Bathroom Renovations in an inland suburb like Ashmore
Ashmore's housing went up mostly between the 1970s and the 1990s, and a lot of those homes still carry their original bathrooms: the brown or pastel tiles, the shower over the bath, the vanity that was fashionable when it went in. Those bathrooms did their job for forty years and they are done. The good news about renovating in Ashmore rather than on the beachfront is that what sits behind the tiles is usually in fair shape. In-wall copper away from salt air tends to be sound, drainage under slab or timber floors is usually serviceable, and homes renovated or built after the waterproofing standards tightened generally have a membrane where one belongs. The genuinely old streets are the caveat: pre-1990 bathrooms often have no effective waterproofing at all, and 1970s homes can still hide galvanised water lines that should not survive the renovation. We strip, assess and rebuild with that vintage in mind, and everything from waterproofing certification to the final fit-off is documented.
Bathroom Renovations across Ashmore
Ashmore plumbers covering the residential streets between Southport and Nerang, from the older established homes near Ashmore State School and Ashmore City shopping centre, through to the newer estates toward Molendinar. The Ashmore Plaza precinct on Currumburra Road anchors daily activity, with Aquinas College and Aspire School in the catchment. Much of the housing stock dates back to the 1960s-90s brick-and-tile family-home era on quarter-acre blocks now well into renovation-refresh territory.
What we typically see in Ashmore specifically
Ashmore's housing skews 1960s-1990s, many homes are on their second or third hot water system now and starting to need full bathroom renovations as 30-50 year old original tilework reaches end-of-life. The older brick-and-tile homes often have ageing copper pipework with pinhole leaks developing at compression fittings, we re-pipe sections in PEX during renovations. Gas fitting work is common, Ashmore has strong mains gas coverage right through the suburb. The 1960s-70s streets near Ashmore State School often still have original galvanised hot-water lines that are well past serviceable life. Slightly lower-lying lots near the Nerang River and Saltwater Creek catchment occasionally need stormwater pit clearing after heavy rain.
How the bathroom renovations job runs in Ashmore
An Ashmore bathroom renovation runs three to five weeks from strip-out to final fit-off, with plumbing spread over roughly four visits:
- Strip-out and disconnection. Fixtures out, water isolated, and the first honest look at what forty years of use left behind the tiles.
- Assessment while the walls are open. Copper condition, any galvanised remnants, drainage falls, subfloor or slab condition. If something needs dealing with, this is the cheap moment to deal with it, and you get it in writing with a price before anything proceeds.
- Rough-in. New hot and cold in PEX as standard, copper if specified, new drainage where the layout changes, pressure tested before the walls close.
- Set-out coordination. We work to the tiler's and waterproofer's sequence, and the waterproofing is done by a licensed applicator and certified, which Queensland requires and which protects the single most failure-prone part of any bathroom.
- Fit-off and handover. Tapware, fixtures, toilet, testing, and the workmanship guarantee documented on the invoice.
Layout changes are where budgets move. Keeping the toilet, shower and vanity where they are keeps the plumbing simple. Moving a toilet or converting a bath-and-shower corner into a walk-in shower on a slab home means coring concrete and re-laying drainage with proper fall, and relocating a toilet or wet area adds $1,500 to $4,000 plus to the plumbing. Worth it when the layout is genuinely bad, worth skipping when it is vanity metreage; we will tell you which we think it is.
We can run plumbing only alongside your builder and trades, or run the whole renovation end to end through the small trade network we use across the central suburbs, one point of contact either way.
Why Ashmore homes call Hills Plumbing & Gas
- We have opened up enough original Ashmore bathrooms to know what the 70s and 80s left in the walls
- QBCC plumbing licence 15243081 plus a separate gas work licence, waterproofing certified by a licensed applicator
- Fixed written quote, with strip-out discoveries priced in writing before work continues
- One phone number for the whole renovation, answered by the plumber doing it
- Workmanship guarantee documented on the invoice
Pricing for bathroom renovations in Ashmore
Ashmore renovation pricing, 2026. Plumbing scope only:
- Straightforward renovation, same layout: quoted on inspection below the mid-tier band
- Mid-range renovation with some layout adjustment: $6,000 to $9,000
- Premium renovation or significant layout change: quoted on inspection, above the mid-tier band
- Toilet or wet area relocation: adds $1,500 to $4,000 plus
Whole renovation, all trades:
- Solid refresh: $18,000 to $25,000
- Mid-range full renovation: $28,000 to $40,000
- Premium renovation: $45,000 to $70,000 plus
- Top-end work: runs to $120,000 plus
Hold a contingency of $2,000 to $3,000 for what strip-out reveals. In Ashmore that is usually modest, old galvanised remnants or a drainage surprise in the earliest streets, but the honest budget includes it. Outdoor showers and other add-ons are quoted on inspection.
Why Ashmore homes call Hills Plumbing & Gas
- Gold Coast based, 13+ years experience on the tools, familiar with how Ashmore houses are usually plumbed
- QBCC plumbing licence plus a gas work licence, full public liability cover, gas work compliance issued at the door
- Quote in writing first, then the work, no "we hit something unexpected" add-ons
- Out of hours we still pick up the phone, no "we will get back to you tomorrow"
- Workmanship guarantee documented on every job sheet, no fine-print exclusions
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