Whole house repipe cost in San Antonio.
Every supply line in a roughly 1,500 sq ft, two-bathroom house replaced in PEX, walls opened and left open. Weeks of planning, days of work, and the single most upsold job in the trade.
Do these before you call anyone. All three are free and all three change what the job costs.
- 01Nothing is on fire. A repipe is planned work — you have time, and time is your leverage.
- 02Ask each plumber for a fixture count and a linear-foot figure, not a lump sum.
- 03Get the scope in writing on whether drywall repair, permits and fixture reconnection are inside the price.
Pro, and get three quotes. This is the job the Big Job Verdict exists for.
A number is only high or low against something. Here is the shape of the read for San Antonio TX.
| Band for this job here | $3,900–$7,800 |
|---|---|
| Typical | $5,700 |
| A quote of | $12,500 |
| Reads as | above range by 60% |
Above range is not proof of dishonesty. It is a question you are now entitled to ask, with a figure attached.
- A whole-house repipe quoted when one section of pipe failed and a targeted repair was never priced.
- Copper quoted as necessary when PEX meets code for the same run at a fraction of the labour.
- Drywall repair, permits and re-fixturing left out of the quote and billed after the walls are open.
I have whole-house repipe in pex and I have you at $12,500. Comparable work in San Antonio runs $3,900–$7,800. Can you walk me through the line items so I can see where the difference is?
Read it or text it. It is not a negotiation tactic — it is a request for line items, and an honest shop will give you them.
Slab routing, limited access, or copper takes it to $9,000–$15,000 and beyond. A California source cited $8,000–$11,000 for a 1,500 sq ft San Jose house, which is what a high-wage metro does to a labour-heavy job.
National band from published US cost guides, 2026 editions. Adjusted for this metro by scaling only the labour share of the job by the metro's median plumber wage against the national median of $34.70/hr (BLS OEWS, May 2025). Parts are not scaled.
Comparable quotes from this metro in our Price book: 0. This band is derived from national guides and local wage data, not from local quotes. We will say so on this page until it is not true.
If you think a figure here is wrong, write to pricebook@getitplumming.com with the quote. Corrections go into the next edition and we do not argue with an invoice.
A 2026 repipe cost guide and Angi's repipe article both put PEX on a 1,500 sq ft, two-bath house at roughly $4,500–$8,500 with normal access.
Got a number for this job? Have it read before you sign.
The band above is the national picture bent to local wages. Your Job is your house, your ZIP and your plumber’s line items. Run the free Triage — what to do in the next ten minutes and the band for your own ZIP — then decide whether the number needs reading line by line.
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