Plumbing takeoff that
follows the risers for you.
Plumbing takeoff is a tracing job — waste and vent up the risers, domestic hot and cold by size, every fixture matched to the schedule. Do it by hand and a single missed riser throws the bid. Pilars traces it and counts it; you check it.
Pipe by size, fixtures by schedule, risers included
The number lives in the details only plumbing estimators care about: pipe broken out by material and diameter, not lumped together; fixtures pulled from the fixture schedule and matched to the plan; vertical pipe in the risers that flat takeoffs quietly drop. Pilars reads the riser diagram alongside the floor plans, traces each line by size, counts fixtures and carriers, and keeps the verticals in — so the linear footage reflects the whole system, not just what's drawn in plan view.
It reads the spec and the code, not just the plan
Half of a plumbing scope lives off the floor plan — fixture units and pipe sizing logic in the spec, IPC requirements that move quantities, insulation and hanger spacing. Pilars reads the spec book with the drawings and flags IPC issues as it goes, and every line comes back confidence-scored and sourced to the sheet. The result is a takeoff you can hand a GC and defend, not a spreadsheet of guesses.
- Domestic, waste, vent and gas traced and split by size
- Fixtures and carriers counted off the schedule
- Riser and vertical pipe captured, not flattened
- IPC scope flagged before the bid goes out
Questions estimators actually ask
Does it split pipe out by size and system?
Yes — domestic hot/cold, waste, vent and gas, broken out by material and diameter. Lumped linear footage is no use for pricing; Pilars keeps it separated the way you'd bid it.
Does it catch vertical pipe in the risers?
It does. Flattened floor-plan takeoffs are where vertical footage goes missing and bids come up short. Pilars reads the riser diagram and keeps the verticals in the count.
Can it pull fixtures from the fixture schedule?
Yes. It matches fixtures on the plan to the schedule and counts carriers and rough-in, instead of you flipping between sheets to reconcile counts by hand.
Is it just for commercial, or residential too?
It shines on commercial and multifamily where the sheet count and schedules are heavy. It works on residential, but the time savings are biggest where the manual takeoff hurts most.
How is it priced?
$100 per trade, per plan, unlimited projects, no per-seat fees — so the whole estimating team can run plumbing takeoffs without per-user cost.