Water heater permit checklist — San Bernardino, California
Assembled from San Bernardino’s own published permit rules. Every line below is quoted from a city document and linked to it. Nothing here is generated, estimated, or inferred from another jurisdiction.
Do you need a permit?
San Bernardino requires a permit for a water heater.
No exemption - the city's own Building & Safety page uses water heater replacement as its example of permitted work that is issued over the counter, and the plumbing fee table carries a per-unit water heater charge. There is no published size or fuel-type carve-out.
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Sources
- water heater — permit rules ↗verified August 2026
Other permits San Bernardino publishes rules for
Listed because the city publishes a separate rule for each type — not because this project necessarily triggers one. Whether it does depends on your scope of work.
- Deck permit checklist
- Shed permit checklist
- Re-roof permit checklist
- Retaining wall permit checklist
- Electrical work permit checklist
- General building work permit checklist
BuildSpec is a reference, not the authority having jurisdiction. Confirm requirements with San Bernardino before you build.