If you're dealing with discolored water, frequent leaks, or low water pressure throughout your house, repiping might be on the table. It's a big job — but it's also one of the most impactful plumbing upgrades you can make. Here's what to expect in Central Texas.
Typical Cost Range
For most homes in our service area, whole-house repiping runs $4,000 to $15,000. The wide range depends on several factors:
Home size. A 1,200 sq ft home with one bathroom is a very different job than a 3,000 sq ft home with four bathrooms. More fixtures = more pipe = more labor.
Pipe material. PEX (cross-linked polyethylene) is the modern standard and the most cost-effective. Copper costs significantly more but some homeowners prefer it. If your home currently has galvanized steel or polybutylene, repiping is almost always recommended.
Access. A home on a slab is more complex than one with a crawl space or basement. Slab homes may require some drywall work to access pipes in walls, which adds to the cost.
Number of stories. Two-story homes require more pipe and more labor to run lines through walls and between floors.
Signs It's Time to Repipe
Frequent leaks. If you're calling a plumber every few months for pinhole leaks, the problem isn't individual pipes — it's the whole system. Repiping once is cheaper than fixing leaks indefinitely.
Rust-colored water. Brown or orange water, especially when you first turn on a faucet, usually means corroding galvanized pipes. This isn't just an aesthetic problem — it affects water quality.
Low water pressure everywhere. If pressure is low at multiple fixtures (not just one), the pipes themselves may be corroded and narrowed internally. No amount of valve adjustment fixes this.
Polybutylene pipes. If your home was built between 1978 and 1995, you may have polybutylene (poly-B) pipes. These are known to fail and most insurance companies won't cover homes with them.
What the Process Looks Like
A typical whole-house repipe takes 2–4 days. The crew will map out the new pipe routes, cut access points in walls where needed, run the new PEX or copper lines, connect everything to your fixtures, and then patch the access holes. At Kimco, we clean up after ourselves and do a full pressure test before we leave.
Getting a Quote
We provide free repipe estimates. A technician will walk through your home, assess the existing piping, count fixtures, and give you a flat-rate quote on the spot. The quote you get is the price you pay — no change orders, no surprises.