When the pipes in your house start leaking or giving out, repipe specialists in Tucson can come look at the home and give you one fixed price. For the exact same job, two companies can come back with numbers that differ by $2,000 to $5,000, so the only way to know your real cost is a written price given after someone has seen the house. Call now and you'll be connected with a repipe company that serves your area.
Repipe cost in Tucson
In the Tucson area, repiping a 1,800 square foot, single-story house with 2 bathrooms in PEX runs roughly $5,500 to $10,200. PEX is a flexible plastic pipe for water lines, typically red for hot and blue for cold. The estimate assumes a crawl space, meaning the low open area beneath a raised floor where a plumber has room to reach the piping.
| Kind of Tucson house | Rough cost |
|---|---|
| 1,800 sq ft, 2 baths, one story, PEX, crawl space | roughly $5,500–$10,200 |
| That house, slab foundation | roughly $7,200–$14,100 |
| That house, copper pipes | roughly $8,100–$16,300 |
| A 2,400 sq ft two-story with 3 baths, PEX, crawl space | roughly $7,000–$14,000 |
Keep in mind these are ballpark figures for the homes listed, not quotes for your house. The repipe company visits first, then quotes a fixed price, and that's the figure you can actually budget with.
Why does labor set the price here?
Roughly 70 % of a repipe bill goes to labor, so what plumbers in your area get paid matters far more than the cost of the pipe. That percentage comes from Angi's cost guide.
Tucson-area plumbers make around $28.08 an hour. The Arizona average sits at $32.66 and the US average at $34.70, per the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Tucson comes in roughly 19 % under the US number, which explains why repiping the same house here costs less than it would in many other places. There are 1,170 plumbers working in the area.
Is a slab foundation pricier?
It is. With a slab, the floor is solid concrete laid right on the ground, and the pipes run beneath it or within it, so getting to them means extra work. The labor portion grows by 25 to 50 %, and the whole project runs about 30 to 38 % higher.
Take a 2-bath PEX house in Tucson: the ballpark climbs from roughly $5,500–$10,200 to roughly $7,200–$14,100. Not sure what your house rests on? The company will check while on site.
How to pick a repipe company
Get the price in writing, and make sure it spells out whether the permit, the drywall patching, and the final inspection are included, plus how long the warranty runs. A repipe specialist's quote should include all of it, since walls have to be opened and the work must pass inspection.
Arizona licenses its plumbers and plumbing contractors through the Arizona Registrar of Contractors. Verify the license number before any work begins, because the board itself cautions that people can pose as contractors. The call through this site is free, so call now to reach a company serving Tucson.
Repipe numbers for Tucson
| Plumber wage in the Tucson area | $28.08 an hour |
| Plumbers working in the area | 1,170 |
| Arizona average | $32.66 an hour |
| 2-bath PEX repipe, crawl space | $5,500 to $10,200 |
| 2-bath PEX repipe, slab | $7,200 to $14,100 |
Wages from the Bureau of Labor Statistics wage survey for plumbers (Tucson, AZ); prices from this site's calculator.
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Questions we hear often
Can we stay home while the repipe happens?
Yes. Most families remain in the house through the whole job, so there's no need to budget for a hotel or a relative's spare room.
How long does the work last?
Plan on about 2 to 3 days for a one-story, 2-bath, 1,800 sq ft house in PEX above a crawl space. A 2,400 sq ft, 3-bath, two-story house needs roughly 3 to 5 days, and copper runs longer in an identical house.
Is PEX the cheapest choice?
Yes. CPVC — a stiff cream or tan plastic pipe — runs slightly higher, and copper is the priciest. Using US average labor rates, a 2-bath, 1,800 sq ft house in PEX lands around $6,400–$11,800; CPVC, roughly $7,400–$12,800; copper, roughly $9,400–$18,800.
Does the bedroom count change the price?
It doesn't. The price of a repipe is based on how many bathrooms the house has and how big it is, not bedrooms. A 3-bedroom home typically has 2 bathrooms, so it gets priced as a 2-bath house.