Partial repipe
Where the failing material is confined to one area.
$4,600 one floor or one bathroom stack
- Failing runs replaced in copper or PEX
- Permitted and inspected
- 100 psi pressure test
- Joints photographed
- Drywall patched paint-ready
What a repipe costs in your city
Three scopes with real numbers, plus the four things that decide which one your house needs.
Transparent pricing
Repipes priced by the house, not the fixture
Every quote follows a survey, because two houses on the same Historic District block can differ by five thousand dollars depending on what the last renovation left behind.
Whole-home repipe
The full job, sequenced around you living there.
$8,400 typical 2-bath character home
- Failing runs replaced in copper or PEX
- Permitted and inspected
- 100 psi pressure test
- Joints photographed
- Drywall patched paint-ready
- Every supply run replaced
- Water on every night
- New shut-offs at every fixture
- As-built drawing included
- Two-year workmanship warranty
Repipe & stack
Supply plus the cast iron stack, done in one opening.
$13,500 supply and drainage together
- Failing runs replaced in copper or PEX
- Permitted and inspected
- 100 psi pressure test
- Joints photographed
- Drywall patched paint-ready
- Every supply run replaced
- Water on every night
- New shut-offs at every fixture
- As-built drawing included
- Cast iron stack replaced in ABS
- Sound insulation where it passes bedrooms
- Five-year workmanship warranty
These are real numbers for a typical two-bathroom character home of about 1,400 square feet. Knob-and-tube-era houses with plaster and lath, three storeys, or a finished basement in the way will be quoted higher — and the survey tells you which one you have before you commit to anything.
What decides a repipe price
Four things, all of them visible at the survey and all of them written into the fixed quote.
What is in the walls now
Poly-B fishes out easily. Galvanized buried in plaster does not.
Plaster or drywall
Lath and plaster costs more to open and far more to make good afterwards.
Whether drainage comes too
Doing supply and the stack in one opening is cheaper than two projects two years apart.
Whether you are living there
An occupied house means sequencing so the water is on each night. That is real time and we price it honestly.
Options worth considering during a repipe
These are only cheap while the walls are already open. We list them at survey time so you can decide once, not twice.
Manifold system
Home-run PEX with labelled shut-offs.
+$1,450
Recirculation loop
Hot water at the far bathroom in seconds.
+$980
Whole-home shut-off upgrade
Quarter-turn valve you can actually close.
+$390
Hose bib replacement
Frost-free, sloped correctly.
+$285 each
Fixture supply upgrade
Braided lines, quarter-turn stops.
+$85 per fixture
As-built drawing
A drawn record of what is where, for later.
+$340
Included at every scope
A partial repipe gets the same pressure test, the same photographs and the same patch standard as the largest job we do.
- A written scope with the pipe material named for every run
- Permits pulled and inspections booked with the City
- A 100 psi pressure test, documented on your invoice
- Photographs of every concealed joint before it is covered
- Drywall patched, taped and sanded to paint-ready
- The old material removed from site, not left in the joists
Photographed before it is covered
Every concealed joint is photographed and the set is emailed to you before the drywall goes on. If a joint we made ever leaks, we repair it and make good the finish — two years on a repipe, five when we do the stack as well.
FAQ
What owners of old houses ask
Send a photo of the pipe at your water heater to hello@example.com and we will identify it for free — no visit needed.
Is the survey free?
It is $290, and it is credited in full if you proceed with us. A free survey pays for itself by finding a reason you need a repipe.
Is the price fixed?
Fixed after the survey. The survey exists precisely so we are not guessing and you are not receiving change orders.
Do you take deposits?
A third at booking to hold the crew, a third at rough-in inspection, the balance when the patching is done.
How long is the warranty?
Two years on a repipe, five when the stack is included. Written on the invoice, not implied.
Find out what is actually behind your walls
A two-hour survey: every accessible run identified, material by material, with photographs and a written plan that tells you what to do now and what can wait five years.