Considerations When Repiping a Vancouver Heritage Home

Repiping a home is never fun, but it is often necessary, especially in Vancouver where the acidic water is known to damage and corrode copper pipes. Then there is the added complication of doing this in a heritage home. In today’s blog article, we want to discuss some considerations when repiping a Vancouver heritage home. 

Copper Pipe 

No matter what kind of home you have, if you live in Vancouver in an old home with copper pipes, sooner or later you will have to repipe. It will be inevitable because of corrosion, reduced water pressure, leaks, reduced draining, and possible pipe failure. 

Heritage Homes 

In heritage homes, or older homes, there is a good chance that the plumber will encounter many things that are no longer up to today’s building code and will need to be replaced. Your plumber needs intimate familiarity with the building codes. 

Hazardous Materials 

The plumber may encounter lead or asbestos. If so, there is always the possibility that another hazardous materials company may need to be involved. You may want to consider staying somewhere else if you are repiping a heritage home because it could take longer than you anticipate, and your water will be on and off. 

Repair 

Once the piping is all redone, then there is the repair of walls, and possibly floors or ceilings. Heritage homes are not like new builds, and there is no way to predict where or how plumbers will have to access pipe. Plus, walls may not be drywall but may require plastering. This means the repair and painting could also take longer. 

Our best advice, if you are repiping a heritage home in Vancouver, is to choose a company like us (Repiping Vancouver) that has experience doing it. Only an experienced company will know what to do to minimize the damage which will have to be repaired, to repair some inevitable damage to heritage standards, and will also be able to recognize if any hazardous materials are encountered and how to react appropriately.  

Please call us on the Lower Mainland at (604) 349-5325 if you are wondering if your home needs repiping or already know that you do. 

Repiping Vancouver is a division of 604FixLeak offering leak detection, plumbing repairs and restoration services in the Greater Vancouver area. Repiping Vancouver concentrates on whole home or office repiping. 

If you have any questions about this article or need some help with repiping in your home or office, call us today at (604) 349-5325.