr, Forbes Home, NYSERDA and the Massachusetts EEAC, checked September 2026.