Referrals: replumbing contractors

master plumber mark said:

does it not have something to do with the
salt air corrodeing the copper over time???

and they have found that cpvc is better for that reason??

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It definitely ain't that. The house I'm sitting in was built in 1984, all copper pipes are fine, it's 75 feet from shore. Everything's green on the outside... but no leaks. Hydronic runs, too, not just water supply.

I guess im just old fashened.

All juridictions have there codes I can only make suggestions.
Or my personal opinion.

cwhyu2 said:

All juridictions have there codes I can only make suggestions.
Or my personal opinion.

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Welcome to whats prolly the most frustrating thing about plumbing chat online, my jaw still drops on occasion at some of the code differences.

GrumpyPlumber said:

I do repipes.

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Thanks for the reply, Grumpy. I understand the reasoning why most good plumbers stay with copper, but our well water is just too hard on it. We must not only replace pipes, but constantly replace fixtures, fittings, etc for various reasons and put up with the blue/green stain.

I am in the process of getting several estimates, one by a local master plumber and one by a soup to nuts company. There is appeal to having the repairs done on sight after the repipe, due to the fact that in the area I live it is hard to find people who do remodeling and smaller jobs. I'm curious, though - I know one would have to see my home and study it before estimating, but if I gave you a rough idea of what I needed done could you give a "ballpark" estimate of what the work would run? This would help in evaluating the contractors.

I know replumbing is expensive, but I have no earthly idea what we're even talking about, moneywise.

Two story home with finished 1/2 basement (one toilet/one sink)
The other half is stand up crawlspace (where majority of piping is found ) with water heater.
Upstairs has two bathrooms - each w/combo shower/tub - toilet/sink
Upstairs has washing machine.
Main floor has half bath w/toilet and sink.
Main floor has kitchen doublesink / DW / icecube maker.
Finished basement has half bath w/ toilet and sink.

The water lines connecting the upstairs are found in the ceiling (living room/hallway/kitchen).

There are two outside faucets accessible from the crawlspace.
The older part of the home which needs the repipe is roughly 1800+ sq feet.

Either way, thanks for your time and help.

inforapeek said:

soup to nuts company

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Central Hardware used this motto and as a kid I was always disappointed I could never find the soup they spoke of.

Inforapeak - on every professional construction or trades forum I know of, common wisom is that you can't do these comparisions over the 'net. Even between pro's, it creates more confusion than anything. There's too many variables to make valid analogies. Just how it is.

Yellow Pages!

Wan't a good plumber,that's fair

Find a wholesale plumbing supply in Your area. Don't know one ? ask any guy driving a plumbing truck. Pick up a bag of oranges or some other small gift.

Don't necessarly go to the front office. Go to the parts counter,look for a friendly face. Tell them You need a fair very competent plumber for a repipe.

GET 2 OR 3 NAMES These folks know the tradesman. good luck

frenchie said:

Inforapeak - on every professional construction or trades forum I know of, common wisom is that you can't do these comparisions over the 'net. Even between pro's, it creates more confusion than anything. There's too many variables to make valid analogies. Just how it is.

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Info, he's right.
Despite the fact that you were thorough in explaination, there are variables that could alter the price by thousands.
What you should do is get the estimates and ask questions.