Whole House Repipe
in the Capital Region, NY

The usual signs are rusty or discolored water, pressure that drops at several fixtures at once, repeated pinhole leaks, and original galvanized-steel or polybutylene piping common in older Capital Region homes. We inspect your supply lines first and tell you straight if a targeted repair will hold; we only recommend a full repipe when patching the same failing line no longer makes sense.

It depends on the size of the house, the number of bathrooms and fixtures, the pipe material, and how easy the pipes are to reach through the walls and ceilings. Nobody can price a repipe honestly over the phone. We give a free in-home assessment, then one flat price in writing before any wall is opened. Because it is a large job, financing through Acorn Finance is available.

Most Capital Region homes are repiped in one to three days depending on size and access.

No — we stage the work so water is back on each night; you can stay in your home.

We walk you through both. PEX resists freezing and scale; copper suits some older layouts.

Usually when the pipes are failing in more than one place. Repeated leaks cost repair bills and water damage each time, and a repipe ends that cycle while restoring pressure and clearer water. If only one run is failing, repiping that section may be enough. A repipe replaces the supply lines only; it does not touch your drain or sewer lines. We inspect first and tell you which fits.

The crew shuts off the water, opens small planned access points in walls and ceilings, removes or abandons the old supply lines, and runs new PEX or copper from the main to every fixture. Then they reconnect the fixtures, pressure-test the system, restore the water and patch or prepare the access points, as the written estimate says.

We reach the pipes through small, planned openings in walls and ceilings rather than demolishing whole rooms, and we keep those cuts as few and clean as possible. Your written estimate spells out exactly what’s covered, including whether we patch the drywall back or leave the access points ready for your painter, so the finish work is never a surprise.

Same trade, different scope. A whole house repipe replaces all the supply lines in the house at once. Repiping is the general term and also covers replacing one failing run, which is the job on our repiping page. If you are not sure which you need, we inspect your lines and tell you whether a targeted fix will hold.

If old galvanized pipe, narrowed by scale and corrosion, is the cause, a repipe usually fixes both: the new pipe removes the restriction and the rust source. If the low pressure comes from the street supply, a failing regulator or a single clogged fixture, a repipe will not help, and we find that out first. See low water pressure: causes and cures.