Poly B Replacement New Westminster BC

Poly B Replacement — New Westminster

Replacing Poly B in New Westminster Homes

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 New Westminster is past it.

Most Queens Park and Sapperton houses are far too old for Poly B — they have other problems. The Poly B in New West is in the condos, townhomes and eighties renovations.

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.

✓Free assessment in New Westminster — we confirm the material and the condition before you commit to anything.
✓Fixed written price — one number with the scope spelled out, not an estimate that moves.
✓Permit and inspection — pulled and booked with the City of New Westminster.
✓PEX-A as standard — chlorine resistant, expansion fittings, fewer wall openings than copper.
✓Documentation package — permit, inspection, photos and warranty — what an insurer and a buyer will ask for.

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Where we work in New Westminster

Queens Park · Sapperton · Uptown · West End · Queensborough — and everywhere else in New Westminster.

Permits

Permitted work in New Westminster goes through the City of New Westminster. We pull it and book the inspection as part of the job — you do not deal with the city.

Full details

The full rundown: why Poly B fails, what replacement involves, how long it takes and what it costs.

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About New Westminster Homes

Why New Westminster Has So Much of It

New West has one of the oldest housing stocks in the region — plenty of Queens Park and Sapperton homes predate Poly B by half a century and are on original galvanised. The Poly B here is mostly in the 1980s and 90s condos, townhomes and renovations.

Character homes here often have deep, damp basements and original supply runs that have never been touched.

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Repairs, installation, water heaters, leak detection, repiping and Poly B.

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FAQs

Poly B Replacement in New Westminster — Questions

"It has not leaked yet" is not a measure of condition. Poly B degrades from the inside and the cracking that causes a failure is invisible from outside the pipe. Most people we work with are replacing because of an insurance renewal or a pending sale, not because of an existing leak.

Look at the supply lines where they enter your hot water tank, then under the sinks and in the crawlspace. Poly B is grey or blue-grey flexible plastic, stamped PB2110 every few feet. If it is grey and it bends by hand, that is almost certainly it. Here is the full identification guide.

It tracks build date rather than postcode, so the answer is wherever the housing went up between 1978 and 1995. In New Westminster that means Queens Park, Sapperton, Uptown are all worth checking, but the reliable test is the age of the house rather than the street it is on.

Yes. A whole-home repipe is permitted work in British Columbia and has to be done by a licensed plumber to the BC Plumbing Code. In New Westminster that permit goes through the City of New Westminster. We pull it and arrange the inspection — and that paperwork matters later, because an insurer or a buyer’s lawyer will ask to see it.

Most New Westminster homes are a two to five day job. A compact townhome with one bathroom finishes faster; a larger house with several bathrooms and a finished basement takes longer. You get a date range in writing before we start. Cost ranges are here.

Poly B Replacement in New Westminster, BC