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Typical costs: Re-plumbing a house (installing new lines and abandoning the old ones) with PEX can cost $1,500-$8,000 or more. Re-plumbing costs are typically based on the number of fixtures, with each sink, bathtub, shower, toilet, dishwasher, water heater, etc. counting as one fixture.
1 At Repipe1, Danny Zilberberg says a 2-bathroom house that costs $3,499 in PEX would be more than $5,000 with copper. 2  And Tony Prados of MasterServ says a 2-1/2-bathroom slab foundation house that is $4,000-$5,000 in PEX would be $5,000-$6,000 with copper pipes. Although there have been problems with pinhole leaks in areas with acidic water, for many plumbers copper remains the premium pipe material. 2  The price of copper has increased dramatically in recent years, and re-plumbing a house with copper can cost $2,500-$15,000 or more.