The Economics of Repiping a Commercial Building

Aging hydronic piping systems can leak, causing property damage and frequent shutdowns of heating and cooling systems. Older copper and galvanized pipes can cause low water pressure, leaks, and discolored water in potable water systems. These problems strain relations with tenants, and mounting plumbing costs are common. The value of the building suffers, and it becomes difficult to maintain tenant satisfaction and market value rental rates. Repiping becomes the economically sensible choice. One SageWater client estimated that the related costs of suffering with old pipes amounted to nine times the expense of leak damage repair.

SageWater is America's Repipe Specialist

With over 20 million feet of hydronic and potable pipe replaced, we are the nation's most experienced pipe replacement specialist for occupied commercial buildings. That experience helped us develop and master our unique after hours One Call Repipe solution.

One Call Repipe is a turnkey process that takes care of everything from planning and estimating to implementation, communications and project management. We evaluate the functionality of your system based on the repairs or replacement needed and what improvements will yield the highest ROI. We offer designs with detailed budgets and ROI analysis. Because our installation services are turnkey, the cost and management hassle of hiring multiple trades for your project are eliminated. Just one call to SageWater and your problem is solved.

We take care of communications with tenants, removal of the old system including coordination with remediation contractors if needed, piping installation, insulation, repairs to drywall, and all painting. Tenants often state their spaces look better after the work than they did before. Our onsite project manager coordinates with your tenants and our in-house team of craftsmen, so there are no costly delays associated with separate sub-contractors, and no surprises.

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Featured Project: SageWater replaced 37 hydronic 2 pipe riser systems in the prestigious 13-story Blake Building, just 3 blocks from the White House.

Internal corrosion of copper and galvanized pipe can lead to premature failure.

Older copper and galvanized pipes can cause problems in potable water systems.

A Repipe Your Tenants Can Work With

Sagewater services large commercial repipe projects in office parks, retail malls and urban highrise buildings.

Whether it's an office park, retail mall or high-rise office building, we apply the same approach to pipe replacement: a turnkey One Call Repipe process that minimizes disruption to tenants. To keep tenants fully informed, we hold "town hall" meetings, send letters to each business, post notices and provide customized project websites where owners and tenants can get information about the project and stay informed about its progress.

We eliminate costly delays by employing our own crews, not sub-contractors, from start to finish. Work is done from 6 pm to 6 am and on weekends, and debris is kept to a minimum, removed every day followed by thorough cleaning before the tenants return to work. Tenants report 100% satisfaction with the SageWater approach and no disruption to their work routines.