If you are planning on installing or modifying any plumbing system, a plumbing permit is required.

If you are a home owner wanting to do your own plumbing work, you will be asked to provide a detailed schematic drawing of your proposed project in order to prove competency.

Application: Plumbing Permit Application

A complete application includes:

1. Completed application form.
2. Isometric drawing of the proposed work, if the person doing the work is not a certified plumber.
3. Application fee.

Backflow Preventers

A separate application is required for backflow preventers for irrigation systems and other plumbing devices. 

Application: Backflow Preventer Application

Who can do plumbing work?

1. A certified plumber (Trades qualification number is required)
2. An indentured apprentice supervised by a journeyman certified plumber
3. The registered owner and occupant or intended occupant of the building where the plumbing work will happen.  (Isometric drawings along with Saanich Plumbing Official approval required)

Anyone can install perimeter foundation drainage, but for storm laterals, sanitary sewer lines, rain water leader systems or water lines, only one of the people listed above can do the work.

For more information to help you prepare a correct permit application submission, see below:

• Draintile Information
• Backwater Valve Bulletin
• Insulation behind Plumbing Pipes
• Water Sizing Sheet
• Building Bylaw
• Plumbing Permit fees