Mountain Man Plumbing Toolbox
Know what you’re looking at before you book.
Decode a water-heater label. Check a tankless error code. Size a softener from your actual water. Review a plumbing quote. Each tool gives you a useful result and a clear next step.
Start with the question in front of you
Choose the tool that fits.
A quote
Got a plumbing quote? Check the number and the scope.
See how the price compares with current Utah task pricing, then see which details can legitimately move it.
No signup before the result.
Your address
How hard is your water—and what size softener fits?
Drop a pin, see the local water estimate, then size treatment from hardness and household demand.
Built from Northern Utah public water data.
A heater label
Show us the label. We’ll identify the heater.
Use a photo or type the model and serial. The result carries into replacement pricing or a service request.
14,062 documented models across 82 brands.
A serial number
How old is this water heater?
Choose the printed brand and copy the serial exactly. We decode the manufacture date without guessing from appearance.
Brand-specific serial rules.
An error code
What does this code mean on this exact model?
Enter the brand, full model, and code. We only show a meaning when the matching manufacturer record supports it.
2,546 model families across 27 brands.
See inside
Take the jacket off a gas water heater.
Rotate it, zoom in, tap a numbered part, and watch the burner heat the stored water from the bottom up.
Interactive parts, water flow, burner, and vent path.
An install address
Does this address need a special gas model?
Check the street address against Utah’s mapped equipment boundary. ZIP codes alone cannot answer it.
Uses the Utah DEQ boundary, not a city list.
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