Looking for any specific recommendations (or not) for central houston area re-pipe. TIA

No recommendation but PEX is easy if your somewhat handy. Do it yourself, hire someone to fix the sheetrock holes if needed and save yourself a couple thousand dollars

Agree with n_touch for a one story house ... two story NOPE!


That said - the average person does not have the capacity to do this work and should probably trust a plumber. It will likely be more like 10k instead of 3k though.

What about the recommendation that you should only replace your lateral lines?

thanks...these guys?

https://therepipecompany.com/

NoahAg said:

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Call Carlos at the Repipe Company. They do good work. Ours was in the $6,000 range. 2 story, 4 bed, 2 1/2 bath.

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This. Definitely this. Great guys

NoahAg said:

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Call Carlos at the Repipe Company. They do good work. Ours was in the $6,000 range. 2 story, 4 bed, 2 1/2 bath.

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Thirded

Selling my house and got a bad hydro test on my house, gonna have to replace my plumbing (sigh).

Have the Re-Pipe coming out thursday for a bid, any others y'all suggest? Herndon/Muncey did the hydrotest and gave a $12k quote, which seem extremely high.

Quote:

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Herndon/Muncey did the hydrotest and gave a $12k quote, which seem extremely high.

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They are high on everything. They did an estimate for our insurance company a few years ago and were double everyone else. Only have to do half the work is your charge twice as much though.

That been my experience with them. They are the go-to for hydro tests for real estate deals, but provide high quotes.

NoahAg said:

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Call Carlos at the Repipe Company. They do good work. Ours was in the $6,000 range. 2 story, 4 bed, 2 1/2 bath.

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Did that include the dry wall, texture, and paint?

My preference for those types of services are folks that have no vested interest in doing the repairs. Not always possible, but definitely better when there is no conflict of interest.

Michael Busch with Professional Drain Inspectors is probably the best inspector I dealt with in real estate.

So those hydro tests are typically for underslab plumbing. Looking at RePipe's website, they seem to specialize in supply line replacement. Do they do both?

Yeah they said they could do it.

Herndon Muncey mentioned a drop of 2in/minute, which I believe is due to the connection to the main city line. The city came out and replaced their main line in the easement a couple years ago throughout the entire neighborhood and bet they did a bad job tying their line and mine together. I also had to have the city come out and repair their line about 5 years ago at that connection due to a sink hole it caused on their portion.

They also mentioned root damage caused by a citrus tree I have but highly doubt that caused such a large drop.

did they do a camera test as well? That will usually give you a lot more info.

yes to camera test.

They found some root growth and a broken 90 at my kitchen connection exit connection, neither of these are on the same run as the toilet which had the 2in/min leak.

yeah, 2 inches/min is a pretty quick drop.

Sooper Jeenyus said:

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NoahAg said:

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Call Carlos at the Repipe Company. They do good work. Ours was in the $6,000 range. 2 story, 4 bed, 2 1/2 bath.

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Did that include the dry wall, texture, and paint?

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I'll have to look up the exact amount but it did include dry wall and texture. They have a base price that includes a certain number of kitchen, bathroom, etc connections. Then you can add on "extras" if you have additional hose bibs or other that you want repiped.

We hadn't yet moved into the house so everything was pretty accessible. Day 1 their crew made all the new faucet/appliance/hose bib connections. Next day a husband and wife team did all the patch repairs. We were in the middle of painting anyway so I can't remember if that's something they'll do.

Thanks for the info.

Good texture match?

Speaking from personal experience on sewer lines...

I second the recommendation for Michael Busch. He only does inspections and will give you solid advice. I have now used him on 2 house purchases and another deal that fell though.

I ended up using Sandtech for my sewer line replacement which included under slab tunneling on kitchen and bath lines. They weren't the lowest but had better pricing than companies like Chruch. I highly recommend Sandtech.

I haven't repiped my supply lines yet but its coming...

Sooper Jeenyus said:

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Thanks for the info.

Good texture match?

