Poly B replacement across Metro Vancouver
From Coquitlam's Westwood Plateau to Richmond and the North Shore, we pull the grey Poly B, install code-approved PE-RT or PEX piping, then patch and paint. One Red Seal crew, one flat quote.
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Burnaby, Coquitlam, the Tri-Cities, Richmond, the North Shore and Delta.
- Poly B removed and replaced with code-approved PE-RT or PEX piping
- Drywall repair and paint included
- Flat written quote, no hourly billing
- Red Seal certified plumbers
One crew for Poly B across the whole region
Metro Vancouver grew fastest through the 1980s and 90s, the same years builders ran Poly B as standard. From Coquitlam and the Tri-Cities to Burnaby, Richmond and the North Shore, that grey pipe is still in the walls of tens of thousands of homes. We take it out, run code-approved PE-RT or PEX piping, and leave the walls looking like nobody touched them.
The number we put in writing covers the whole job: removing the Poly B, running the new lines, repairing the drywall and painting. No surprise invoices and no holes left behind for you to sort out.
Why so many Metro Vancouver homes have Poly B
Poly B was the standard supply pipe in Canadian homes from roughly 1978 to 1997, right through the region's biggest building boom. Master-planned communities like Coquitlam's Westwood Plateau, along with established streets in Burnaby, Richmond, Port Coquitlam and Delta, were plumbed with it before it was pulled from the national plumbing code in 2005 for cracking and failing as it ages.
The whole region drinks treated surface water from the protected mountain reservoirs at Capilano, Seymour and Coquitlam. Treated water like that carries a disinfectant residual through the lines, which is harder on old Poly B over the decades than gentle groundwater. The real clock, though, is age: a 30-year-old line is on borrowed time no matter what comes out of the tap.
We see grey pipe constantly in:
How to spot Poly B
Grey plastic pipe about as thick as a marker, joined with copper or plastic crimp rings and often stamped PB2110. Check at the hot water tank first, then under sinks and where lines run into the walls. It is not the white PVC of your drains, and it is not rigid copper.
Condos and townhomes
Metro Vancouver is full of 90s strata complexes. The lines inside your unit are usually yours while shared lines belong to the strata. We coordinate with your strata and confirm what is in scope before we start.
Got a Poly B letter from your insurer?
BC brokers now ask about Poly B at renewal. You might see a surcharge, a replacement deadline, water damage coverage dropped, or a flat non-renewal. One burst line can run past $15,000 in damage, more in a multi-level or strata home. Replacing the pipe clears the flag for good. Bring us the letter and we will quote a timeline that lands inside your deadline.
How the repipe runs
A whole-home repipe sounds like a wrecking ball through the house. Done right in a Metro Vancouver home, it is a handful of clean days with the place livable the whole time. Here is the order we work in.
Free estimate
We walk the home, trace the Poly B, and hand you a flat written quote on the spot.
Protection
Floors, furniture and walkways get covered before any wall is opened.
Dust control
We seal off work areas and clean as we go so the rest of the home stays usable.
Remove & repipe
Out with the Poly B, in with PE-RT or PEX, permit filed and inspected.
Drywall & paint
We close the walls, patch the drywall and colour-match the paint so you cannot tell.
Where we work across Metro Vancouver
We cover Burnaby, Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, Port Moody and New Westminster, across to Richmond, up to North and West Vancouver, south to Delta, Ladner and Tsawwassen, and into the City of Vancouver. Based in Abbotsford, we run the full Fraser Valley and Metro region. Not sure if you are in range? Call (604) 616-0847 and we will tell you straight.
We know the local stock: how the Westwood Plateau hillside homes are plumbed across levels, how 90s strata complexes split shared and in-unit lines, and how each city's building office likes its permit paperwork.
$250 referral program
Know a neighbour in Coquitlam or Burnaby with grey pipe in the walls? Refer them, and when they book a replacement we send you $250. A lot of our work comes from one homeowner pointing us to the next.
Refer a neighbourWhat Metro Vancouver homeowners say
Our Westwood Plateau house had Poly B across three levels. They planned the layout so pressure upstairs is better than before. Clean job, perfect paint match, done in four days.
Strata townhouse in Burnaby. They coordinated with our property manager, kept the unit spotless, and handled the permit. Could not tell anyone had been in once the paint dried.
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Poly B replacement in Metro Vancouver: common questions
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Poly B replacement across the Fraser Valley and Metro Vancouver
We are an Abbotsford-based crew covering the whole region. Tap a nearby area for local detail on neighbourhoods, water and permits:
Get the grey pipe out before it leaks
Free on-site estimate, flat written quote, drywall and paint included. Serving Burnaby, Coquitlam, the Tri-Cities, Richmond, the North Shore and Delta.
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