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Poly B replacement in St. Albert

From the Lacombe Park and Akinsdale streets to the acreages out past Villeneuve, 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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Lacombe Park, Akinsdale, Deer Ridge, Heritage Lakes, Kingswood and across St. Albert.

  • 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
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Red SealCertified plumbers
One crewRepipe, drywall & paint
Flat quoteNo hourly surprises
Permit handledCity of St. Albert, filed for you

The St. Albert crew that repipes and puts the walls back

St. Albert's established neighbourhoods went up through the late 1970s, 80s and early 90s, and that stretch was the peak Poly B era. If your place in Lacombe Park, Akinsdale or Deer Ridge dates from then, odds are good that grey pipe is feeding your taps today. We take it out and install modern, code-approved polyethylene-based potable water distribution piping, including PE-RT or PEX, depending on project requirements, then 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 after we leave.

Why so many St. Albert homes have Poly B

Poly B was the standard supply pipe in Canadian homes from roughly 1978 to 1997, and St. Albert's biggest growth years sat dead centre in that span. Whole streets in Lacombe Park, Akinsdale and Forest Lawn were plumbed with it before it was pulled from the national plumbing code in 2005 for cracking and failing as it ages.

St. Albert is an older, well-kept city, which means a lot of these homes have been renovated once or twice without anyone touching the supply lines behind the walls. The finishes get updated; the 1980s Poly B stays. The constant is age: a 35-year-old line is on the clock no matter how nice the kitchen looks.

We see grey pipe constantly in:

Lacombe ParkAkinsdaleForest LawnSturgeon HeightsBraesideDeer RidgeHeritage LakesOakmontKingswoodWoodlandsNorth Ridge

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.

Its own city hall

St. Albert is its own municipality, so your repipe permit comes from the City of St. Albert, not Edmonton or Sturgeon County. We pull the right Safety Codes permit for your address and book the inspection, so it lines up the first time and stays on record for resale.

Got a Poly B letter from your insurer?

Alberta 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. Replacing the pipe clears the flag for good. Bring us the letter and we will quote a timeline that lands inside your deadline.

Beat my deadline

How the repipe runs

A whole-home repipe sounds like a wrecking ball through the house. Done right in a St. Albert home, it is a handful of clean days with the place livable the whole time. Here is the order we work in.

1

Free estimate

We walk the home, trace the Poly B, and hand you a flat written quote after the visit.

2

Protection

Floors, furniture and walkways get covered before any wall is opened.

3

Dust control

We seal off work areas with poly barriers and HEPA vacuums so the rest of the house stays usable.

4

Remove & repipe

Out with the Poly B, in with code-approved PE-RT or PEX, City permit filed and inspected.

5

Drywall & paint

We close the walls, patch and texture the drywall and colour-match the paint so you cannot tell.

Where we work in and around St. Albert

We cover the whole city, from the older Lacombe Park and Akinsdale streets through Kingswood and Oakmont and out to the newer Erin Ridge and Jensen Lakes builds, plus the surrounding Sturgeon County acreages around Villeneuve, Riviere Qui Barre and Cardiff, and north to Morinville. We also work across northwest Edmonton. Not sure if you are in range? Call (780) 993-5325 and we will tell you straight.

We know the local stock: which Lacombe Park and Deer Ridge streets went in during the 80s, how the two-storey Kingswood houses are plumbed top to bottom, and how the City of St. Albert Safety Codes office likes the permit paperwork.

$250 referral program

Know a neighbour in Lacombe Park or Heritage Lakes with grey pipe in the walls? Refer them, and when they book a replacement we send you a $250 Amazon gift card once the job is done. Most of our St. Albert work comes from one homeowner pointing us to the next.

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What St. Albert homeowners say

★★★★★

Our Lacombe Park two-storey had Poly B on every floor. The crew was in and out in four days and the ceiling patches are invisible. They cleaned up every single day.

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★★★★★

Insurance gave us a deadline on our Akinsdale home. Fast quote, City permit handled, one crew the whole way through. Exactly what they said it would be.