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Yes, much better than I can do lol. My wife was there when all the work was done and was happy with the whole process.

Replaced everything with PEX in my previous house 6 years ago. Every spec home built in the 80's probably has cheap Chinese galvanized pipe and it's crap.

Replace all lines and, if you can afford it, install a manifold where you can isolate sections of the house. This aids repairs in the future.

Lastly, my Dad taught me to never scrimp and try to save money on 3 things:
Surgeons
Hookers
Plumbers

Tormentos said:

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Speaking from personal experience on sewer lines...

I second the recommendation for Michael Busch. He only does inspections and will give you solid advice. I have now used him on 2 house purchases and another deal that fell though.

I ended up using Sandtech for my sewer line replacement which included under slab tunneling on kitchen and bath lines. They weren't the lowest but had better pricing than companies like Chruch. I highly recommend Sandtech.

I haven't repiped my supply lines yet but its coming...

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Highly recommend SandTech for under-slab work.

are leaks in under slab plumbing ever typically by insurance? I have a call in with them soon... just trying to see if something sticks

unfortunately no

E said:

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are leaks in under slab plumbing ever typically by insurance? I have a call in with them soon... just trying to see if something sticks

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Depends on the insurance and your policy. Mine covered a pipe belly under the slab. Another family member had the same issue and His insurance did not cover it.

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are leaks in under slab plumbing ever typically by insurance? I have a call in with them soon... just trying to see if something sticks

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Check your endorsements for:
-water damage
-foundation water coverage.

If these are on there and there's a leak there could be coverage. Insurance won't cover for general wear and tear though.

Thanks. Appreciate all the good info so far.

Has anyone done ePIPE? We don't have any leaks and our pipe is ~30 years old, so this being less destructive, faster and won't have the added expense of fixing the walls seems quite appealing. Talked with them today and the quote is comparable to a full repipe + wall repair.

https://tdtplumbing.com/repipe-epipe-pinhole-leak-repair/

Looks like I kinda hijacked this thread into a underslab thread and not re-pipe...

Has anyone heard of Tunnelnow.com? They gave me a quote of $7k as compared to Precision and Sandtech who were $11k

aggiemike02 said:

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Thanks. Appreciate all the good info so far.

Has anyone done ePIPE? We don't have any leaks and our pipe is ~30 years old, so this being less destructive, faster and won't have the added expense of fixing the walls seems quite appealing. Talked with them today and the quote is comparable to a full repipe + wall repair.

https://tdtplumbing.com/repipe-epipe-pinhole-leak-repair/

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I don't have experience with ePipe, just the repipe I mentioned above. But a couple of thoughts:

If the quote is comparable to a repipe why not just repipe? It would seem that repiping removes any doubt/question about whether or not the ePipe process was 100% effective. How can they be certain that ALL the pipe corrosion and scale was removed and that the lines are completely coated when done?

Also, the website says the typical home ePipe takes 2 days compared to up to 10 for a repipe. Maybe some companies are slower, but our repipe was done in 1 day (a crew of about 8 guys working from about 8am to 3pm). Day 2 another couple did all the patching and texturing. Only thing left was paint which we're doing ourselves.

Now, we hadn't yet moved into the house so everything was very accessible. But my understanding is this kind of schedule is typical of the Repipe Company.

I would agree. Without any cost savings, I don't see the big benefit.

good points, thanks. many of the same ones I'm thinking through. so far quotes are roughly 4 days for repipe and epipe.

personally the benefit is we're in the house and I'd prefer not to deal with all the dust/patching/dust/painting from the holes. we have a unique layout so betting there are going to be a significant number of cuts required. just a guess.

carlos quote is next.

I just had Carlos come out to my house this afternoon to look at my situation. He has been the most competitive bid of the ones that are trustworthy. Was pretty knowledgeable and gave my some more cost effective options.

I just paid $10,800 for a complete repipe with PEX of my house due to a water pipe busting in my slab. Needless to say any other option for finding/fixing the busted pipe would have been more than the repipe.