Old homes often do not have piping or plumbing pipe that meets today’s standards. Certain types of older piping can corrode and adversely affect your water pressure or it can fail altogether causing a flood and plenty of water damage. In today’s blog article, we are going to talk about why repiping an old home is a good investment.
PolyB
If your home has piping that is PolyB or polybutylene, the expected service life is about 10 years. PolyB will fail sooner or later, so you can replace it before you have a disaster or you can wait until you have a disaster and replace it afterwards. Which choice makes more sense to you?
Copper Pipe
Old copper pipe gets corroded over time, especially in the Vancouver area, where pipe corrosion is common because the pH of the tap water. When pipes become corroded, debris fills up the pipe leaving less space for water to pass through and lowering your water pressure. Eventually corroded pipe can start leaking in multiple areas.
If you have any intention of selling your house, a savvy home buyer or home inspection person will take note of copper or polyB piping, which makes your home less desirable on the market. Repiping your house not only protects you, but it can also be listed as a distinct advantage to a potential buyer. If you want top dollar for your home, then repiping is one thing that you need to invest in.
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. This is our area of expertise and we can fix this problem before it gets worse.
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.
