Sandy Basement Repipe | Replace It Before the Walls Close

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# Sandy basement polybutylene swap and hose bib

**Mountain Man Plumbing** Published Sep 4, 2026

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Outdoor frost-free hose bib mounted through brick exterior wall after replacement service in Sandy Utah

Mountain Man Plumbing replaced this frost-free outdoor hose bib on a brick wall during a Sandy, UT basement plumbing update.

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1. Mountain Man Plumbing replaced this frost-free outdoor hose bib on a brick wall during a Sandy, UT basement plumbing update.
2. Mountain Man Plumbing worked through this open Sandy, UT basement ceiling to swap polybutylene before finishes closed it in.
3. Mountain Man Plumbing ran this blue PEX through the Sandy, UT basement framing while replacing defective polybutylene pipe.
4. Mountain Man Plumbing tied new PEX into the water heater loop on this Sandy, UT job after removing polybutylene sections.
5. Mountain Man Plumbing replaced polybutylene like these lines near the water heater during a Sandy, UT basement remodel.
6. Mountain Man Plumbing cleared questionable polybutylene runs like these in a Sandy, UT basement before walls were finished.
7. Mountain Man Plumbing replaced a saddle valve feeding the ice maker line in this Sandy, UT basement rim-joist area.

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## The story *behind the photos.*

Mountain Man Plumbing
Sandy, Utah

We got called out to a property in Sandy because the homeowners were remodeling their basement and knew they still had polybutylene pipe. That stuff was used a lot in the ’80s through the late ’90s, and even back then it started giving people trouble. There was a big lawsuit that put the manufacturer out of business and left millions of homes stuck with it. We run into it regularly at Mountain Man Plumbing, and Sandy is a real hotspot because so many houses there were built right when that was the go-to material.

While the basement was open we replaced about forty-five feet of the polybutylene that was going to get finished over, and we tied the new PEX back into the water heater loop so everything stayed solid. That was the meat of the job—getting the questionable pipe out before the walls closed up.

We also changed out the outdoor frost-free hose bib while we had access, and we replaced a questionable saddle valve that was clamping onto the line and piercing it to feed the ice maker. Those little clamp-on valves are never our favorite, so we put in a proper ice maker shutoff while we were already there. Water went back on, we checked for leaks, and the remodel could move forward with better pipe and cleaner shutoffs in place.

**$750.00** Published price for this job · 2026-09-04. Scope and pricing vary by job.

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Gray supply tubing at rim joist with brass fittings near foundation wall after ice maker valve work Sandy

Mountain Man Plumbing replaced a saddle valve feeding the ice maker line in this Sandy, UT basement rim-joist area.

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