A whole house repipe in Houston replaces every water supply line in your home with new PEX pipe. Most of the homes we repipe were built before 1970 and still carry water through galvanized steel. Those pipes rust from the inside until the pressure drops and the water runs brown.
VCS Construction and Remodeling has worked on Houston homes since 2007 with master plumbers on the team. A repipe opens walls and ceilings in almost every room. Plumbing-only companies leave that drywall cut open or pass the patching to someone else. We run the PEX, then repair and paint every opening ourselves, one contractor from start to finish.
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Galvanized pipe fails slowly, so the signs creep up on you. Water pressure fades at the shower when someone opens another tap. The first water out of the faucet runs brown or orange after a weekend away. Rust stains show up on laundry and around drains.
Builders used galvanized steel supply lines in most homes built before about 1970. The zinc coating wears off and the steel rusts from the inside out. Home inspectors compare it to a clogged artery. A pipe that started at three quarters of an inch can narrow to the width of a straw.
Copper lines have their own failure mode. Pitting inside the pipe opens tiny pinhole leaks through the tube wall. You fix one, and another opens a few feet down the line. Once leaks repeat, patch repairs cost more than they solve.
A whole house repipe ends that cycle for good. Every supply line in the house gets replaced at once, hot and cold. This page covers water supply lines only. If your problem is a slow drain or sewage backup, see our sewer line services page.
House repiping cost depends on the size of the job. We quote each repipe in person, and the estimate is free. The biggest factor is the number of fixtures, since every sink, tub, shower, and toilet needs new lines.
A one story home on a slab repipes faster than a two story home. Attic access matters too, since most new lines run overhead. Tiled walls and tall ceilings take more care to open and patch. Bathroom count moves the price more than square footage does.
Pipe work on most homes takes a few days. The water comes back on each evening, and most families stay in the house. A city inspector signs off on the new lines before the drywall goes back. Drywall repair and paint add a few more days after the inspection passes.
A whole house repipe in Houston also needs a plumbing permit from the city. We handle the permit and the inspection as part of the job. Home inspectors flag old galvanized pipe when a house sells. A permitted repipe with inspection records answers that question for good.
A repipe crew has to cut drywall to reach the old pipes. By the end, a typical job leaves openings in nearly every room. Many plumbing companies quote the pipe work and stop there. The wall repair becomes your problem.
VCS runs the job differently because we are repipe specialists inside a remodeling company. Our master plumbers plan each opening before anyone cuts. After the city inspection, our remodeling side patches the drywall and matches the texture. Then we paint, and the rooms look the way they did before.
Most Houston homes sit on a concrete slab with the original supply lines buried underneath. A PEX repipe skips the slab entirely, so there is no tunneling for supply lines. The old pipes get capped and left in place. New PEX runs overhead through the attic and down the walls, with fewer joints to leak.
We handle whole house repipes inside Loop 610 and about 15 to 20 miles out from downtown. That covers postwar neighborhoods like Oak Forest and Garden Oaks, where many homes date to the 1940s and 50s. Trey brings over 20 years of hands-on experience to every estimate. Call (713) 828-3097 and we will look at your pipes for free.
Free, no-obligation estimates across Houston, inside Loop 610 and out.
(713) 828-3097From the first call to the last pass of the rake, here is how it goes.
Tell us about the house and the project. We set a time to come see it, usually within a few days.
Trey looks at the space and the systems in person and talks through the plan. You get a real number before any work starts.
Drawings get done, permits get pulled, and the build starts on a set schedule. Trey reviews progress with you week by week.
Our own crew does the sheetrock, trim and paint, then walks the finished job with you. The project ends when you sign off on it.
Common questions about whole-house repipe across Houston, inside Loop 610 and out. Don't see yours? Give us a call and ask.
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View DetailsThe team that opens your walls is the team that closes them. Trades, sheetrock, tile, cabinets, trim and paint all run under one contract, so nothing falls between companies.
Repipes, sewer lines, water heaters and remodel plumbing stay in house. That is rare for a remodeling contractor, and it is why pipe problems do not stall our jobs.
An architect, two engineers and interior designers work with us on plans, or we build from your designer’s drawings. Permits and city inspections are handled for you.
Pier and beam bungalows, slab ranches on clay soil, galvanized pipe, cast iron drains, deed restrictions and flood maps. We have worked these streets since 2007 and plan for all of it.
Most homeowners pay about $7,500 to repipe a house, per Angi, with projects from $1,500 to $15,000. See what moves the price for Houston homes.
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Read more →A kitchen that needs to open up, a bath past its prime, an addition, or pipes that are done? Call or send the form. Trey comes to look at the house in person, and the estimate and design consultation are free.
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