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title: "Whole-home repipe, 1960s house"
description: "Before and after photos of a whole-home repipe: galvanized lines replaced with PEX and copper, 2 plumbers, 3 days on site."
url: "https://plumbo-astro.pages.dev/projects/whole-home-repipe-1960s-house/"
date: "2026-08-12"
---

# Whole-home repipe, 1960s house

> Before and after photos of a whole-home repipe: galvanized lines replaced with PEX and copper, 2 plumbers, 3 days on site.

## The job

A 1960s house still had its original galvanized supply pipes. The water ran brown after a few days away, pressure dropped whenever two taps were open, and a pinhole leak had already stained the kitchen ceiling.

## What we did

Two plumbers shut off the main and covered every route through the house. They cut small openings at each fixture rather than opening whole walls, pulled out the galvanized lines, and installed a new copper main with a PEX manifold in the basement. Each fixture got its own PEX run, and the whole system held test pressure for an hour before the walls were closed.

## The result

Water was back on each evening, so the family stayed in the house. Pressure at the upstairs shower now holds steady with the kitchen tap running, and the patched openings were left smooth and ready for paint.