Copper & PEX Repipe Specialists
Whole-House Repiping in Glendale & Burbank, CA
Rusty water, weak showers, and pinhole leaks all trace back to the same culprit: original galvanized pipe that's simply worn out. We replace it — cleanly, in days, with walls patched and the city inspection passed.
Galvanized Pipe Has a Lifespan — and It's Up
If your home was built between the 1920s and the 1960s — which describes most of Glendale and Burbank — there's a good chance water still reaches your faucets through the original galvanized steel supply lines. Galvanized pipe was the standard of its day, but its zinc coating only holds off rust for 40 to 60 years. Past that point the pipe corrodes from the inside out: rust flakes tint the water brown, mineral buildup chokes the flow, and thin spots start weeping through as pinhole leaks inside your walls.
You can chase those failures one emergency at a time, or you can end them all at once. A whole-house repipe replaces every hot and cold supply line with new copper or PEX, restoring full pressure and clean water to the entire house — permanently. It's one of the highest-value upgrades an older home can get, and it's the job we're built for.
Signs You Need a Repipe
- Low water pressure throughout the house — not one fixture, all of them
- Rusty or discolored water, especially first thing in the morning or after a vacation
- Recurring pinhole leaks — each patch is a warning that the next leak is coming
- Water temperature swings when a toilet flushes or the washer fills
- Visible corrosion — crusty white, green, or rust-colored buildup at joints and connections
Seeing two or more of these? Our guide to the signs galvanized pipes need replacing goes deeper — or skip the reading and have us take a look in person, free.
Copper vs. PEX Repiping: An Honest Comparison
| Copper | PEX | |
|---|---|---|
| Cost | Higher — material and labor both cost more | Lower — typically the more budget-friendly repipe |
| Lifespan | 50+ years, proven over decades | Expected 40–50 years; excellent resistance to scale and corrosion |
| Earthquake flexibility | Rigid — joints can stress in a strong quake | Flexes with movement — a real advantage this close to the Verdugo fault |
| Freeze & heat tolerance | Handles high heat well; can split if frozen | Expands slightly under freezing; must be kept away from direct high heat and UV |
| Install speed | Slower — soldered joints, more wall openings | Faster — flexible runs mean fewer fittings and fewer holes to patch |
Both are excellent, code-approved materials, and we install both every week — so you'll get a straight recommendation for your house, not a pitch for whichever is easier for us. For the full breakdown, read our copper vs. PEX repiping guide.
Our Repiping Process
Inspection & Fixture-Count Quote
We walk the house, count fixtures, check access, and give you a flat, written price — free, with copper and PEX options side by side.
Protect Your Home
Floors, furniture, and counters get covered before the first cut. Dust containment goes up in work areas.
Repipe in Sections
We route and connect the new lines in stages so your water is only off during cutovers — restored every evening of the job.
Pressure Test & City Inspection
The new system is pressure-tested and inspected by the city before a single wall closes. Permits are on us.
Wall Patching Included
Access openings are closed, taped, and finished ready for paint — a complete job, not a plumbing job plus a drywall bill.
An honest timeline: most single-family repipes take 2–3 days, plus patching. Anyone promising a full repipe with inspection in one afternoon is skipping something you'll pay for later.
Repiping Older Glendale & Burbank Homes
This area is repipe country. Burbank's postwar bungalows in Magnolia Park, McNeil, and Chandler Park were plumbed almost universally in galvanized steel, and the hard water delivered by Burbank Water and Power has spent 70 years accelerating the scale that closes those pipes. Glendale's older stock — Spanish revivals in Rossmoyne, hillside homes in Adams Hill and the Verdugo Woodlands — has the same pipe with an extra twist: multi-story and hillside layouts that make pressure loss even more obvious at the top floor.
The housing stock on both sides of the city line follows the same playbook — the same eras, the same materials, the same failure points — so we know where the original plumbers ran their lines and where the surprises hide. See what a repipe looks like on your side of town: repiping in Glendale or repiping in Burbank.
Repipe Cost & Financing
Repipe pricing depends mostly on fixture count, home size, stories, and material. As typical Los Angeles-area ranges: a PEX repipe of an average two-bathroom single-family home commonly runs in the low five figures, with copper meaningfully higher. Those are ballparks for orientation only — your exact flat quote comes before any work begins, in writing, after we've walked your home. Because a repipe is a once-in-a-lifetime project for most houses, we offer financing options that turn it into predictable monthly payments. And if you're still deciding whether it's time, start with the warning signs of failing galvanized pipe.