Whole-Property Repiping

A repipe is a capital decision, not a repair decision. The signal that it is time is almost never one dramatic failure — it is the third pinhole in eighteen months, or a system with a known material problem that has started to show its age everywhere at once.

Because it is a capital decision, it deserves the treatment: assessment first, a written scope with stated exclusions, a schedule the building can actually live with, and documentation at the end.

Warning signs

• More than one pinhole leak in the same system within a year or two
• Discoloured or rust-tinted water on the hot side, the cold side, or both
• Water pressure that has degraded across the whole building over time
• Galvanised steel supply piping still in service
• Polybutylene supply piping, or a piping material with a known failure history
• Insurance renewal questions or carrier requirements about the plumbing system
• A repipe already recommended by an inspector, an engineer or a previous contractor

What RePlumbify inspects and performs

• Assess the existing system, material, condition and layout before scoping
• Produce a written scope with the piping material, routing approach, access points and exclusions stated
• Repipe supply distribution in single-family homes
• Repipe occupied multifamily buildings in phases, unit by unit or stack by stack
• Repipe commercial buildings around business operations and shutdown windows
• Replace and label shutoff valves, and document the shutoff map for the property
• Coordinate required inspections and provide documentation for ownership and insurers

What to expect

1. 01AssessmentWe look at the actual system — material, age, failure history, routing and access — before anyone quotes a number.
2. 02Written scope and scheduleWhat is being replaced, what is not, what access is required, how long each phase takes and how water service is managed during it.
3. 03Notice and phasingFor occupied buildings, water shutdowns are scheduled with the notice period your tenants or operations require. This is planned, not improvised.
4. 04Execution and inspectionWork proceeds in phases with the agreed shutoff windows. Required inspections are coordinated as part of the job.
5. 05Documentation and handoverYou receive photo documentation, the shutoff map and the record of what was replaced.

Residential and commercial

For homes and condominiums. For a home, the questions are material, routing and how much wall you are willing to open. We will show you where the runs go, what gets opened, and what restoration you should budget for separately — before you commit.

For commercial and multifamily buildings. For occupied apartment buildings, the hard part is not the piping. It is notice, access, tenant coordination, water shutdown windows and unit turnover sequencing. That planning belongs in the proposal, and in ours it is.