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Whole-house repipe estimator template
A PEX or copper budget range from a few plain questions about pipes, bathrooms and walls. Homes already in PEX are pointed to a repair, and plaster walls are noted for a visit.
Try it as a customer would
Fictional business and sample prices. Preliminary estimate based on the answers; final pricing follows an assessment.
Questions included
- What are your water pipes made of now? Galvanized steel (gray metal) · Polybutylene (gray or blue plastic) · Copper · PEX (flexible plastic) “I don't know” → shows a price range
- How many bathrooms are in your home? 1 bathroom · 2 bathrooms · 3 bathrooms · 4 or more
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How many stories is your home, not counting the basement?
1 story
2 stories
3 or more
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What's under the main floor?
A crawl space or a slab
An unfinished basement
A finished basement
- Should we repair the openings we make in the walls and ceilings? Yes, patch them ready for paint · Yes, patch and paint them · No, we'll arrange the repairs
- What are your walls made of? Drywall · Plaster (older homes) “I don't know” → uses a stated assumption
Prices you supply
- New water pipes to every fixture, with shut-off valves Your installed price for each package
- Opening and closing the finished basement ceiling A fixed extra when it applies
- Patch the wall and ceiling openings, ready for paint A fixed extra when it applies
- Patch and paint the wall and ceiling openings A fixed extra when it applies
- Plumbing permit and inspection A fixed extra when it applies
- Extra work cutting out old galvanized pipes A percentage of named items (sample: 10%)
- Running pipes to the upper floors A percentage of named items (sample: 10%)
- Minimum job priceNo estimate shows less (sample: $4,000)
- Assessment rule: Plaster wallsRepairing (and painting) openings in plaster walls is priced after a visit, once we've seen the plaster.
How the price is worked out
Each pipe type has a price by number of bathrooms. In the sample, a home with 2 bathrooms is $9,000 (PEX) or $14,000 (Copper). Patching the wall and ceiling openings ready for paint adds $2,000, the permit and inspection $400, and a two-story home adds 10% of the pipes for running them to the upper floor ($900 or $1,400). So the exact figures are $12,300 and $17,800. A repipe depends on what's behind the walls, so the template shows each as a ±15% planning range, rounded outward to the nearest $100. That gives $10,400 and $15,100 before tax at the low end, up to $14,200 and $20,500.
Galvanized steel pipes add 10% for cutting out the old pipe, three stories add 20%, and a finished basement ceiling adds $1,500 to open and close. Patching and painting the openings costs more than patching alone. Plaster walls have no patching line; their repairs are priced after a visit. If the customer doesn't know what their pipes are made of, the estimate shows a range from copper up to galvanized steel.
What you can change
- Prices by number of bathrooms, for each pipe type.
- Patching, finished basement and permit prices, and the galvanized and story percentages.
- The budget range percentage and rounding.
- Your minimum job price.
What still needs your visit
What's behind the walls, the main water line and any plaster repairs. The estimate says it's a planning budget and that the final price follows a site visit.
Putting it on your website
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Use this template freeUsed by: plumbers.