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Rated 4.9 across 168 reviews. Read them on our Google Business Profile.

Poly B replacement in St. Albert: common questions

Which St. Albert neighbourhoods are most likely to have Poly B?
The established neighbourhoods are the prime candidates. Akinsdale, Lacombe Park, Forest Lawn, Sturgeon Heights, Braeside, Deer Ridge and Heritage Lakes filled in from the late 1970s through the early 1990s, right in the Poly B window. The 1990s build-out in Oakmont, Kingswood, Woodlands and North Ridge can have it too. Newer Erin Ridge North, Jensen Lakes and Riverside homes are usually clear, since Poly B left the Canadian plumbing code in 2005. Look for grey flexible pipe stamped PB2110 at the hot water tank.
Who issues the plumbing permit for a St. Albert repipe?
The City of St. Albert. St. Albert is its own municipality, so a repipe is permitted and inspected through the City under the Alberta Safety Codes Act, not through Edmonton or Sturgeon County. We pull the City permit for your address and book the Safety Codes inspection, so the work is on record for resale and your insurer.
I am renovating my older St. Albert home. Should I deal with the Poly B first?
Yes. A lot of St. Albert homes in Lacombe Park, Akinsdale and Deer Ridge are well past due for updates, and opening walls for a kitchen or basement reno is the cheapest time to pull the Poly B. Doing the repipe before the drywall and finishes go back means one set of patches instead of two. Tell us your reno timeline and we will sequence the plumbing so it does not hold up the rest of the work.
My home is on an acreage outside St. Albert. Does that change the job?
Many homes just past the city edge in Sturgeon County, around Villeneuve, Riviere Qui Barre and Cardiff, run on private wells or cisterns with long runs from a pressure tank. We map the whole system from the tank in and quote it flat. Long horizontal runs are routine for us, and we size and route the new piping so pressure holds at every fixture once the Poly B is gone.
Does St. Albert water make Poly B fail faster?
St. Albert buys regionally treated water that, like Edmonton's, is disinfected with chloramine, which is harder on Poly B than plain chlorine. Water chemistry plays a part, but the bigger driver is age. A Lacombe Park line installed in 1985 is past 35 years old, and that is when Poly B gets brittle at the fittings and starts to weep. We treat age, not just water, as the real clock.
How much does Poly B replacement cost in St. Albert?
It comes down to the size of the home, the number of bathrooms, the finishes and how easy the pipe is to reach. A two-storey Kingswood house and an Akinsdale bungalow with a finished basement are different jobs. We give you a flat written number after an on-site look, and it covers removal, the repipe, drywall repair and paint. No hourly billing and no separate trades to chase.
I got a Poly B letter from my insurer. What now?
Alberta insurers including Intact, Aviva, Co-operators, TD and Wawanesa are flagging Poly B at renewal, with letters that usually give 12 to 24 months to replace. Booking early beats the year-end rush and gives you the better price and schedule. Bring us the letter and we will quote a timeline that lands inside your deadline. Call (780) 993-5325.
How long will my home be torn up?
Most St. Albert homes take a few days. The repipe is usually one to two days, then drywall and paint follow. You keep water service overnight in most cases, and we clean up at the end of each day so the house stays livable while we work.
What areas around St. Albert do you serve?
All of St. Albert, plus the surrounding Sturgeon County communities of Villeneuve, Riviere Qui Barre and Cardiff, north to Morinville, and into northwest Edmonton. Not sure if you are in range? Call (780) 993-5325.

Poly B replacement across Edmonton and the capital region

We are an Edmonton-based crew covering the whole region. Tap a nearby area for local detail on neighbourhoods, water and permits:

Edmonton Sherwood Park Spruce Grove Leduc Fort Saskatchewan

Get the grey pipe out before it leaks

Free on-site estimate, flat written quote, drywall and paint included. Serving Lacombe Park, Akinsdale, Deer Ridge, Kingswood and all of St. Albert.

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