Bathroom, Kitchen and Laundry Plumbing in Clyde

Renovating a newer home

Many Clyde homes are only a few years old but the owners want to change them: a bigger ensuite shower, a butler's pantry with a second sink, a laundry moved to make room for a mud room, or an outdoor kitchen under the alfresco roof. Each of those changes involves water, waste and sometimes gas, and on a slab-on-ground home, moving a waste outlet means cutting the concrete.

Bathrooms and ensuites

For bathroom renovations we strip out the old fixtures, cap services, relocate pipes as needed, set the shower mixer and wall outlets, install floor wastes at the right height for the tiler's fall, and fit off once the tiling is done. We coordinate with the waterproofer so that every penetration through the membrane is sealed properly. Converting a shower over bath to a walk-in shower, or adding a freestanding bath, are popular changes in Clyde homes.

Kitchens and butler's pantries

A new kitchen layout may need the sink, dishwasher and fridge water moved, a gas line extended to an island cooktop, or a second sink added in a pantry. We plan the waste route and fall before the cabinets are ordered, because that determines where the sink can go. Filtered water taps and boiling water units can be connected at the same time.

Laundries

Moving a laundry means relocating the trough waste, the washing machine taps and sometimes the floor waste. On homes with recycled water, the washing machine cold tap may be on the recycled supply, and that needs to stay correctly connected.

Alfresco and outdoor kitchens

Outdoor kitchens need a sink waste that drains to sewer, not to the garden, a water supply that will not freeze, and often a gas bayonet or a fixed gas line for a barbecue. We install these to the gasfitting and plumbing rules, with isolation valves you can reach.

Quotes for renovation plumbing

We visit, look at the existing set-up and the plans, and give you a fixed written quote covering each stage, so there are no surprises when the walls come off.

Working on slab homes

Almost every Clyde home is built on a concrete slab, so the waste pipes for showers, toilets, basins and floor wastes are cast into the concrete. Moving a fixture usually means cutting a trench in the slab, relaying the waste with the right fall and patching the concrete. It is very doable, but it adds time and cost, so we work out the pipe route early and price it clearly. Sometimes a small shift in the design, such as keeping the toilet on the same wall, avoids slab cutting altogether.

Waterproofing and compliance

Wet area waterproofing must meet the Australian Standard, and in Victoria the plumber and waterproofer need to work together so that every pipe penetration and floor waste is sealed into the membrane. We set puddle flanges and waste outlets ready for the waterproofer, check heights before tiling and fit off cleanly afterwards. We issue the plumbing compliance certificate at the end of the job.

Clyde ground

Clyde homes sit on heavy basalt clay that swells after rain and shrinks hard over summer. Drains laid in that clay move with it, so joints open up and roots find their way in. On the new estates the ground has been cut and filled for house pads, which can leave sewer lines with a slight belly that holds water and collects waste. When we clear a drain or chase a leak in Clyde, we keep that soil in mind and use a camera to check the line rather than guessing.

From your call to the finished job