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Two of the three verdicts say don’t buy a repipe.
A repipe runs $4,000 to $15,000, too much to buy on anyone's hunch. This tool weighs the two things that best predict pipe failure, what the pipe is made of and whether it has already leaked, and returns one of three verdicts: repair as needed, get a camera and pressure assessment, or repipe.
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Answer all six and the verdict appears here. There are three possible answers, and two of them do not involve buying a repipe.
The assumptions
- Weighting: pipe material and leak history carry the most points (up to 3 each). Polybutylene and galvanized steel score highest because they fail by design — poly embrittles, galvanized rusts shut from the inside.
- Pre-1975 construction adds 2 points: it predates modern copper practice and correlates with galvanized supply lines.
- Pressure loss and discolored first-draw water add 2 points each — both are symptoms of internal corrosion, not proof on their own.
- Staying 5+ years adds a point; leaving soon subtracts one. A repipe is a long-horizon asset, though it does recover some value at sale.
- Cost bands: individual pipe repairs average about $800 once access and drywall are counted. A whole-home repipe runs $4,000–$15,000 depending on square footage, fixture count, and access.
- Scores of 0–3 read repair, 4–6 read assess, 7+ read repipe. A quiz is a screen, not a diagnosis — the camera and pressure test are the diagnosis.
If the verdict says assess or repipe, start with what it actually costs in your house — see whole-home repiping for how we quote it.
What each verdict means
Material dominates the score, and it should. Polybutylene, the gray plastic supply pipe in many Valley homes built from roughly 1978 to 1995, breaks down chemically from the inside on its own schedule. Galvanized steel, common before 1970, rusts shut. Copper and PEX mostly just work. With either of the first two, the question is when, not whether. With either of the last two, a single leak is a pipe repair, not a referendum.
The middle verdict deserves the most respect. A camera inspection and a static pressure test cost a few hundred dollars and replace this quiz with evidence from inside your own pipes. Either the pipe comes back clean and you keep five figures, or the failure gets caught while it is still a scheduled project rather than a Saturday-night flood.
The economics cut both ways. A repair averages about $800 once drywall is opened and closed. Two leaks in two years is $1,600 spent on pipe that is trying to tell you something, and at that point a whole-home repipe is the cheap option, bought early. The repipe decision walks through that math in more detail, and financing exists for exactly this kind of planned project.
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Check the verdict against your own pipes.
Assessment first, and a repipe quote only if the evidence calls for one. Flat pricing either way, with access holes patched and textured before we call the job done.
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