Repiping in Sun City, AZ

Why Sun City Homes Are Repiped

Sun City homes built in the 1960s and 1970s often came with galvanized steel water lines, copper lines under the slab, or a mix of both. Many have already been repiped. If yours has not, the original pipe is well past its expected life.

Galvanized pipe corrodes inside until water pressure drops to a trickle and rusty water comes out after the house sits. Copper under the slab develops pinhole leaks. Both get worse, not better.

A repipe replaces the supply lines with new pipe, typically run through the attic and down interior walls instead of under the slab. It is a bigger project, but it ends the cycle of leaks, restores pressure and gives you new shutoff valves at every fixture.

Main Line and Shutoff Replacement

Older Sun City homes often have main shutoff valves that have not been turned in years and may not close when you need them. Replacing the main shutoff is a quick job and often part of a repipe. We can also replace the water service line from the meter if it is galvanized or leaking.

For more on repiping materials and process, see our main Peoria repiping page. If you are dealing with a single leak right now, see our Sun City leak detection page.

Replacing the Service Line in Older Sun City Homes

The water service line runs underground from the meter to your house. In older Sun City homes, it may be galvanized steel or older copper that has been buried for fifty years or more. As it corrodes, it can restrict flow to the whole house and eventually leak underground.

Signs your service line may be failing:

• Low pressure at every fixture, including outdoor hose bibs
• A soggy spot or sinking gravel between the meter and the house
• The meter moves after you close the main shutoff at the house

When we repipe a Sun City home, we look at the service line too. Replacing it at the same time, with a new main shutoff at the house, means the whole system is new from the meter in.