Naples
Repiping
Whole-Home PEX Repipes, Galvanized & Pinhole Solutions by McGrath Plumbing
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Naples’s Trusted Repiping Pros
Looking into repiping in Naples? Depending on your home’s era, it starts one of a few ways: rusty or low-pressure water from old galvanized pipe in a historic home, recurring copper pinhole leaks, an insurance letter about polybutylene, or a plumber pointing at aging pipe during a remodel. McGrath Plumbing repipes Naples homes with modern PEX — corrosion-proof, full-pressure, and far better suited to our water than the metal it replaces.
A repipe sounds enormous; done right, in a Naples home, it’s methodical and clean. We plan access openings to protect finishes, keep you living at home with water on each evening, and patch the drywall behind us. What you get back is a home with modern supply lines, restored pressure, and one less thing an insurer or a future buyer can flag.
Repiping Services We Provide in Naples
Whole-Home PEX Repipes
Complete replacement of your supply lines with PEX — immune to the mineral-driven corrosion and pinholes that plague copper and galvanized in Southwest Florida. Permitted and inspected.
Galvanized Pipe Replacement
Historic Old Naples homes often still run galvanized steel supply lines that rust from the inside — the cause of brown water and weak pressure. Replacing them transforms how an old home’s plumbing performs.
Copper Pinhole & Polybutylene
Recurring copper pinholes or gray polybutylene pipe both mean it’s time. We replace them entirely and provide the documentation your insurer wants to see.
Finish-Protecting Process
In Naples’ high-end and historic homes, how we work matters. Planned minimal access openings, careful protection of finishes, and clean drywall patching are part of every repipe.
Why Naples Homes Repipe
Historic Old Naples runs galvanized steel. The mid-century homes of the historic district were plumbed in galvanized steel, and after 50–70 years that pipe is heavily rusted inside — restricting flow, dropping pressure, and tinting water brown. If your Old Naples or Coquina Sands home has weak pressure and discolored water, galvanized is almost certainly the reason, and a PEX repipe brings it fully back to life.
Copper pinholes in the mid-era homes. Naples homes from the 1980s–2000s were largely plumbed in copper, and after decades carrying our aggressive aquifer water, that copper develops pinhole leaks — maddening, recurring, and each one a soaked wall. In Naples’ finished homes, two pinholes in two years is our threshold for the repipe conversation, because the next one could ruin an expensive room.
Polybutylene where it lurks. Some Naples-area homes from roughly 1978–1995 carry gray polybutylene pipe, which insurers now refuse and which ruptures without warning. If you’ve had an insurance flag or found gray plastic pipe behind the water heater, a documented repipe resolves it.
Luxury finishes demand a careful hand. Repiping a Port Royal estate or an Old Naples cottage isn’t a rip-and-replace job — it’s a planned, finish-protecting process. We map the system, make minimal planned openings, protect what’s precious, and patch cleanly. The result is modern plumbing your home doesn’t have to show a scar for.
What Does a Naples 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 Naples single-family homes finish in 2–4 working days, and you sleep at home with water on each night.
Cost scales with home size, fixture count, and finish complexity — a Port Royal estate isn’t an Old Naples cottage — so we quote fixed-price after a walkthrough, not off a phone script. What’s guaranteed: firm quote, permits and inspection included, finishes protected, and drywall repair part of the job.
Also see our full Naples plumbing services, PEX repiping for all of SWFL, and 24/7 emergency plumbing in Naples.
Naples Repiping FAQs
My Old Naples home has brown water and weak pressure. Is that the pipes?
Almost certainly — historic Naples 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. It’s one of the most transformative things you can do to an old home.
How do I know if I need to repipe?
Common triggers: rusty/low-pressure water (galvanized), repeated copper pinhole leaks, an insurance flag or polybutylene pipe, or a remodel exposing aged plumbing. If you’re unsure what you have, we’ll inspect and tell you honestly.
How long does a whole-home repipe take?
Most Naples single-family homes: 2–4 working days. Water’s restored every evening and you live at home throughout. Large estates vary — you’ll get a schedule with the quote.
Will you protect my finishes during the repipe?
Yes — in Naples’ high-end and historic homes it’s central to how we work. Planned minimal access openings, careful protection of marble, millwork, and hardwood, and clean drywall patching are standard.
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 discuss copper if you prefer it, but we’ll explain honestly why most repipes here are PEX.
Is a permit required for repiping in Naples?
Yes, and you want it — the permit and passed inspection are exactly what your insurer and future buyers will ask to see. We pull it and handle the inspection as part of every repipe.
TIME TO REPIPE YOUR NAPLES HOME?
Galvanized & Polybutylene Replacement • Copper Pinhole Fixes • PEX — Finish-Protecting
McGrath Plumbing, Drains & Water Heaters of Naples • 3201 Tamiami Trail N, Naples • FL Lic. CFC1432700
Or email: dave@mcgrathplumbingnaples.com