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Your water pressure improves. Your insurance company stops giving you the runaround. If you’re selling, buyers don’t walk away the second the inspector mentions Kitec.
Most importantly, you stop wondering when a pipe’s going to burst in the middle of the night. That’s not paranoia—it’s what Kitec does. The fittings corrode, the pipes split, and suddenly you’re dealing with drywall damage, ruined flooring, and a claim your insurer might not even cover.
A full repipe with copper means you’re done worrying. Copper lasts decades, doesn’t degrade from hot water, and won’t fail because someone used the wrong brass fittings in 2003. You get a system that works the way plumbing should have from the start.
We handle the drywall patching, texture matching, and paint after the pipes are in. You’re not coordinating three different crews or living in a construction zone for weeks. Most residential Kitec repiping projects in Herald, CA wrap up in three to five days, and you can stay in your home the whole time.
We’ve been serving Herald, CA and the surrounding Sacramento area for years. We’re licensed (C-36 #916322), insured, and we’ve repiped enough homes to know what goes wrong when someone rushes the job or skips the finish work.
Herald’s a small town—871 people, median age pushing 59. A lot of homes here were built or remodeled right in that 1995 to 2007 window when Kitec was everywhere. If you bought during that stretch, there’s a decent chance it’s in your walls.
We’re local. We respond fast. And when we quote a price, that’s what you pay—no surprise fees after we open the wall. If something doesn’t hold up, we come back and make it right. That’s not a marketing line, it’s how we stay in business in a town where everyone knows everyone.
First, we walk your property and map out where the Kitec runs—hot and cold lines, supply points, problem areas. You’ll get a flat-rate quote that includes the repipe, drywall repair, texture, and paint. No hourly padding, no change orders unless you change the scope.
Once you’re ready to move forward, we schedule the work around your life. Most jobs take three to five days. We shut off water only when we’re actively working on a section, so you’re not without plumbing for days at a time.
We pull out the old Kitec and install copper—Type L, made in the USA, built to last up to a century. All connections are soldered or pressed, inspected as we go. When the pipes are in, we patch and finish the drywall so it blends with your existing walls. You shouldn’t be able to tell where we cut in.
Before we leave, we test pressure, check for leaks, and walk you through what we did. You’ll have documentation for your insurance company, your realtor, or the next buyer. And if anything ever goes sideways with our work, we’ll be back to fix it.
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You’re getting a full replacement of every Kitec line in your house—hot, cold, and anything feeding fixtures or appliances. We use American-made copper pipe with a 50-year warranty, and all fittings are lead-free and code-compliant.
Drywall work is part of the package. We’re not leaving you with open walls and a list of contractors to call. Patching, retexturing, and paint-matching are included in the price we quote upfront. If your walls have a knockdown texture or custom color, we match it.
In Herald, CA, most homes sit on well water or older municipal lines. Water quality matters when you’re repiping. Copper handles mineral content better than plastic, doesn’t leach chemicals, and improves taste if your water’s been running through corroded Kitec for years. You’ll notice the difference immediately.
We also coordinate inspections if your city or county requires a permit. That’s on us. And if you’re selling and need documentation to satisfy a buyer’s lender, we provide written proof of the repipe, materials used, and warranty coverage. It’s everything you need to close without the deal falling apart over plumbing.
For most homes in the Herald area, you’re looking at somewhere between $5,000 and $15,000 depending on square footage, number of bathrooms, and how accessible your plumbing is. That includes the copper pipe, labor, drywall repair, texture, and paint.
If your house is a straightforward single-story with a crawl space, you’ll land on the lower end. Two stories, slab foundation, or a layout where we’re cutting into multiple rooms—that pushes the price up. We give you a flat-rate quote after walking the property, so there’s no guessing.
Some companies around Sacramento quote $10,000 more than competitors and don’t include finish work. You’d still be hiring a drywall guy and a painter after they left. We don’t operate that way. The price we quote is the price you pay, and it covers everything through final cleanup.
Most residential repipes in Herald, CA take three to five days from start to finish. That includes pulling the old Kitec, installing copper, pressure testing, patching drywall, and painting.
You can stay in your home the whole time. We’re not tearing apart your entire house at once—we work section by section so you still have water to bathrooms and the kitchen when we’re not actively on that line. It’s not convenient, but it’s not a total shutdown either.
If you’ve got a smaller home or simpler layout, we might finish in two to three days. Larger properties with multiple stories or complex plumbing can stretch closer to a week. We’ll give you a timeline upfront and stick to it unless we hit something unexpected behind the walls, which is rare but possible in older homes.
Most insurance policies won’t pay for a repipe unless there’s already been a failure that caused damage. If a Kitec pipe bursts and floods your house, they’ll cover the water damage—maybe. But the cost to replace all the Kitec before it fails? That’s on you.
Here’s the bigger issue: some insurers in California are starting to limit coverage or raise deductibles on homes with Kitec still installed. A few have outright refused to renew policies until the plumbing’s replaced. If you’re buying or selling, lenders and buyers are asking about it too.
Getting the repipe done now protects your insurability and your home’s value. Once it’s copper, you can provide documentation to your insurance company showing the Kitec’s gone. That usually gets you back to standard coverage and can even lower your premiums since you’ve eliminated a major risk factor.
Kitec was installed in thousands of homes across California between 1995 and 2007, and Herald’s housing stock from that era has plenty of it. The problem is the brass fittings. They corrode when exposed to hot water, which weakens the connection points and eventually causes the pipes to burst.
It’s not a slow leak you can catch early. Kitec failures are sudden and destructive—pipes split open, water sprays everywhere, and you’re dealing with serious damage in minutes. The class-action lawsuit against the manufacturer happened because failure rates were so high.
Even if your Kitec hasn’t failed yet, it’s a ticking clock. Most systems only last 10 to 15 years before problems start. If your home was built or remodeled in the early 2000s, you’re already in the danger zone. Waiting just increases the chance you’ll be dealing with an emergency repipe instead of a planned one, and emergency work always costs more.
We use Type L copper pipe, which is the standard for residential plumbing in California and built to last 50 to 100 years. It’s thicker than Type M, handles pressure better, and resists corrosion from minerals in your water supply.
All the copper we install is made in the USA and comes with a 50-year limited warranty from the manufacturer. Fittings are lead-free brass or copper, and every connection is either soldered or pressed depending on what the job requires. We don’t use push-fit connections or shortcuts that might save time but fail later.
Copper’s also a better choice than PEX for repiping in California. It doesn’t degrade from UV exposure if any of your lines run through an attic or exterior wall, it doesn’t leach chemicals into your drinking water, and it’s approved by every building code in the state. If you’re in Herald and dealing with well water or older municipal lines, copper handles the mineral content without breaking down.
You can try, but it’s going to cost you. Buyers either walk away when the inspection report mentions Kitec, or they ask for a price reduction that’s usually more than the repipe would’ve cost. Lenders sometimes refuse to finance homes with Kitec still installed because of the liability.
Even if you find a buyer willing to move forward, they’ll want proof that the plumbing’s been addressed or they’ll negotiate a credit at closing. That credit rarely covers the full cost of a professional repipe, and you’ve lost leverage by waiting until you’re under contract.
If you’re planning to sell in Herald, CA, replacing the Kitec before you list makes the process cleaner. You’ll market the home with updated plumbing, which is a selling point instead of a red flag. Buyers won’t hesitate, lenders won’t balk, and you’ll close faster without last-minute repair negotiations eating into your proceeds.
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