Going through the attic would be a rarity and last resort in most areas not only does that invoke issues with freezing of pipes if in a freezing area and yes virginia it does freeze in savannah 5 months with record lows below freezing including 4 in the past score or so of years as low as 3 degrees and with the cold water pipes.
Rerouting water pipes through attic cost.
Where to move pipes.
Actual costs will depend on job size conditions and options.
Maybe the proper fix for the under the slab routing of the water lines was to install 4 diameter pvc piping under through the slab that has all gradual turn corners.
To estimate costs for your project.
If rerouting the pipes because of your location i would use pex and have no joints in your attic.
Cowell says rerouting the pipes around the slab rather than accessing it via cutting through the slab is a much less expensive and messy alternative as concrete cutting work adds significant labor costs.
The leak can often be repaired by.
When a water pipe leaks under a slab it is necessary to jackhammer a hole in the slab to get to the damaged pipe.
Slableakpro 2 advertises re routing starting at 550.
He adds that the newly rerouted pex piping should last as long if not longer than the original copper slab laid pipes.
Option 2 is to reroute the pipes some other way.
If you must move plumbing fixtures such as sinks toilets bathtubs or showers it s worth designing a plan that makes the best use of existing pipework rather than digging into the slab.
Michael karas nov 15 13 at 11 16.
Hot water pipes are often rerouted to the attic though there are some parts of the country where this may not be up to code.
In other cases water pipes may be rerouted to walls and ceilings and then insulated if necessary.
What type of piping to use.
The pipe is available in long coils and i would make sure you have a continuous pipe with no pipes or fittings in the attic or outside walls.
If ever a leak you can pull new lines through the pvc without digging up slab once again.
In contrast a homeowner 3 was quoted 1 650 to run a new line through a manifold inside a wall.
Most commonly it s done up and through the attic.
Depending on house layout and whether you have easy basement crawlspace or attic access clearly only latter if slab on grade foundation then finishing off the replumbing of the house water supply lines only sewer lines usually ok under or in slabs might commonly run 2000 3000 in a normal sized compact boxy single story house as much as double that maybe in a strung out hacienda with courtyard or u shaped ranch or such with bathrooms and kitchen laundry and such at extreme ends of.
Plumbers often use pex piping to reroute pipes.
In simple situations costs for re routing a short length of pipe can start at 200 600 but more often will run 1 000 3 000 and can go as high as 5 000 or more.
Rerouting plumbing prices rerouting a single plumbing line will cost about 700 while repiping a whole house will cost between 3 900 and 7 500.
