The whole house
Every fixture gets a new supply line in a whole-house repipe, and the new pipe is run through walls, ceilings, the attic or a crawl space. Openings are made only where that pipe has to pass.
Repiping and Water Line Replacement in Richardson
Supply lines that keep springing leaks, water that comes out discolored or pipe that has simply outlived its years can lead to repiping. Call us, tell us which lines are giving trouble and we talk through the options.
Repiping can mean the whole house, one run, or the water service line, and the city’s own service line check sits alongside it.
Repiping choices
One run at a time
When a leak keeps returning on a single branch, redoing only that branch, say the run to a bathroom or the kitchen, is an option, and the remaining pipes stay as they are.
A new water service line
Between the water main and the house runs the water service line. Replacing it is a separate job from repiping inside the walls, and either can be done without the other.
PEX or copper
Copper is rigid metal pipe joined by soldered fittings, and PEX, short for cross-linked polyethylene, is flexible plastic tubing that bends around corners with fewer joints. The plumber on the job recommends one for the house.
The city’s service line check
Richardson’s service line inventory focuses on properties built before 1966, which were built before ordinances regulated the materials used for service lines.
Contractors dig two small holes in the right-of-way to see the pipe, and the results go on the city’s Water Service Line Viewer map. A plumber can also identify the pipe material, since the makeup of lines laid before 1966 is uncertain, and the city’s testing shows no lead concerns in its water supply.
Permits for new piping
State law lists leak repairs and a few fixture swaps as the exceptions to the permit requirement in cities of more than 5,000 people, and a repipe is not among them.
Richardson sells plumbing repair and replacement permits online, and on a permitted repipe the Responsible Master Plumber obtains what the job needs.
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