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2" X 12" VENT PIPE

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$4.39 per ft

Based on a single purchase, so this is one transaction rather than a price range.

How much does 2" x 12" vent pipe cost?

Contractors are currently paying $4.39 to $4.39 per ft, with a median of $4.39. That range is the middle half of actual invoiced prices over the last 12 months — the cheapest and most expensive outliers are excluded, because one mis-keyed line item shouldn't define what you think a fair price is.

If you're paying above $4.39 per ft, you're in the top quarter of what other contractors pay for the same item — worth a conversation with your supplier.

What drives the price

  • Size and material. The single biggest factor, and why we price at this level of detail rather than lumping every pipe together.
  • Supplier. The same item can differ meaningfully in price between suppliers in the same market, which is a large part of why this range has width at all.
  • Order volume. Counter pickups price differently from a scheduled bulk delivery.
  • When you bought. Prices drift. This is a trailing 12-month window, so it reflects the current market rather than a historical average.

Related pipe prices

ProductTypical rangeMedian
3/4 X 10 L COPPER PIPE$4.02 $5.55 / ft$4.24
4 X 10 NO-HUB PIPE$6.52 $6.90 / ft$6.90
2X10 NO-HUB PIPE$3.52 $3.72 / ft$3.72
3 X 10 NO-HUB PIPE$4.84 $5.34 / ft$5.12
3/4 10' PVC PIPE sch 40$0.25 $0.44 / ft$0.27
6" Plastic Sleeve For Concrete (25 PC)$0.13 $0.17 / ea$0.13
4" Plastic Sleeve For Concrete (55 PC)$0.04 $0.06 / ea$0.04
3 X 10 L COPPER PIPE$41.17 $49.20 / ft$46.00
1 5/8 X 10 KINDORF (H-132-OS) GREEN$1.74 $1.89 / ft$1.89
1" x 10' SCH40 Black TxT Pipe$1.98 $1.98 / ft$1.98
2X4" GALVINIZED NIPPLE$3.34 $4.01 / ea$3.34
1 x 2-1/2 Black Nipple$1.12 $1.12 / ea$1.12

How we know this

These figures come from real invoices processed through CostCrunch, not list prices or survey data. We normalise each line to a price per unit, exclude the top and bottom 1% as outliers, and we publish what we have for the last 12 months and say how thin it is. Where a figure rests on very few purchases, a single supplier or a single company, that is noted alongside it — those are one buyer's experience rather than a market rate — below that, an average says more about one buyer than about the market.

Check your own invoices against these prices — CostCrunch reads every line item and flags anything above market.