Replace the problem, not the symptom
Whole-Home Repiping in San Antonio
If you are patching a new pinhole leak every few months, you are financing a repipe one emergency call at a time. Homes built here in the late seventies and eighties often still have polybutylene supply lines, and pre-1960 houses frequently run galvanized. We map what is actually in your walls, then quote a staged or whole-home repipe in PEX or copper.
What is included
- Polybutylene replacement in 1970s and 1980s homes
- Galvanized supply line replacement in older properties
- PEX and copper whole-home repiping
- Staged repiping to spread cost across phases
- Manifold installation for balanced pressure
- Drywall coordination and clean, patchable access cuts
Signs you need this
- Repeated pinhole leaks in different rooms
- Discolored water at multiple fixtures
- Pressure drops when two fixtures run
- Grey polybutylene pipe at the water heater
- Visible corrosion on exposed pipe
- Insurance asking about pipe material
Repiping Across Greater San Antonio
Pick your area to see what we run into in those homes specifically — soil, water and the pipe materials typical of that housing stock.
North & Hill Country
Northwest & West
Inner Loop & Historic Districts
South & Southeast
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Repiping questions
- Look at the pipe coming into the water heater and under sinks. Polybutylene is usually grey, sometimes blue or black, flexible, and stamped PB2110. It was installed widely from the late 1970s into the mid-1990s and fails at the fittings, often without warning. If you see it, get it assessed — insurers increasingly ask about it.
- PEX costs less, installs faster with fewer joints, tolerates freezing better and is unaffected by hard water. Copper lasts longer in ideal conditions and some homeowners prefer it on principle. For most San Antonio homes PEX is the practical choice; we will explain the tradeoffs for your specific house rather than defaulting.
- Yes, and it is often how a repipe becomes affordable. We sequence it by risk — the runs most likely to fail first — so you are never left with the worst pipe in the wall while waiting on the next phase.
- Less than most people fear, but not none. Access cuts are made where they patch cleanly, and we mark every one of them before starting so there are no surprises. Whether drywall repair and paint are included is stated explicitly in the quote.
- Typically two to five days for the plumbing itself on an average home, depending on size, number of bathrooms and access. Water is off only for portions of that, and we tell you which days and roughly which hours in advance.