# Repiping Blog

> Winter pipe planning, Chicago plumbing code news, lead line program steps and repipe walkthroughs for owners of older Chicago-area buildings. Read the latest.

URL: https://chicagolakerepiping.com/blog/

The repiping blog: timing, rule changes and program steps that affect older Chicago-area buildings, and what a repipe looks like from start to finish.

## Latest posts

- Dates and Deadlines [How do Chicago's lead service line program applications work?](https://chicagolakerepiping.com/blog/chicago-lead-line-program-application-window/)Which of the City's lead line programs take applications and which come to you, how the queue and funding limits work, what the fee waiver asks of your contractor, and what none of them pays for. October 25, 2026
- News [What do Chicago's plumbing code changes mean for a repipe?](https://chicagolakerepiping.com/blog/chicago-plumbing-code-modernization-repipes/)The City Council's Phase 3 codes ordinance and the 2021 interim amendments both touched the plumbing code. Here is what each changed for replacing water supply pipe, and what stayed the same. October 25, 2026
- Seasonal [How do you get old pipes through a Chicago winter?](https://chicagolakerepiping.com/blog/getting-old-pipes-through-a-chicago-winter/)Chicago spends a third of the year with nights at or below freezing. Where old water lines are exposed, how to protect them before the first hard freeze, and what a repipe can and cannot change. October 25, 2026
- Illustrative Walkthrough [What a Chicago repipe looks like from start to finish: an illustrative walkthrough](https://chicagolakerepiping.com/blog/what-a-chicago-repipe-looks-like-start-to-finish/)An illustrative example, not a record of a real job: how a whole-house repipe of a brick bungalow with galvanized supply pipe would run, step by step, from the first call to labeled shutoffs. October 25, 2026