The whole house
Replacing every water line at once swaps the supply to each fixture. The plumber explains where the walls would have to be opened before the work begins.
Repiping and Water Line Replacement in Fort Worth
Repiping covers anything from one failing run to every water line in the house, and a new service line can bring water in from the meter. Call us to talk through which fits your home.
Below are the repiping choices, what Fort Worth Water reports about galvanized pipe on the owner’s side of the meter, and the permit rule.
Repiping choices
One run at a time
A leak that keeps coming back in one spot, say the supply to a kitchen or a bath, may only call for that single run to be swapped. The plumber reports what the rest of the pipe looks like.
A new line from the meter
A new service line carries water from the meter to the building inlet, the stretch the property owner is responsible for. The plumber explains the route the new pipe would take.
Choosing the pipe
Walls and floors stay closed until the plumber has gone over your floor plan with you, which material suits it and how that material gets installed.
Galvanized pipe on the owner’s side of the meter
Fort Worth Water’s October 2024 inventory of 300,778 service lines classifies none as lead or unknown. It lists 32,590 customer-side lines as galvanized requiring replacement, meaning galvanized pipe that is or was downstream of a possibly lead utility portion.
The city says the homes with galvanized service lines were mostly built before 1970, though a record review found galvanized plumbing in some homes built since. It has no information on the private plumbing inside homes and suggests having a plumber inspect it.
You can look up an address on the city’s inventory map, and the city offers a free lead test for lines in the galvanized requiring replacement group.
Permits for new piping
Fort Worth does not name repiping separately; the general rule covers it, so changing, moving or repairing plumbing needs a plumbing permit. Applicants are registered contractors, apart from owners who meet the city’s homestead rules.
A repipe can follow a leak that keeps coming back. Read about leak detection if you are still hunting for the leak, or the water heater page if a new heater is part of the job, or go to the homepage for the rest.
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