2025 Test Routes Begin in Late January
Hello, backflow hive - happy new year! We're busy preparing for our 2025 season, with test routes resuming in late January. Current orders will be fulfilled after we're back in testing mode later this month. In the meantime, we'll be in the office Tuesdays and Thursdays to answer questions and help schedule your work! Please get in touch if you have any questions, and we look forward to serving you this year!
Residential Testing Rates
Pricing shown is for testing at a one- or two-family residence. Click here to order a single drop-in test. (For properties with three or more residential units, or with large-line or confined space testing requirements, our commercial rates apply. For all other needs, please contact us.)
Service |
Price |
$50.00 |
|
Add additional basic test (contact us to schedule) |
+$40.00 |
Add appointment window (contact us to schedule) |
+$10.00 |
Notes
Pricing is calculated per address and assumes your equipment can be readily located, accessed, and tested. It does not include any filing fees charged by your water district. As of late 2024, the water districts we serve do not charge us filing fees, but this may change eventually, consistent with industry trends. If any district begins to assess these, they'll be added to our basic test cost for service calls within that district. See pricing for additional parts and services for more information on extra charges that may appear on your bill if extra work or parts are required to complete a test.
Basic test: testing for lines 2" or smaller, with equipment is installed and maintained in a way that allows us to promptly access and test your assembly. Flooded boxes, buried equipment, hidden box lids, encroaching vegetation, corroded or seized equipment, tight clearances, and deep installations (greater than 24") are examples of conditions which can substantially complicate the work. As such, these may increase the cost of testing and/or prevent us from offering service.
Drop-in testing: unless otherwise arranged in advance, testing for outdoor assemblies is performed as a drop-in service on the next available test route after your order is placed. For these types of service calls, we don't need you to be present, and we're unable to make scheduling arrangements intended to achieve this. We can offer advance notifications before testing when necessary for prompt, safe access - just tell us about your notification needs in the order comments.
Appointment window: refers to limited dates/times in which testing must take place, usually to ensure access to indoor equipment. These are scheduled within a mutually agreed-upon arrival window and are offered for indoor assemblies only. The number of appointments we can offer is very limited, and we are not able to accommodate all appointment requests.
All tests are subject to our terms of service, plus the policies outlined in our FAQ - customers who sign up for service agree to be bound by the terms of both.
Basic test: testing for lines 2" or smaller, with equipment is installed and maintained in a way that allows us to promptly access and test your assembly. Flooded boxes, buried equipment, hidden box lids, encroaching vegetation, corroded or seized equipment, tight clearances, and deep installations (greater than 24") are examples of conditions which can substantially complicate the work. As such, these may increase the cost of testing and/or prevent us from offering service.
Drop-in testing: unless otherwise arranged in advance, testing for outdoor assemblies is performed as a drop-in service on the next available test route after your order is placed. For these types of service calls, we don't need you to be present, and we're unable to make scheduling arrangements intended to achieve this. We can offer advance notifications before testing when necessary for prompt, safe access - just tell us about your notification needs in the order comments.
Appointment window: refers to limited dates/times in which testing must take place, usually to ensure access to indoor equipment. These are scheduled within a mutually agreed-upon arrival window and are offered for indoor assemblies only. The number of appointments we can offer is very limited, and we are not able to accommodate all appointment requests.
All tests are subject to our terms of service, plus the policies outlined in our FAQ - customers who sign up for service agree to be bound by the terms of both.