Bathroom and Ensuite Plumbing Hampton Park

Renovating an older bathroom

The original bathrooms in many Hampton Park homes are now forty years old, with separate bath and shower, wall-hung cisterns and galvanised pipe in the walls. A renovation is the right time to replace those old pipes, move fixtures into a better layout and set up for modern tapware.

Rough-in and fit-off

We work with your builder, tiler or directly with you. At rough-in we move or install water, waste and drainage pipes, set the positions for showers, vanities, toilets and baths, and pressure-test everything before walls are closed. After tiling we return to fit off tapware, toilets, vanities, showers and baths and test the finished room.

Shower leaks and smaller jobs

A leaking shower can damage walls, floors and framing. We find whether the leak is from the tapware, the waste or the waterproofing and repair the plumbing side. We also replace tapware, fit new vanities, install rail showers and handheld showers, and plumb accessible bathrooms with grab rail-friendly layouts and step-free showers.

Replacing old pipes during renovation

When walls are open, it costs far less to replace galvanised or tired copper pipe than later. We recommend repiping the bathroom back to the main line and fitting isolation valves for each fixture.

Planning the layout

Moving a toilet or shower changes the drainage. We check the fall and the sewer position before you commit to a design.

Accessible bathrooms

For older residents or anyone with limited mobility, we plumb step-free showers, raised toilets, lever tapware and handheld showers on rails, and we position fixtures so grab rails can be fitted securely.

Shower screens and wet areas

We fit shower wastes, linear drains and floor wastes with the correct fall so water heads to the drain, and we coordinate with your waterproofer so the plumbing penetrations are sealed properly before tiling.

We leave every bathroom tested, clean and ready to use, with the compliance certificate emailed to you.

Ask us about fixed-price rough-in and fit-off packages for your renovation.

We can also supply tapware and fixtures if you prefer one point of contact for the plumbing side of the job.

Hampton Park soil and pipes

Hampton Park sits on heavy grey clay over sandier ground towards Lyndhurst, and that clay swells in a wet winter and shrinks and cracks in a dry summer. The older homes west of Hallam Road were mostly connected with earthenware sewer pipe in short lengths, and every joint is a place for roots to get in once the ground moves. Galvanised steel water pipe from the same era rusts from the inside, narrowing the bore and eventually leaking. On the newer estates, PVC drains are tougher, but trenches that were not compacted properly can settle and leave dips that hold grease and paper. We use a drain camera and pressure testing to see what is actually happening rather than guessing.

From your call to the finished job