Re-Piping a House – Plumbing Contractor Tips
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Plumbing Contractor Tips
- Thoroughly plan the re-piping job. Plan everything out before even thinking of re-piping a house. In the event that you don’t know where to start, buying a few books on basic plumbing is a good idea.
- There are various water supply materials to choose from. Before deciding to re-pipe, ensure that you know which material you are going to use in re-piping. Copper pipes have been used for years and are a bit harder to work with; other than rubberized or the newer plastic water supply pipes. PEX being the easiest material to work with.
- Determine whether or not you are able to do the work by yourself, if the materials are difficult to work with; and if you will require help, find someone who will be able to help.
- In order to reach your fixtures, shutoff valves and plumbing pipes; some demolition will be required. Know it is important to know how much demolition will be done, this falls in the re-piping planning stage. When re-piping, ensure that you don’t make the process harder than it needs to be. In that you don’t need to remove the bathtub tiles, whereas you can just cut a hole in the back of the drywall.
- Before working on any water supply pipe, shutoff the water supply valve. You don’t want to start cutting or disconnecting a pipe with the water turned on.