For a 1,800-square-foot, two-bath Nevada house over a crawl space, this site's calculator puts a PEX repipe at about $6,400 to $11,700. Nevada plumbers earn about what plumbers earn nationwide, so labor isn't what sets the state apart. Home age is: houses here are the newest in the country, and many were built in the years of polybutylene and Kitec pipe. One call connects you with a repipe company serving your area. The call is free, and the company sets a fixed price once it has looked at your house. Typical Nevada home built: 1997, the newest median of any state (rank 51 of 51 from oldest to newest)
What does Nevada's housing age mean for your pipes?
The median Nevada home went up in 1997, the newest median of any state. Just 5.1% of the housing stock predates 1960, the era when galvanized steel pipe was standard. That makes galvanized pipe less likely in Nevada homes overall, but the age of your house matters more than the state average.
About a third of Nevada homes went up between 1980 and 1999, which overlaps the years of polybutylene and then Kitec, two plastic pipes. If your house is from those years, it's worth checking which pipe you have.
Polybutylene was used from 1978 to 1995 and Kitec from 1995 to 2007, so a house from those years may have one of them. Not sure what's in your walls? The site's pipe identifier can tell you by color and feel. Call now and a local repipe company will look at your pipes, then give you one fixed price.
What does a repipe cost by house size and pipe type?
These prices are estimates from this site's calculator for Nevada. The fixed price comes from the company after it visits.
| Home | Pipe | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| 1,200 square feet, 1 bath, crawlspace | PEX | roughly $4,100 to $7,700 |
| 1,800 square feet, 2 baths, crawlspace | PEX | roughly $6,400 to $11,700 |
| 1,800 square feet, 2 baths, crawlspace | CPVC | roughly $7,400 to $12,700 |
| 1,800 square feet, 2 baths, crawlspace | Copper | roughly $9,300 to $18,700 |
| 1,800 square feet, 2 baths, slab | PEX | roughly $8,300 to $16,200 |
| 2,400 square feet, 3 baths, 2 floors, crawlspace | PEX | roughly $8,100 to $16,000 |
PEX is a bendable plastic pipe, usually red for hot lines and blue for cold. CPVC is stiff cream or tan plastic. Copper is a metal pipe that gets soldered at the joints.
A crawlspace is the low, open gap under a raised floor. A slab is concrete poured directly on the ground, with the pipes beneath or inside it, and slab homes cost more to repipe.
Bedrooms don't move the price. Bathrooms and square footage do. A 3-bedroom house typically comes with 2 bathrooms.
What the price includes
Most of a repipe bill, roughly 70%, pays for the plumbers' time, according to Angi. Nevada plumbers earn close to the national average, so you aren't paying a premium here. Ask if your quote also covers the permit and patching the walls.
Permits run $50 to $800, per a national guide. That same guide notes quotes for the same job can vary by $2,000 to $5,000, which is a good reason to want a fixed price after a visit.
Does a repipe make sense for your home?
When several rooms have low water pressure, discolored water, or leaks, replacing the pipes usually pays off, per a national guide. A single leak in one spot isn't the same thing as trouble in several rooms.
Most families stay home for the whole job, per Repipe Solutions. For a two-bath PEX home over a crawlspace, the calculator puts the work at 2 to 3 days.
Checking a plumber's license in Nevada
Plumbers in Nevada are licensed by the Nevada State Contractors Board. Search the plumber on the board's website before signing anything.
The Uniform Plumbing Code and Nevada law
Nevada law says building work must follow the Uniform Plumbing Code, in the newest form its publisher puts out. For local ground or weather, a city or county may adjust parts of it. It has to send those changes to the State Public Works Board first. The same law bans solder with more than 0.2 percent lead in homes on public water. Your local building department is where you apply for the permit. If you own and live in the home you're fixing, you may apply as an owner-builder, meaning you act as your own contractor.
Only 6.7 percent of Nevadans get their water from a private well rather than city water. Across the country, the share is around 15 percent.
Repipe prices in Las Vegas
If you're in Las Vegas, call now to connect with a repipe company that works in your area. It will see your house and give you one fixed price.
