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You stop waiting for disaster. Kitec pipes don’t get better with time—they fail suddenly, burst without warning, and flood homes when you’re at work or asleep. The brass fittings corrode from the inside out, weakening until they give.
Replacing Kitec plumbing in Antelope means your insurance company stops treating your home like a liability. Many carriers won’t cover Kitec systems at all, or they hit you with higher deductibles and restrictions. A full repipe eliminates that problem completely.
Your home becomes sellable again. Buyers walk away from Kitec, and appraisers flag it. You can’t hide it during inspections, and you shouldn’t have to. A proper Kitec pipe replacement in Antelope protects your equity and gives you one less thing to explain when it’s time to move.
We’ve been handling residential and commercial plumbing in the Sacramento region since 2001. We’re licensed, insured, and we’ve repiped enough homes in Antelope to know what works and what doesn’t.
Antelope has thousands of homes built between 1995 and 2007—right when Kitec was being installed everywhere. We’ve seen the damage firsthand: flooded living rooms, ruined hardwood, destroyed drywall. We’ve also seen homeowners who replaced it early and never had to deal with the nightmare.
Our reputation comes from showing up when we say we will, doing the work right, and charging what we quoted. No upselling. No surprises. Just straight answers and clean work.
We start with an inspection of your current system. We need to see how much Kitec is in your walls, where it runs, and what kind of access we’re working with. Most homes in Antelope have Kitec in the hot and cold water lines—those bright orange and blue pipes are easy to spot once we open things up.
Then we map out the repipe. We’re replacing everything: supply lines, fittings, connections. We use copper or PEX depending on your home’s layout and your budget. Both are reliable, both last decades, and both are light-years better than Kitec.
The actual replacement takes one to three days for most homes. We shut off your water, remove the old Kitec system, install the new piping, test for leaks, and restore water service. You’ll have some drywall patching to deal with afterward, but we keep the damage minimal and tell you exactly what to expect before we start.
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A complete Kitec replacement removes every inch of the old system. That means supply lines, fittings, and any brass components that came with the original install. Partial fixes don’t work—you’re just delaying the inevitable.
You get new piping installed to code with materials that won’t corrode or fail. Copper lasts 50+ years. PEX is flexible, faster to install, and handles temperature changes without cracking. Both options come with warranties, and both give you a system you can actually trust.
Antelope homeowners also get peace of mind with insurance. Once the Kitec is gone, you can shop for better rates and coverage without the red flags. Your home becomes insurable again, and that matters whether you’re refinancing, selling, or just trying to protect what you’ve built. Most repipes in this area run between $5,000 and $15,000 depending on square footage and how much access we have to your walls.
Look for bright orange or blue pipes in your water heater closet, under sinks, or in your attic or crawl space. Kitec is usually labeled with brand names like Kitec, IPEX, or PlumbBetter stamped right on the pipe.
If your home was built or renovated between 1995 and 2007, there’s a decent chance Kitec was used. It was popular with builders in the Sacramento area during that window because it was cheap and fast to install.
You can also check your home inspection report if you bought recently. Most inspectors flag Kitec when they see it. If you’re still not sure, call us and we’ll come take a look. It takes about ten minutes to confirm, and there’s no charge for that.
Most full repipes in Antelope run between $5,000 and $15,000. The range depends on your home’s size, how much Kitec you have, and whether we need to open up walls or work around tricky layouts.
A 1,500-square-foot home with standard access usually falls on the lower end. Larger homes, two-story layouts, or homes with limited crawl space access cost more because the job takes longer and requires more material.
We give you a flat quote after the inspection, and that’s what you pay. No hourly surprises, no change orders unless you ask us to add something. If your final cost comes in under the estimate, we adjust it down—that’s happened more than once.
Most homes take one to three days. Smaller homes with easy attic or crawl space access can be done in a day. Larger homes or properties where we need to open walls and reroute lines take closer to three.
You’ll be without water during the work, but we restore service at the end of each day whenever possible. If we can’t, we’ll let you know ahead of time so you can plan around it.
After the piping is done, you’ll need to patch drywall and repaint anywhere we had to cut in. We don’t do finish work, but we keep the cuts clean and minimal so your contractor isn’t stuck with a mess.
Probably not. Most insurance companies won’t pay to replace Kitec unless it’s already failed and caused damage. Even then, they’ll cover the water damage but not the cost of repiping your whole house.
There was a class action settlement back in 2012 that paid out claims, but the deadline to file has passed. If you missed it, you’re paying out of pocket.
The good news is that replacing Kitec now makes your home insurable again. A lot of carriers either refuse to cover homes with Kitec or charge higher premiums and deductibles. Once it’s gone, you can shop around for better rates and actually get full coverage without restrictions.
You can try, but it’s not a real solution. Kitec fittings are nearly impossible to find now that the product’s been recalled. Even if you track some down, you’re just patching one weak point while a dozen others are quietly corroding.
The problem with Kitec isn’t just one bad fitting—it’s the entire system. The brass components degrade over time because of how they interact with water chemistry. Fixing one leak doesn’t stop the next one from happening six months later.
Most homeowners who go the repair route end up spending more in the long run. Between emergency calls, water damage, and multiple fixes, the total cost often exceeds what a full repipe would’ve cost upfront. If you’ve already had one Kitec failure, it’s time to replace the whole system.
Kitec failures are sudden and severe. The pipes don’t leak slowly—they burst. You get flooding, fast. Water pours into walls, ceilings, floors, and whatever’s in the way. By the time you notice, the damage is done.
You’re looking at drywall replacement, flooring repair, potential mold remediation, and ruined belongings. Insurance might cover some of the damage, but you’ll still be dealing with deductibles, claims, and the hassle of living through repairs.
The bigger issue is that once Kitec fails, you still have to replace the entire system. So now you’re paying for water damage restoration and a full repipe. Replacing it before it fails costs less, causes less disruption, and saves you from the stress of dealing with an emergency in the middle of the night.
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