Whole-house repipe
Every pipe that carries water from the meter to a tap, toilet or appliance is renewed. The plumber cuts openings along the planned routes only, then hands the walls back ready for patching.
Repiping and Water Line Replacement in Passaic
Pressure that drops at several taps at once, brown water, pinholes that return after every patch, or a service line of lead or galvanized steel all say the piping has run its course. We replace it room by room or for the whole house, and we lay new service lines from the curb box to the meter.
Repiping is available for Passaic homes, and we also serve Paterson and Clifton, so call to make sure your address is covered.
Repiping choices
Replacing one section
Where the trouble is limited to one bathroom, the kitchen or a basement run, that section is replaced and tied into the sound piping that stays in place.
A new water service line
The owner’s section of the water service line, from the curb box to the meter, is replaced with new pipe sized for the house and joined at both ends.
PEX or copper
Copper is rigid and joined with solder or press fittings, while PEX is flexible and needs fewer joints through walls. We explain both for your house and you choose.
Lead and galvanized lines in Passaic
A New Jersey law signed on July 22, 2021 requires water utilities to replace all lead and galvanized steel service lines by 2031, on both the utility side and the customer side, and a partial replacement does not count. The Passaic Valley Water Commission notes that the law treats galvanized steel pipe as lead pipe.
The commission finished its replacement program in May 2026 with 854 lead service lines replaced in Passaic, and it calls its main system essentially lead-free from the street to the water meter. Piping, solder and fixtures inside the house were outside that work.
Permits for new piping
Replacing existing plumbing piping with new, approved material of like capacity is minor work under the state code, so a construction permit is needed even though the work may start once the local construction office has been given notice. A larger or rearranged system goes beyond minor work and needs a full permit.
Frequently asked questions
Can a lead service line hold up the sale of a home?
Yes. Under Passaic’s lead service line ordinance, where the water commission could not get access to replace a lead line, the Department of Inspections and Code will not issue a Certificate of Occupancy before a change in ownership until the replacement is done.
Drips that show up before the repipe go to leak finding, and the heater itself has its own water heater page. Our homepage covers everything else.
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