Pipe Repair, From One Fitting to the Whole House
Pipe repair covers a lot of ground: a burst line behind the laundry, a fitting that drips into the cabinet, pressure that faded across every faucet, a seized valve, a house that needs new pipes entirely. One call handles all of it. All Star Plumbing comes out on a $0 service call, puts the price in writing before any work, and fixes the small jobs small instead of talking them big.
- Burst & broken pipe repair
- $0 service call
- Free written estimate before any work
- Licensed, family-owned since 2008
Water pouring through a ceiling or wall right now is an emergency. Call the 24/7 line for a 60-minute response, then we handle the rest, from a drip to a full repipe.
What counts as pipe repair?
Pipe repair is the fixing of a known, accessible failure in a home’s water supply system: a burst or broken pipe, a leaking joint or fitting, a failed shut-off valve, or a pressure regulator that has quit. Its larger form is repiping, replacing the home’s supply lines entirely when the pipe material itself has worn out. All Star Plumbing handles both, from a single splice to a whole-house PEX repipe, starting with a $0 service call and a written estimate before any work.
No Service Call Fee
It costs nothing for us to come out and look at the pipe. You get a free written estimate before any work.
Every Repair Pressure-Tested
A supply repair isn't done when the water is back on. It's done when the line holds pressure with the repair under load.
Repipes Done in PEX
Faster to install than copper, better with hard water, and California code-compliant since 2010.
Which pipe problems do we fix?
Six covers nearly all of it. Whether yours is an urgent burst pipe repair or a slow drip you've been watching for a month, the sequence is identical: diagnose, quote in writing, fix, test.
Burst & Broken Pipes
A failed section gets isolated, cut out, and replaced, then pressure-tested before we leave. Broken pipe repair is about the splice holding for decades, not just stopping today's water.
- Line isolated and drained
- Failed section replaced with PEX
- Pressure-tested under load
Visible Leaks & Drips
A weeping joint under the sink, a drip at a fitting, a pinhole you can see. Water leak repair on accessible lines is quick, cheap, and worth doing early, before the drip becomes drywall work.
- Joints, fittings, and pinholes
- Fixed at the failure, not patched over
- Small jobs kept small
Low Water Pressure
Weak pressure at every fixture is a diagnosis, not a part number. The cause is usually one of three: a failed pressure regulator, old galvanized pipe corroded nearly shut, or mineral buildup. We test before we recommend.
- Static pressure measured first
- PRV replacement when it's the PRV
- Repipe recommended only when it's the pipe
Shut-Off & Angle-Stop Valves
The valve you'll need most is the one that hasn't turned in fifteen years. We replace seized mains, crumbling angle stops, and old gate valves with quarter-turn ball valves that work when it counts.
- Main shut off valve replacement
- Angle stops renewed at fixtures
- Gate valves upgraded to ball valves
Sump Pumps
Sump pump installation and replacement for the homes that need it: crawl spaces and low spots that collect winter runoff. We size the pump, plumb the discharge properly, and test it before the rain does.
- New installs and replacements
- Discharge routed and checked
- Tested under real load
Whole-House Repiping
When the pipe material itself is done, corroded galvanized or copper that pinholes again and again, we repipe the house in PEX. New lines, planned routes, and a system that starts its life over.
- PEX throughout
- Openings planned and minimized
- Every run tested before closing up
How we handle a pipe problem, small or house-sized.
The method scales. A drip and a repipe get the same first two steps, because the worst mistake in pipe work is fixing the symptom of a system that's failing. The second-worst is repiping a house that only needed one part replaced.
Here's the sequence, and where the two paths split.
Diagnose the failure and the system
We fix the immediate problem's cause, and we also read the system around it: pipe material, age, static pressure, signs of corrosion. One pinhole in young copper is bad luck. One pinhole in a pattern is information.
Give you the honest fork
Isolated failure: we quote the repair, and that's the recommendation. Failing system: we show you why (the corrosion, the pressure numbers, the leak history) and quote repair and repipe side by side. Your call, made with the evidence.
Repairs: isolate, replace, test
The line is shut down and drained, the failed section or fitting comes out, new PEX or the right fitting goes in, and the repair is pressure-tested under load before the wall closes or we leave.
Repipes: plan routes before opening walls
A repipe is planned on paper first: where the new PEX runs, where the manifold sits, which openings are actually needed. Planning is what keeps a whole-house job from becoming a whole-house mess.
Repipes: run, pressure-test, then close
New lines go in along the planned routes, every fixture gets connected, and the entire system holds test pressure before anything is sealed up. The old lines are retired in place, depressurized and done.
Walk the work with you
Every valve you now own gets pointed out, especially the new main shut-off. You'll know what was replaced, what was tested, and what to watch, in plain language.
Repair the pipe, or repipe the house?
It's the fork every aging plumbing system reaches, and the answer shouldn't depend on who you called. Here's the logic we use, case by case, the same logic we'll show you on paper.
The theme: repair fixes a failure, repiping fixes a pattern.
First leak, young pipe: repair.
An isolated failure in otherwise sound pipe is just that, isolated. We splice it, test it, and you shouldn't think about it again.
Pinholes keep coming back: the repipe conversation.
Copper that pinholes repeatedly is corroding from the inside, and each new leak is the same disease surfacing somewhere else. Paying for splice after splice is renting time on a failing system.
Low pressure everywhere, galvanized pipe: usually repipe.
Galvanized steel corrodes shut from within over decades. Once the flow has choked across the whole house, there's no part to swap. The pipe is the problem.
Low pressure everywhere, modern pipe: test the PRV first.
A failed pressure regulator mimics dying pipes. It's a far smaller fix, which is exactly why we measure before recommending anything larger.
Rust-tinted cold water: pipe corrosion talking.
