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re: Whole House Re-Pipe? How much $$$?
Posted on 10/17/17 at 11:28 am to LSU alum wannabe
Posted on 10/17/17 at 11:28 am to LSU alum wannabe
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Well, it doesn’t mention price sugar britches.
If you have to ask, you can't afford it, poor.
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Posted on 10/17/17 at 11:30 am to Chad504boy
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your home already gutted?
No. No broken pipe. My house did not flood. It’s just an ad that has been running here for over a year. There are now 2 companies apparently.
Posted on 10/17/17 at 11:43 am to LSU alum wannabe
My house is 1986 vintage and has galvanized pipe. 3,600 SF 2 story in Kingwood. We flooded and gutted at the moment. We contemplated updated pipe replacement since we are to the studs and the life expectancy of galvanized pipe is like 30 years but the quote I got is $10K. Probably gonna pass.
Posted on 10/17/17 at 12:16 pm to LSU alum wannabe
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This post was edited on 11/16/21 at 4:54 pm
Posted on 10/17/17 at 12:30 pm to wfallstiger
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seems like rather than going into the slab they re-route via the attic, or so I am told
If they go through the attic, demand their guarantee that your cold water won't come out 140 degrees or more.
Posted on 10/17/17 at 12:33 pm to LSU alum wannabe
oh, whole house, 18k
Posted on 10/17/17 at 12:35 pm to LSU alum wannabe
I just repiped my 2500sq ft house with uponor pex. Did it all myself and ran everything from attic. Installed new main line from meter to new tankless water heater and branched off from it to each room with a pex manifold. The pipe and fittings was about $1800 and that's including the $400 tool. And the water heater was about $500. So for around $2300 for material to do a house with 3 baths, kitchen, laundry. Took me 3days to do by myself. Pex is way easier and cheaper than traditional plumbing and is just as good if not better
Posted on 10/17/17 at 12:39 pm to Klark Kent
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replace the copper piping with PVC
Did they offer to haul the old piping away free of charge?
Posted on 10/17/17 at 12:43 pm to lildaddy86
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just repiped my 2500sq ft house with uponor pex. Did it all myself and ran everything from attic. Installed new main line from meter to new tankless water heater and branched off from it to each room with a pex manifold
Bet you have a massive..... tool belt.
Did you kill a bear with a buck knife too? Lol
Posted on 10/17/17 at 12:55 pm to ksayetiger
i dunno man.
this is just me talking to a neighbor in the same neighborhood as mine, with a very similar style and size house, who had this done when he had his kitchen reno'd. so this is a real rough estimate for what it would cost me.
this is just me talking to a neighbor in the same neighborhood as mine, with a very similar style and size house, who had this done when he had his kitchen reno'd. so this is a real rough estimate for what it would cost me.
Posted on 10/17/17 at 12:56 pm to LSU alum wannabe
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Did you kill a bear with a buck knife too? Lol
Lol it was one hell of a fight.
Posted on 10/17/17 at 12:57 pm to wfallstiger
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seems like rather than going into the slab they re-route via the attic, or so I am told
They can add pex in the attic and abandon the copper in the slab. Obviously they can't abandon the drainage pipes.
Posted on 10/17/17 at 1:00 pm to lildaddy86
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and is just as good if not better
Pex is great. About the only concern I could see is the possibility of a coon, rat, or something getting in the attic and chewing the plastic. It has happened though it's obviously rare. It doesn't get cold enough in the South for freezing in the attic to be a concern and even then pex does way better than PVC in that area.
Not sure why plumbing in new houses still hasn't moved on completely from copper considering the cost difference.
Posted on 10/17/17 at 1:02 pm to LSU alum wannabe
I can come lay pipe in your house. 
Eta - I should have known that joke was made about 50 times already.
Eta - I should have known that joke was made about 50 times already.
This post was edited on 10/17/17 at 1:21 pm
Posted on 10/17/17 at 1:02 pm to Spock's Eyebrow
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If they go through the attic, demand their guarantee that your cold water won't come out 140 degrees or more.
Run it on top of sheetrock, insulate pipes, then blow in more insulation on top.
OP, if you go overhead, I would make sure they use PEX and go through a manifold so there are no fittings overhead.. If you have a leak overhead, it's almost certainly going to be a fitting. Also, cost should be in the $5-$7k range, plus any permitting costs. Personally, I would go ahead and jump for a whole home tankless hot water heater and install it next to the manifold.
So fresh and so clean!
This post was edited on 10/17/17 at 1:12 pm
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