Pipe Repair & Whole-House Repiping in Los Angeles

When to repair a pipe — and when to repipe the house

A large share of Los Angeles homes were built before 1970 with galvanized steel water pipe. Galvanized corrodes from the inside out: the inside diameter narrows with rust and scale, water pressure drops, water turns brown after sitting, and eventually the pipe starts leaking at the threads. Many homes from the late 1970s and 1980s also have polybutylene or thin-wall copper that is now reaching the end of its life.

For a single failed fitting or a damaged section, a targeted pipe repair is the right call. But when you're seeing repeated pinhole leaks, discolored water, or pressure that's low across the whole house, patching one leak at a time costs more over a few years than a repipe — and each leak risks water damage.

A whole-house repipe replaces every supply line with new copper or PEX-A. We plan routes through attics and walls to keep openings small, protect floors and furnishings, and patch access points when we're done. Most single-family repipes are completed within a few days, with water restored at the end of each work day.