Whole House Repipe After Corrosion Choked the Water Lines

Low water pressure is one of those things homeowners tend to chalk up to "just how the house is." But most of the time, there's a real reason behind it - and it's usually not pretty. In this case, the old galvanized pipes had corroded so badly on the inside that water barely had room to move through at all.

That's exactly what we were dealing with here. The old galvanized lines were nearly blocked solid from years of rust and mineral buildup. Galvanized pipe does this over time - the inside corrodes and the opening keeps getting smaller and smaller until flow is seriously restricted. At that point, no fixture adjustment or pressure fix is going to solve anything. The pipe itself is the problem.

We repiped the whole house, upsized to code-compliant piping throughout, and ran new lines everywhere they needed to go - through ceilings, walls, you name it. The new water main came in clean, and we installed a new water heater to match. Red and blue PEX runs hot and cold through the system now, properly bracketed and routed. Everything got tied in neatly and the job site was cleaned up before we left.

A full repipe like this is a bigger job, but it's also one of the most impactful things you can do for an older home. Better flow at every fixture, no more guessing whether a pipe is about to fail behind a wall, and peace of mind that the system is up to current standards. That's hard to put a price on.

If your water pressure has been slowly getting worse - or if you've got an older home with galvanized plumbing - it's worth having someone take a look before it becomes an emergency. Our team handles repipes and general plumbing work, and we're available around the clock if something can't wait.