Plumbing in Hialeah
Hialeah's Building Department fee schedule, effective March 20, 2026, sets $300.00 as the minimum fee for any plumbing permit not otherwise specified. It's $100.00 to apply, paid up front. Residential alterations or repairs to a single-family home or duplex are charged $0.075 per $1.00 of estimated cost. A solar water heater is $180.00, a water service connection is $16.00, a backflow assembly of 2 inches or less is $75.00 and irrigation is $35.00 per zone.
The Building Division is at 501 Palm Avenue, 2nd Floor, 305-883-5825, Monday to Friday 7:30 to 3:30 p.m. It stays open through lunch. Online permits run through Tyler CSS, and the city's High-Velocity Hurricane Zone roofing package cites the 8th Edition (2023) of the Florida Building Code. Under section 489.105, a contractor with a state registration rather than a certification may work only in the jurisdictions the registration was issued for.
Water reaches Hialeah through the city's reverse osmosis plant, which draws brackish water from the Upper Floridan Aquifer, and through the Hialeah and John E. Preston plants, which draw from the Biscayne Aquifer and use lime softening. Hialeah knows of no lead service lines. The county's inventory, submitted in October 2024, contained lines of unknown material. Hialeah's own Water Quality Report-2025, dated July 2025, lists 2024 data but no hardness number. Public Works answers report questions at 305-556-3800 ext. 2542.
What plumbing costs near Hialeah
No plumber has sent us a quote from Hialeah, so this page carries no city price. The Florida page lists the estimates next to what plumbers are paid ($26.94 an hour in the BLS wage data, which is pay, not price), and the permit fee is set by your city or county. How we estimate costs.
Permits for plumbing work in Hialeah
Check with the City of Hialeah building department which office issues plumbing permits for your address.
Work that replaces or alters piping, a water heater swap or a sewer repair for example, generally needs a permit.
Plumbing jobs in Hialeah
Sources for Hialeah
- City of Hialeah: Building Department Fee Schedule (March 20, 2026) Read Oct 24, 2026.
- City of Hialeah: Building Read Oct 24, 2026.
- Roofing Package Code 2023 Read Oct 24, 2026.
- Fla. Stat. 489.105 (2025), Definitions Read Oct 24, 2026.
- 2025 Water Quality Report (Miami-Dade WASD) Read Oct 24, 2026.
- Water Quality Report-2025 (City of Hialeah) Read Oct 24, 2026.
- Know Your Pipes FAQ Read Oct 24, 2026.
- EPA SDWIS water system inventory (Envirofacts WATER_SYSTEM, GEOGRAPHIC_AREA) Check this with the source itself before you rely on it.