Poly B Replacement in Abbotsford, BC
If your Abbotsford home was built between 1978 and 1995, the grey pipe behind the drywall is very likely Poly B. We replace it in PEX-A and hand you the paperwork your insurer asks for.
If your Abbotsford home was built between 1978 and 1995, the grey pipe behind the drywall is very likely Poly B. We replace it in PEX-A and hand you the paperwork your insurer asks for.
Poly B is the grey plastic supply pipe stamped PB2110 that went into Canadian homes from 1978 until roughly 1995. It was designed for about 25 years of service, which means every system still in the ground in Abbotsford is past it.
Clearbrook and Abbotsford West carry a lot of eighties and nineties housing, which is where Abbotsford’s Poly B concentrates.
It fails from the inside out — chlorine in the municipal supply makes the pipe wall brittle, and the original grey acetal fittings are the weakest point in the whole system. Nothing about that is visible until water appears somewhere it should not.
We replace the lot in PEX-A, plan the routes first so we open as few walls as possible, and finish with the permit, the inspection record and photographs.
Clearbrook · Abbotsford West · McMillan · Sumas Mountain · Historic Downtown — and everywhere else in Abbotsford.
Permitted work in Abbotsford goes through the City of Abbotsford. We pull it and book the inspection as part of the job — you do not deal with the city.
The full rundown: why Poly B fails, what replacement involves, how long it takes and what it costs.
How Poly B replacement works →Abbotsford saw substantial growth through the 1980s and 90s, which puts a lot of Clearbrook and Abbotsford West housing inside the Poly B window.
The Fraser Valley gets colder and holds the cold longer than the coast does, so frozen pipes are a genuinely bigger risk here than in Vancouver.
We will confirm whether it is Poly B, what condition it is in, and what replacement would cost in Abbotsford. No charge.