Whole House Repiping in Troy

Whole house repiping Troy NY homes get replaces old galvanized or patched supply pipe with new copper or PEX, so you get strong pressure and clean water again. Most homes are done in two to five days with small wall openings. Give us a call to set up a walk through, and you get a set price on paper.

Our local plumbers in Troy repipe single family homes, two and three family houses and small apartment buildings. It is part of our water line services, so the street service can be checked at the same time.

• Planning the route. The plumber maps a path for new lines through basements, closets and chases to limit wall openings. Stacked bathrooms in two family homes often share one chase, which saves cutting.
• A new main shutoff. A modern ball valve at the point where the city water comes in, easy to close in a hurry.
• New supply lines to every fixture. Kitchen, baths, laundry, outside faucets and the water heater.
• A PEX manifold or copper trunk. A manifold gives each fixture its own line and shutoff, while a copper trunk feeds branches off one main pipe.
• Small wall and ceiling openings. Cut neatly where pipes must pass, and left ready for patching.
• Permit, pressure test and inspection. The new system is tested and inspected before walls close.
• A patch plan. You know ahead of time how the openings will be closed up.

• Very old houses. More than half the housing here predates 1940, per the Census figures Point2 reports. Many of those homes still carry galvanized supply pipe.
• Galvanized pipe rusts inside. Rust narrows the pipe until the water barely trickles, then the threads leak. Patching one spot only moves the next leak a few feet away.
• Brown water. Rust flakes break loose and tint the first water of the day.
• Mixed repairs in two family homes. Decades of patches leave copper, galvanized and plastic joined in odd places.
• Repipe both units together. One project for both floors costs less than two separate jobs and one permit covers the building.

• Galvanized steel supply, the most common reason for a repipe in Troy. It was the standard pipe for decades before copper took over.
• Old copper with pinholes where water chemistry has thinned the walls. One pinhole is often followed by more.
• Mixed repairs of copper, galvanized and plastic patched over the years. Every joint between different metals is a spot where rust speeds up.
• Lead goosenecks or lead connectors at the meter, often found during a repipe. These are flagged so you can plan the service line next.
• Pipes in balloon frame walls, where open stud bays run from basement to attic. This old framing can make fishing new lines easier.

PEX costs less, installs faster and handles freezing better, while copper lasts a long time and resists heat. PEX vs copper repipe choices often land on PEX with copper near the water heater.

These are the repipe calls that come in most often.

• Second floor shower at a trickle in an old home with galvanized pipe throughout.
• Two family house bought by a new landlord, repiped between tenants with a manifold for each unit.
• Rusty water from faucet old house complaints after a city main break stirred up sediment in old steel pipe.
• Pinhole leaks every winter in an older copper system, ended with a full PEX repipe and a manifold.

Most families stay home during the work. Here is what to expect.

• Water off only for short periods. Most shutoffs last an hour or two while connections are made.
• Openings covered at day end. Plastic or boards go over open walls each evening.
• Work areas cleaned daily. Dust is bagged and floors are swept before the crew leaves.
• Tenants get notice. In rentals, the plumber helps you plan the schedule and notices.
• Bathrooms stay usable. The crew plans the work so at least one toilet and sink work each night.
• Pets and kids. Work areas are closed off, and tools are not left out in open rooms.

• Lead at the street? We can replace a lead water line before or with the repipe.
• Leak at the main? The crew can also fix the main water line out in the yard.
• Just one leak? Small jobs go to pipe leak repair in Troy.
• Several buildings? See our multi family plumbing in Troy page.