Hi all,
I just bought a house and it has Polybutylene plumbing inside.
It's a 1993 built house with 1719 sq. ft. finished (1st and 2nd floor) and 652 sq. ft. unfinished basement with crawl space.
It has copper pipe from master meter to the house.
There is a half bathroom, washer/dryer and kitchen on main level and two full baths (one with tub) on 2nd floor.
The existing pipes are working fine without any leaks but thinking to replace if it's not too expensive.
I got a quote of $3.6k for Wirsbo AquaPEX pipes with inspection but without drywall repair.
I don't understand why it's so expensive.
The pipe is less than $200 for a 400 ft. roll that's way more than what's needed and may be another $300 for accessories like valves, T-joints, crimps, washers etc... (correct me if I'm wrong).
I understand there is additional cost for equipment, license, insurance etc... plus labor, but still. Dang!
Basement is unfinished and I can see all the pipes right there going to garden hose, kitchen and 1/2 bath on main level.
I think I can replace pipes in the basement myself for the kitchen and main level bath as there is no need to tear down the dry wall for that.
That leaves connection to washer/dryer on the main level and two bathrooms on 2nd floor.
That's a lot of dinero for routing a plastic pipe to 2nd floor to 3 sinks, 2 toilets, 2 showers and a tub.
I want replace the pipes but the price is so high that I won't have much left for new carpet, interior/exterior paint and few other fixes.
Thanks for any suggestion.
