1. to install new plumbing in a building or structure
2. to check or adjust something to make it vertical or properly aligned again
Usage: technical

Examples

• The old house needed to be completely replumbed before we could move in.
• After the earthquake, we had to replumb the entire bathroom.
• The contractor will replumb the kitchen during the renovation.
• They decided to replumb with copper pipes instead of the old galvanized ones.
• The carpenter had to replumb the wall after it shifted during construction.
• We’re planning to replumb the basement next spring.