Discolored cold water usually points at corroding galvanized supply lines (hot-only discoloration points at the water heater instead). It's a system-age signal worth a proper look.
Walls already opening for a remodel: repipe math changes.
Access is a real share of repipe cost. If a renovation is opening walls anyway, repiping old lines at the same time buys the new system at a genuine discount. Worth timing deliberately.
Our thanks to the people who keep our communities running.
A 5% discount, up to $200 off, for first responders, military, healthcare workers, teachers, seniors, and nonprofit staff. Mention "Community Heroes" when you call, and we'll take care of the rest.
- First Responders
- Military
- Healthcare Workers
- Seniors
- Teachers
- Nonprofit Employees
Applies to repairs over $500. Cannot be combined with other promotions. Proof of eligibility may be requested at the time of service.
Three offices, one pipe repair line.
Pipe and repipe crews dispatch from all three All Star Plumbing offices. One number reaches the team closest to you: (866) 986-4842.
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San Diego / Rancho Bernardo Office
11956 Bernardo Plaza Dr, Suite 147, San Diego, CA 92128
(858) 727-5807Open 24/7. Dispatch answers day and night.
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Murrieta Office
26193 Jefferson Ave, Ste C, Murrieta, CA 92562
(951) 783-4260Open 24/7. Dispatch answers day and night.
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Aliso Viejo Office
65 Enterprise, Suite 400c, Aliso Viejo, CA 92656
(949) 541-6940Open 24/7. Dispatch answers day and night.
What stands behind every pipe job.
You don't need a corporate dispatcher and a $99 trip fee to fix a plumbing problem.
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Family-owned, repairing and repiping since 2008.
Pipe repairs completed
Bursts, leaks, valves, regulators, and whole-house repipes.
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Active leaks
Water escaping right now routes to our emergency response, 60 minutes, any hour.
Leaks tracked down and fixed, in their words.
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What moves the price of pipe work?
A pipe job can be an hour at one fitting or a week through a whole house, so no single number is honest. The structure is, though: every job, either size, starts with a $0 service call and a written itemized estimate you approve before work starts. Here's what the estimate is actually made of.
The estimate's real ingredients
One failure, or a system
A splice, a valve, or a regulator sits at the small end. A whole-house repipe is the big end, priced by the home's size and fixture count. The diagnosis, not the sales pitch, decides which conversation we're having.
Getting to the pipe
An exposed line under a sink is minutes of access. A line inside a finished wall or ceiling means opening and later closing that surface, and the estimate says exactly where and how much.
What the water's been doing
A clean break in sound pipe is a simple splice. Corroded threads, mineral-locked fittings, or brittle old pipe around the failure add careful work, discovered at diagnosis and priced before, not after.
Pressure work riding along
High static pressure stresses everything downstream, and a failed regulator often travels with the leak that revealed it. If a PRV belongs in the fix, it appears as its own line you can see and question.
Why does copper pipe get pinhole leaks?
Corrosion from the inside out. Aggressive water chemistry and hard water slowly eat the pipe wall until a pinpoint opening weeps through, often announced by greenish staining on the outside of the pipe. One pinhole can be repaired. Recurring pinholes mean the corrosion is systemic, and that’s when repiping enters the conversation.
What is repiping, and when does a house actually need it?
Repiping replaces a home’s water supply lines entirely rather than patching them failure by failure. It earns its cost when the pipe material itself is done: galvanized steel choked with internal rust, or copper that pinholes repeatedly. The signals are frequent leaks, low pressure across every fixture, and rust-tinted water. One leak alone almost never justifies it.
Why do you repipe with PEX instead of copper?
Three practical reasons. PEX installs faster, which means fewer wall openings and less labor in your home. It handles hard water better than copper, the very thing that kills copper here. And it costs less for the same result. It’s been California code-compliant since 2010, and it’s the only material we repipe with.
Water pressure dropped in the whole house. What causes that?
Three usual suspects. A failed pressure regulator (the PRV where water enters the home), galvanized pipe corroded nearly shut, or mineral buildup narrowing the lines. They need very different fixes, which is why we measure static pressure and inspect before recommending anything. A PRV swap is a small job; never accept a repipe quote without the diagnosis that rules the PRV out.
What does a pressure regulator actually do?
It steps the street’s supply pressure down to the 60 to 80 psi range a home’s plumbing is built for. When it fails high, every pipe, hose, valve, and appliance connection lives under stress, and the weakest one eventually bursts. When it fails low, the whole house runs weak. Regulators wear out like any valve, and replacing a failed one protects everything downstream.
When should shut-off valves be replaced?
Before they fail the test that matters: actually turning in an emergency. An angle stop or main valve that hasn’t moved in a decade is often seized, and old gate valves are notorious for it. If a valve won’t close easily by hand, have it replaced with a quarter-turn ball valve. It’s a small job that decides how bad your next leak gets.
Do I even need a sump pump in Southern California?
Most homes here don’t, and we’ll say so. The ones that do have a crawl space, a below-grade room, or a low spot that collects water when winter storms stack up. If your home has flooded that way before, a properly sized and discharged sump pump is cheap insurance. If it hasn’t, we won’t invent the need.
My water bill jumped, but I can't see a leak anywhere. What should I do?
Start at the water meter: turn off every fixture and appliance, then watch the dial. If it moves, water is going somewhere. Before assuming the worst, check the quiet culprits: a running toilet (the classic invisible water-waster), a hose bib left cracked open, an irrigation valve stuck on. If none of those explain it and the meter keeps creeping, call us and we’ll help you run it down.
Pipe trouble? Get the honest size of the job first.
A licensed tech, a $0 service call, and a written estimate before any work. Small jobs stay small; a repipe gets recommended only when the evidence says so.
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