Poly B Replacement Cost Vancouver BC

Typical Ranges

What Metro Vancouver Homeowners Actually Pay

Ranges for a full supply-side repipe in PEX-A, including permit and inspection. Every home is different — treat these as orientation, not a quote.

Home	Bathrooms	Typical range	Usual duration
Condo or apartment	1–2	$4,000–$8,000	1–2 days
Townhome	1–2	$6,000–$10,000	2–3 days
Detached home	2–3	$8,000–$14,000	3–4 days
Large or multi-storey	3+	$12,000–$20,000+	4–7 days

Figures reflect typical Metro Vancouver pricing at the time of writing and are published so you can sanity-check any quote you receive, including ours. Your written quote is the only number that binds anyone.

Price Drivers

What Moves the Number Up or Down

Two houses on the same street can quote thousands apart, and it is almost never about the pipe. It is about access.

✓Number of fixtures — every sink, toilet, shower, tub, laundry and hose bib is a termination point. Fixture count drives labour more than square footage does.
✓Access to the runs — a crawlspace or unfinished basement is fast. Finished ceilings, tiled walls and a slab section are slow.
✓Storeys — getting from one floor to the next needs a chase. More floors, more vertical routing.
✓Finishes in the way — tile, stone and custom cabinetry take care to open and cost more to make good.
✓Extra work while open — new shut-offs, a manifold, relocating a laundry line — sensible to do now, but it is added scope.
✓Material choice — copper costs more in both material and labour than PEX-A.

A complete quote includes

Removal of accessible Poly B
New PEX-A supply throughout
New shut-off valves at fixtures
Plumbing permit and inspection
Pressure testing and commissioning
Access openings closed
Protection and daily cleanup
Documentation package and warranty

Ask before you sign

Is the permit in this price?
Fixed price, or an estimate that can move?
What state are the wall openings left in?
Who carries the warranty, and for how long?
Is every Poly B run replaced, or only some?

Worth Weighing

The Cost of Waiting Is Not Zero

A repipe on your own schedule is a planned, quoted, comparison-shopped project. The same work after a failure is an emergency call, a restoration contractor, an insurance claim with a deductible, and weeks of disruption — often on top of a policy that has already been loaded because of the Poly B.

That is not a scare tactic, it is just the arithmetic. A single significant water-damage claim in a finished Metro Vancouver home can cost more than the repipe would have.

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FAQs

Cost Questions

Most Metro Vancouver Poly B replacements land between roughly $6,000 and $15,000. A compact townhome or a one-bathroom home with accessible runs sits at the lower end; a large multi-storey house with several bathrooms, finished ceilings and a slab section sits at the upper end or beyond. These are real-world ranges, not a quote — the only way to get your number is to have someone look at your home.

Usually because they are not quoting the same job. One bid includes the permit, inspection, new shut-offs and drywall access patching; another covers pipe and labour only and leaves you to discover the rest. Ask every contractor the same three questions: is the permit included, is drywall repair included, and is this a fixed price or an estimate. The cheapest number is frequently the least complete one.

Ours includes closing the access openings we make. Full finishing — taping, texture matching, priming and painting to a seamless result — is normally handled separately, because matching an existing finish properly is a drywall and paint trade job rather than a plumbing one. We tell you clearly which openings we make and what state we leave them in, in writing, before the work starts.

Sometimes, and occasionally it is the sensible call — an accessible basement run replaced after a failure, for instance. But be clear about what a partial buys you: the pipe left in the walls is the same age and condition, and most insurers treat a partially repiped home as still having Poly B. Partial work solves a leak. It does not usually solve the insurance problem.

Yes. A repipe is a planned expense for most households, and we can arrange financing so the work happens on the right timeline rather than being deferred until something fails. We will go through the options with you at the quote stage.

It removes a deduction more than it adds a premium. In Metro Vancouver, Poly B shows up in the inspection report and gets negotiated against the sale price — frequently for more than the replacement costs. A documented repipe takes that off the table and widens your buyer pool to people whose insurer will not write a Poly B home.

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