# Repiping Blog

> Freeze prep for Austin pipes, plumbing code news, Austin Water pressure projects and a repipe walkthrough for owners of Austin-area houses. Read on.

URL: https://gracklerepipingaustin.com/blog/

## Latest posts

- News [Austin's 2024 plumbing code: what changes for a repipe](https://gracklerepipingaustin.com/blog/austin-2024-plumbing-code-repipes/)Austin adopted the 2024 Uniform Plumbing Code with local amendments, effective July 10, 2025. Four of those amendments shape almost every repipe: the permit holder, the 65 psi pressure rule, the meter-box valve and R-4 insulation on attic lines. October 29, 2026
- Seasonal [Austin freeze prep checklist for pipes, before the first hard freeze](https://gracklerepipingaustin.com/blog/austin-freeze-prep-for-pipes/)Austin freezes on only a handful of nights in a normal winter, which is exactly why houses are rarely ready. This checklist covers the valve, the exposed pipe and the attic lines to look at while the weather is still mild. October 29, 2026
- Dates and Deadlines [Oltorf Travis Heights pressure zone project: what to check before and after a regulator goes in](https://gracklerepipingaustin.com/blog/oltorf-travis-heights-pressure-zone/)Austin Water is moving the Oltorf corridor near Travis Heights into a new reduced pressure zone, with regulators and expansion tanks on some properties. Here is what an owner in the project area can check on their own plumbing before the work and after it. October 29, 2026
- Illustrative Walkthrough [What a whole house repipe looks like start to finish: an illustrative Austin slab-home walkthrough](https://gracklerepipingaustin.com/blog/what-a-slab-home-repipe-looks-like/)An illustrative walkthrough, not a case study: the stages of a typical PEX repipe on a one-story Austin slab house, from the first visit to the closed walls, following the process the work actually uses. October 29, 2026