New Year’s Day was dedicated to getting the guest bathroom plumbed. Calling the “guest” bathroom is a little misleading since it’s the only bathroom on the ground floor, so it’s a little more important than the name suggests. Still, it required some tricky removal of old steel pipes and retrofitting with pex. We ended up avoiding doing much damage to the walls, though some patching is needed. We did have to take the shower wall down, and that’s now the only remaining plumbing.
As you can see, there’s a bit to do. But, water is now on everywhere in the house except that shower. I imagine we wouldn’t be nearly this far without my parents’ help. They gave up their weekend and new year’s day to help, though I think they are feeling some home improvement withdrawals. I’m still working on the final cost, but after we return the unused bits, we’ll probably have spent around $600 to replumb the house. Take that fat cats!
I am interested to know about your experience working with Wirbo PEX. I am thinking of replumbing my home. I currently have poly pipe and have had 3 leaks in 5 years and am getting quite tired of it by now. Is it something a DIYer can do? I do alot of things myself but have never done plumbing but I have quite a bit of knowledge about PEX. I have heard good things about the Wirbo method. Thanks.