By Minneapolis Field Notes · April 29, 2025
St. Paul plumbing permits are not Minneapolis permits
Categories: Cost & permits, Twin Cities
St. Paul is its own city hub. Cathedral Hill, Highland Park, and Mac-Groveland do not use a Minneapolis permit. Minneapolis plumbing permits exists because people keep asking us to “just use the other city’s form.”
Water heater replacements, sewer opens, and backflow tests are the usual paperwork. water heater replacement, sewer line repair, backflow testing. We write the permit in the quote. We do not surprise you after the tank is on the stand.
Edina is a third desk. Edina. Wayzata is a fourth. The work does not change. The phone number on the application does.
Historic laterals on Summit want trenchless sewer more often than an open boulevard. Camera first. Always.
Minneapolis plumbing cost guide for how permits move the number. Minneapolis plumber for dispatch. St. Paul for the commercial landing.
Related: Mac-Groveland, Summit Hill, water heater repair.
Questions from this kind of call
Can you pull St. Paul for me?
Yes. It is in the scope.
Is Highland the same as Minneapolis?
No. Different city, different inspection.