Repiping Blog
A repiping blog for owners of older houses around Indianapolis: seasonal checks, rule changes and how the work runs. Each post explains the mechanism behind the advice.
Latest posts
- Dates and Deadlines · Fix a Leak Week: a leak check for older pipes
Every March, EPA's WaterSense program runs Fix a Leak Week. The standard checks find dripping faucets and running toilets; this one adds the leaks that older supply pipe and buried service lines tend to hide.
- Seasonal · Freezing pipes in an Indianapolis winter: where they freeze and why they burst
A pre-winter look at the pipes most likely to freeze in an Indianapolis house, the mechanism that actually splits them, and what changes when a repipe moves the lines.
- News · The lead service line replacement rule: what EPA's ten-year deadline means for Indianapolis homes
EPA's Lead and Copper Rule Improvements set a ten-year deadline for replacing lead service lines. Here is what the rule requires of water systems, what it does not cover inside the house, and how Citizens and Speedway fit in.
- Illustrative Walkthrough · Whole-house repipe walkthrough: what a typical job looks like, start to finish
An illustrative walkthrough of a typical whole-house repipe in an older Indianapolis house, stage by stage. It describes how the work usually runs, not a real job or a real customer.