Fort Myers
Repiping
Galvanized, Polybutylene & PEX Repipes by McGrath Plumbing
Serving Fort Myers Homeowners & Businesses Across Southwest Florida — Since 2004!
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Fort Myers’s Trusted Repiping Pros
Looking into repiping in Fort Myers? This is a city that covers a century of plumbing, so the reasons vary: rusty, low-pressure water from old galvanized pipe in a historic home; recurring copper pinhole leaks in a mid-era house; gray polybutylene an insurer flagged in an ’80s or ’90s build. McGrath Plumbing repipes Fort Myers homes with modern PEX — corrosion-proof, full-pressure, and far better suited to our water than the metal or poly it replaces.
A repipe sounds enormous; done right it isn’t. Most Fort Myers single-family homes take a few days, you keep living at home with water on every evening, and we patch the drywall behind us — with extra care in historic homes. What you get back is modern supply lines, restored pressure, and one less thing an insurer can flag.
Repiping Services We Provide in Fort Myers
Galvanized Pipe Replacement
Historic River District, Dean Park, and McGregor homes often still run galvanized steel that rusts from the inside — the cause of brown water and weak pressure. Replacing it transforms how an old home’s plumbing performs.
Polybutylene Replacement
Fort Myers’ 1978–1995 homes are prime polybutylene territory, and insurers now refuse it. We replace it entirely and document the work for your carrier.
Copper Pinhole Solutions
Our aggressive water eats older copper from the inside. If you’re patching a pinhole a year, each repair is a down payment on the next; we’ll give you the honest repair-vs-repipe math.
Insurance & Four-Point Documentation
Photos, permits, inspection records, and completion letters — everything your Fort Myers insurer or four-point inspection needs after a repipe. We’ve done this with every major Florida carrier.
Why Fort Myers Homes Repipe — Across a Century of Housing
Historic Fort Myers runs galvanized steel. The River District, Dean Park, and older McGregor homes were plumbed in galvanized steel, and after many decades that pipe is heavily rusted inside — restricting flow, dropping pressure, and tinting water brown. If your historic Fort Myers home has weak pressure and discolored water, galvanized is almost certainly the reason, and a PEX repipe brings it fully back to life without sacrificing the home’s character.
Fort Myers built big during the polybutylene years. Polybutylene was the budget pipe of choice from roughly 1978 to 1995 — when much of south and east Fort Myers was going up. If your home is from that era and hasn’t been repiped, gray poly pipe may be in your walls, and insurers now decline and non-renew over it. A completed, documented repipe is what turns coverage back on.
Copper pinholes in the mid-era homes. Fort Myers homes from the 1960s–2000s were largely plumbed in copper, and after decades carrying our aggressive water, that copper develops pinhole leaks — recurring, and each one a soaked wall. Two pinholes in two years is our threshold for the repipe conversation.
Ian added urgency for many. Storm damage and flooding pushed a lot of Fort Myers homeowners into renovations and insurance scrutiny, and aging pipe often came to light in the process. If a post-Ian inspection or repair exposed old galvanized, poly, or failing copper, repiping is the permanent fix.
What Does a Fort Myers Repipe Involve — and Cost?
The honest sequence: we map the existing system, run new PEX through attic and walls with small planned openings, transfer every fixture, pressure-test, call the inspection, and patch the drywall. Most Fort Myers single-family homes finish in 2–4 working days, and you sleep at home with water on each night — with extra care and planning in historic homes.
Cost scales with home size and fixture count, so we quote fixed-price after a walkthrough, not off a phone script. What’s guaranteed: firm quote, permits and inspection included, and drywall repair part of the job, not a surprise after.
Also see our full Fort Myers plumbing services, PEX repiping for all of SWFL, and 24/7 emergency plumbing in Fort Myers.
Fort Myers Repiping FAQs
My historic Fort Myers home has brown water and weak pressure. Is that the pipes?
Almost certainly — River District and older McGregor homes run galvanized steel supply lines that rust from the inside over decades, restricting flow and discoloring water. A PEX repipe fully restores pressure and clears the water, and we work with care to protect the home’s character.
How do I know if my home has polybutylene pipe?
Check the pipe at your water heater and under sinks: polybutylene is gray (sometimes blue or black) flexible plastic, often stamped “PB2110.” Fort Myers homes built 1978–1995 are the risk window. Send us a photo if you’re unsure.
My insurance is threatening non-renewal over my pipes. Can you help?
Yes — a completed, permitted PEX repipe with our documentation package is what carriers and four-point inspections want to see. We can schedule quickly against a deadline.
How long does a whole-home repipe take?
Most Fort Myers single-family homes: 2–4 working days. Water’s restored every evening and you live at home throughout. Historic and larger homes vary — you’ll get a schedule with the quote.
PEX or copper for the new pipes?
In Southwest Florida, PEX — it’s immune to the mineral-driven pinhole corrosion that kills copper here, handles water hammer better, and has fewer fittings to fail. We’ll explain honestly why most repipes here are PEX.
Does the repipe include fixing the drywall?
Ours does. Access openings are planned and minimal, and patching is part of the quoted job. Paint matching is the one thing we leave to your painter.
TIME TO REPIPE YOUR FORT MYERS HOME?
Galvanized • Polybutylene • Copper Pinhole • PEX Repipes — Permitted & Documented
McGrath Plumbing, Drains & Water Heaters of Bonita Springs • Serving Fort Myers, FL • FL Lic. CFC1432700
Or email: dave@mcgrathplumbingnaples.com