Renovation plumbing — quietly, on time, and properly priced from the start.
Rough-ins, fit-offs, single-fixture swaps. Working alongside builders, tilers, and cabinet-makers — or just the homeowner who's bought a tap online and wants it fitted properly. Code compliance handled end-to-end.
I do the bit no one likes thinking about until it's wrong.
Plumbing in a bathroom or kitchen renovation is the work hidden inside walls and under floors. It has to be right the first time — when the tile's down, the gib is up, and the cabinetry is in, you don't get to redo it.
I work two ways: as part of a builder's renovation team handling the plumbing scope, or as the lead trade for homeowners who are managing their own renovation and want to coordinate trades themselves. Either way, the goal is the same: a tap turns on, water comes out, and the line behind it never has to be thought about again.
- Bathroom rough-ins. Hot and cold lines, waste, vents — set out with the tiler's setting-out drawings if there are any, and against the actual fixtures you've chosen, not generic stand-in dimensions.
- Kitchen fit-offs. Tap installation, dishwasher and washing machine connections, fridge water lines, instant boiling water units. Tested before I leave.
- Heated towel rails & underfloor. Wet systems plumbed and pressure-tested with the electrician for the timer and circuit work.
- Wetroom & ensuite waste planning. Falls correct, traps in the right spots, water doesn't pool where it shouldn't.
- Single-fixture replacements. Just need a tap swapped, a toilet replaced, or a vanity changed out? That's a normal day's work, not too small.
An owner-operator who turns up when he's booked, not the Tuesday after.
If you've got a renovation team and you're tired of plumbers who quote on Monday and don't show up until Thursday — call me. I quote what I can do, take the work I can deliver, and turn up to do it.
How I work in a build sequence
I keep your build moving. Rough-in when the framing's signed off — same week ideally. Pressure test the lines before the gib goes up so the line passes are clean. Fit-off when the tiler's done and the cabinets are in. Final compliance paperwork on the day of handover.
If your build runs long (most do), I'll re-sequence with you rather than holding you to my original date. I'd rather move my fit-off than have your client moving in around incomplete work.
What I won't do
I won't quote a five-bathroom new build I can't honestly deliver inside your timeline. I won't take on a job and sub it out without telling you. I won't quote low to win a job and then find $4k of extras during the build.
That last one — finding extras after the quote — is the single biggest reason builders sack tradies they used to use. I work to the quote and tell you immediately if something genuinely changes the scope.
The paperwork that keeps your renovation real.
Sanitary plumbing and drainage in a renovation needs to comply with G12 and G13 of the Building Code, and any change of use or significant alteration usually means a building consent. Where the work is restricted, certifying-trades records and a producer statement go on file and to council.
I handle that. You shouldn't be the one chasing it. Where you do need to know what's happening — for example, when the council inspector is visiting — I tell you in advance.
Not a renovation? I do the rest of it too.
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Same-day callouts for bursts, blocks, and hot-water failures.
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Replacement, repairs, pressure issues, slow recovery.
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Blocked drains, slow gullies, downpipe and stormwater work.