How Much Does It Cost to Repipe a House on Virginia’s Eastern Shore

A whole home repipe on the Shore typically runs $6,000 to $16,000. Costs by house size, PEX against copper, what is included, and what is quoted separately.

Repiping a house on Virginia’s Eastern Shore typically costs $6,000 to $16,000. A small two bathroom home in PEX with an accessible crawlspace sits near the bottom. A larger house in copper, or one where walls and ceilings have to be opened and put back, sits near the top.

The same prices apply on the Maryland side of the Shore, across Worcester, Wicomico, and Somerset counties, from Salisbury and Ocean City down to Pocomoke City and Crisfield.

Short answer. Budget roughly $4.50 to $9.00 per square foot of house. PEX runs cheaper and faster, copper costs more and lasts differently. Drywall repair and paint are usually quoted separately.

What a repipe costs by house size

Slab homes cost more than crawlspace homes because the new lines usually get rerouted through walls and the attic rather than cut through concrete. Most Shore houses are on crawlspaces, which works in your favor.

PEX or copper

PEX is what we fit in most homes here. It handles a freeze far better than copper, it has fewer joints because it runs continuously from a manifold, and it does not suffer the pinhole corrosion that acidic well water causes in copper. We are Uponor certified, which is the expanding ring system rather than crimp rings.

Copper still makes sense for exposed runs, for some commercial work and where a homeowner simply wants it. It costs roughly half again as much in labor and materials.

What is included and what is not

• Included: new hot and cold supply lines throughout, new shutoff valves at every fixture, reconnection of every fixture, pressure testing, permit, and inspection.
• Usually separate: drywall patching, texture, and paint. We cut clean access holes and can recommend someone, but finish carpentry is not what we do.
• Sometimes needed: a new main from the meter or well, a pressure reducing valve, or upgrading the water heater connections while everything is open.

Signs you need one rather than another patch

Repeat pinhole leaks, water that runs rusty after the house sits, pressure that drops when two taps run, and galvanized steel pipe of any age are the four we see most. There is a fuller list in how to know if you need to repipe your home.

Questions We Get Asked About Repiping

Get a real number for your house

Repipe pricing depends on fixture count, pipe routes and access, all of which need to be seen. See our repiping page or request service and we will put a firm figure in writing.

Written by the team at Shoresteady Plumbing, Temperanceville, Virginia. Master plumbing licensed in Virginia and Maryland. Prices shown are typical ranges for the Eastern Shore, not a quote. Your written estimate is the only number that binds either of us.

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