The whole house
A full repipe puts new supply pipe to every fixture, working through walls and ceilings run by run. The routes are planned so each opening in the drywall is as small as the pipe allows.
Repiping and Water Line Replacement in Rowlett
Supply pipes that leak, stain walls or deliver weak flow can be replaced for the whole house, for a single run or from the meter on in. Call us, describe what the pipes are doing, and the plumber who answers gives a free estimate for the work.
Repiping choices are laid out first, then Rowlett’s service line map and the inspection the city adds after plumbing has been changed.
Repiping choices
One run at a time
A bathroom that is losing pressure while the rest of the house is fine may need only its own branch replaced, leaving the other supply lines alone.
A new line from the meter
From the meter to the house, the whole stretch of service line is dug out and laid again in new pipe.
PEX or copper
Copper and PEX are the two materials for new supply lines. Copper is a rigid metal pipe soldered at every joint, PEX is flexible tubing that turns corners without extra fittings, and the plumber chooses between them for each run.
Lead solder and the 1986 ban
Rowlett’s lead FAQ lists homes with copper pipe and lead solder that were built before 1986 as a possible source of lead. The 1986 lead ban requires lead-free materials for anyone installing or repairing drinking water plumbing.
The city’s service line map, described on the leak detection page, shows which part of your line is on the public side of the meter and which is private.
Permits and inspection for new piping
New piping counts as plumbing, and Rowlett Building Safety asks for a permit on any type of plumbing without naming repiping on its own.
Section 70-89 of the city code adds a customer service inspection for cross-connection control, which the city completes before continuous water service in cases that include any correction or addition to the plumbing of a premises.
A leak that returns is a reason to start at leak detection before planning a repipe. The heater connections a repipe has to meet are on the water heater page, and the rest of the services are on the homepage.
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