Repipe Cost

Notes

• Where the number comes from. The national price for a whole-house repipe is $600 per fixture — whole-house repipe pricing published for 2026, $380–$1,050 per fixture — the low end is PEX, the high end copper. Labor is about 70% of that. Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters in Missouri average $75,010 a year against a U.S. mean of $72,170 — a factor of 1.039 — so the labor half is scaled by that and the material half is not.
• What is in the price: new supply lines to every fixture, valves, connections at each stub-out, pressure testing, and labor.
• What is not: drywall repair and repainting after the walls are opened, drain and vent lines, the water heater, and permits. These are the lines that turn a $7,398 quote into a $9,248 invoice, so ask about each one before signing.
• Why state matters more than people expect. Materials ship at national prices; crews do not move. Missouri sits above the national mean by 3.9%, which lands on 70% of the job and moves the total by $198.
• Use this as a bid check, not a quote. It prices an average job in an average condition. Difficult access, the state of what is being replaced, the season, and a crew booked out three months all move the real number, and none of them are in a per-unit average.