Supply pipes through the house
Whole-house repiping in Aurora
Repiping replaces the supply pipes inside the building. It is not a single elbow, and it is not the buried pipe from the water main to the house.
What would justify it
You want more than one leak, in more than one place, on the same aging pipe, or a documented restriction that fixture repairs will not fix. A plumber should show you those locations or the failed sections already cut out. A sales visit that jumps from a wet ceiling to a whole-house price, without that evidence, is skipping pipe repair and leak detection.
The buried water service is a different pipe. On Aurora Water it runs to the city main and the street repair can be yours. Replacing indoor copper or galvanized pipe does not replace that yard line unless the quote says so. The sewer is not part of a supply repipe at all.
What the quote has to include
Material of the new pipe. Which rooms. Whether shutoffs are added. How long the water is off. Who opens and closes walls and ceilings. Whether the water heater connections are included. What is excluded, including the yard service and any permit fee. Englewood treats water-line changes as permit work. Ask Aurora's building division if the repipe in the house needs a permit and an inspection. Do not guess from a neighboring city.
This is a large job. It is still information, not a dispatch. No price is printed here.
Questions to settle first
Does repiping include the pipe in the yard?
Only if the quote says the water service to the main is included. Indoor repiping and the buried service are different pipes, different digs, and often different ownership. In Aurora the service to the main is the owner's on an Aurora Water account. Read that page before you assume it is in the house price.
One leak means the whole house is done, right?
No. One leak is a repair until more of the same pipe is failing. Ask for the other locations. A whole-house number without that list is not comparable to a repair quote. Ask them to write that limit into the quote before you compare it with another company.
Will the walls be finished?
Ask. Many plumbing quotes stop at the pipe. Drywall, texture, and paint can be another trade. If they are excluded, the house is livable only after someone else closes it. Put that in the scope. Ask them to write that limit into the quote before you compare it with another company.
Is the sewer replaced at the same time?
Not as part of a supply repipe. The sewer is a drain line. In Aurora you maintain it to the tap, which is its own project after a camera. Do not let the two share one vague 'pipes' line. Ask them to write that limit into the quote before you compare it with another company.
