Pipes age out. Galvanized steel rusts shut from the inside, polybutylene becomes brittle and fails without warning, and even copper can pit in aggressive water. If your home was built before the mid-1990s and still has its original supply piping, the question usually isn't whether it will fail — it's when, and how much damage it does on the way. IDB Plumbing Solutions repipes homes across Washington State with modern copper or PEX systems, engineered and installed to last for generations.
A repipe sounds disruptive. Done right, it isn't. Our crews repipe most single-family homes in two to four days. We protect floors and furniture, make precise access openings instead of tearing out walls, keep water on each evening whenever possible, and patch every opening ready for paint. You'll know the schedule before we start, and the house gets cleaned before we hand it back. Our repipe customers routinely tell us the job was far less painful than they feared — that is by design.
Copper or PEX? Both are excellent when installed correctly, and we install both. Type L copper is time-proven, rigid, and unaffected by UV — the traditional premium choice. PEX-A is flexible, freeze-tolerant, quieter, faster to install, and typically more affordable, with fewer joints hidden in walls. We'll walk you through the honest trade-offs for your specific house and water rather than pushing whichever is convenient for us.
Not every pipe problem needs a full repipe, and we'll tell you when it doesn't. Slab leaks can often be rerouted overhead without breaking concrete. A single failed section can be repaired properly with the right materials and permits. But when repairs are stacking up and your water runs rusty every morning, replacement is the honest recommendation — and we back ours with one of the strongest repipe warranties in the state.