Tank replacement in Burnaby runs $1,800–$3,200 installed, permit and disposal included, and we reach most of the city in 90 minutes.
Burnaby splits almost exactly in half on this job, and the dividing line is roughly the age of the building.
Why this is different here
The towers — Metrotown, Brentwood, Lougheed, Highgate
Tower suites here have the same constraints as downtown Vancouver: an elevator to book, a route to protect, a closet that decides the tank size, and a shut-off that may or may not exist inside your suite.
Check your laundry or utility closet. If you find valves that isolate your suite, the job is straightforward.
The post-war houses — Burnaby Heights, Capitol Hill, Willingdon Heights
Here the variable isn't logistics. It's venting.
Houses from the 1940s to the 60s frequently have a tank venting into a masonry chimney that was originally sized for a much larger appliance, or shared with a furnace that has since been replaced with a high-efficiency unit venting through a sidewall. When the furnace changed, the chimney was often left oversized for the tank alone — which affects draft, and draft on a gas appliance is a combustion safety question.
That's the thing we check first on an older Burnaby house, and it's the reason a tank replacement here sometimes costs more than the quote you got over the phone. If venting needs correcting, we'd rather find it before we start than after the old tank is out.
We check it before quoting, not after. ⚠️ Anyone quoting a tank replacement in a 1950s Burnaby house without looking at the venting is quoting a tank, not a job.
Edmonds, South Burnaby and the newer subdivisions
Late-80s and 90s housing here is the straightforward case: modern venting, usually a garage or basement install, good access. This is where same-day genuinely means same day.
It's also where we most often find the tank is on its second or third replacement cycle — housing of that era has been through two tanks already, and the current one is frequently the last one anybody thought about.
About the permit
Required in Burnaby, and it's in our quoted price. The inspection checks venting, seismic strapping, the T&P discharge and the expansion tank — which is exactly the list of things that goes wrong on an unpermitted swap in an older house.
Tank replacement prices in Burnaby
Our published flat prices — supply, install, disposal of the old tank and the permit. All prices plus 5% GST. Confirmation that they apply unchanged in Burnaby is pending.
