An Orange County, California, homeowner weighing a whole-house copper repipe received a $14,500 quote for Type L copper. In a thread from December 2025, the homeowner said another quote, for Type K copper, came in at $21,600.
For another California homeowner holding a repipe estimate, the split shows why the total is only part of the comparison. These bids named different pipe types, while the homeowner’s account did not lay out all the work included in either price.
The homeowner said the house was over 2,000 square feet…