One section, not the whole house
Pipe repair and replacement in Aurora
Pipe repair replaces a bad section. It is not a new water service from the main, and it is not a whole-house repipe, unless the evidence says the rest of the pipe is failing the same way.
Inside the house or under the yard
A pinhole under a sink, a split elbow in a crawl space, or a leaking joint in a ceiling is an indoor repair. The quote should name the material, the length, and how the wall or ceiling will be closed, or say that patching the drywall is excluded. Underground pipe in the yard may be the water service or the sewer. Those are water line repair and sewer line repair. Do not let one word, "pipe," cover both.
In Aurora the sewer from the building through the tap is yours, including street repair if you open it. The water service to the city main is also yours on an Aurora Water account, and it cannot be camera'd. Locate before you dig. Call 811. If the address is in Lakewood, find the district first. The city's own sewer graphic applies to about 8,000 north Lakewood customers, not to every district on the city's provider list.
When the section is no longer the job
Repeated pinholes on several branches, or a crawl space full of the same failing pipe, is the conversation for whole-house repiping. One repair that went well is not that conversation. A liner or a burst of a sewer is trenchless sewer repair, and only after a camera.
Englewood lists changes to water lines and drains as permit work. Aurora's inspection rules apply when the work is permitted. Ask which office has the parcel.
Questions to settle first
Is underground pipe the water line or the sewer?
It can be either. The water service is under pressure and cannot be filmed like a drain. The sewer can be camera'd, and in Aurora you maintain it to the tap. A wet yard does not tell you which pipe. Locate both before anyone digs.
One pinhole showed up. Should the house be repiped?
Not from one hole. Repair that section and ask whether other pipe of the same age and material is already leaking. Whole-house repiping is a different scope, with more wall repair. Approve it only when the evidence is more than a single elbow.
Who patches the drywall?
Whoever the quote names. Plumbers often leave paint and drywall out. If the ceiling is open, ask for that line in writing. An underground repair should instead name pavement, sidewalk, and landscape. Ask them to write that limit into the quote before you compare it with another company.
Does Lakewood use Aurora's tap rule?
No. Lakewood has many water and sewer providers. The city's own graphic, for its north Lakewood sewer customers, says the owner keeps the lateral to the main under the street. Other districts on the city's list are not that graphic. Look up the address.
