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Hills Plumbing & Gas
New estate
Pimpama, Gold Coast QLD

Bathroom Renovations in Pimpama

Modern 2000s-2020s family housing in growth corridors. Hills Plumbing & Gas covers Pimpama for bathroom renovations, fixed-price quoting, 24/7 emergency, workmanship guarantee in writing.

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Bathroom Renovations in a new estate suburb like Pimpama

Pimpama's first wave of estate homes is old enough to renovate. Hills Plumbing & Gas handles the licensed plumbing side of bathroom renovations across Pimpama, fixed-price quotes, certified work and a written workmanship guarantee. Call 0472 657 042. QBCC licence 15243081. The 2008 to 2015 builds in Gainsborough Greens and the earlier Pimpama estates are now 10 to 15 years old, which is exactly when builder-basic bathrooms start to look and feel dated: chrome fittings pitting, acrylic shower bases flexing, vanities swelling at the kickboard. The good news for Pimpama owners is that everything behind the tiles is modern, PEX water lines, PVC drainage with proper fall, current-standard waterproofing. That makes these renos predictable to quote and quick to build compared with older housing stock.

Bathroom Renovations across Pimpama

Pimpama plumbers covering the rapidly growing estates west and north of Coomera, Gainsborough Greens, Pimpama Junction, Pacific Cove and the surrounding family-housing developments. Pimpama State Secondary College, Pimpama State School and Saint Joseph's College Coomera anchor the school-age population, with the Pimpama Junction and Pimpama City shopping precincts on Pimpama-Jacobs Well Road serving the new estates. Most of Pimpama's housing has gone up in the past 15 years on master-planned 350-500 m² lots.

What we typically see in Pimpama specifically

Pimpama is one of the fastest-growing parts of the Gold Coast. New-build plumbing work and warranty fit-off issues dominate, original builder fittings often fail in the first 2-3 years on the newest streets. Standard service work for the slightly older streets in Gainsborough Greens, typically tapware replacement, hot water system swap-outs and gas appliance installs. The earliest 2010s estates are now hitting the 10-15 year mark where builder-grade hot water units reach end-of-life. Flat low-lying lots near the Pimpama River have a higher water table, slow-running gully drains and stormwater pit clearing are recurring jobs after summer storms. Newer streets have modern PEX water service and integrated mains gas throughout.

How the bathroom renovations job runs in Pimpama

Strip-out and disconnection of the original builder fittings with protection on adjoining rooms. Drainage check: same layout means we reuse the existing drainage, a layout change means slab coring and re-setting wastes with correct fall. Hot and cold rough-in extends the existing PEX to the new fixture positions. Everything is pressure tested before sheeting so the tiler never covers a leak. We set out niches, hobs, wastes and fixture centres with your tiler, then fit off tapware, vanity, toilet, shower and bath after waterproofing and tiling are certified. You finish with compliance paperwork and our workmanship guarantee in writing. Most Pimpama jobs run without surprises because the house is young, we allow a small contingency and rarely need it.

Pricing for bathroom renovations in Pimpama

For the plumbing portion of a Pimpama bathroom reno: a basic same-layout refresh is quoted on inspection, below the mid-tier band, a mid-level job with better fittings or minor layout tweaks runs $6,000 to $9,000, and a premium reno with relocated fixtures, freestanding bath or double vanity is quoted on inspection, above the mid-tier band.

For the whole renovation including tiling, waterproofing, carpentry and fittings, realistic Gold Coast totals are $18,000 to $25,000 for a budget refresh, $28,000 to $40,000 for a solid mid-range reno, $45,000 to $70,000 plus at the high end, and luxury builds can reach $120,000 plus. In a warranty-era Pimpama home the plumbing side quotes cleanly, the spread mostly comes from tiles, stone and fittings.

Why Pimpama homes call Hills Plumbing & Gas

  • Based on the Coast, 13+ years experience doing this, Pimpama is on our regular run
  • 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
  • Real after-hours line, same number day or night, person on the other end
  • Documented workmanship guarantee on every invoice, kept on file our end too

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Common questions

Things Pimpama homeowners ask us about bathroom renovations

Do I need a waterproofing certificate for a bathroom renovation?Yes. Queensland requires a waterproofing compliance certificate for any new or replaced bathroom membrane, issued by the licensed waterproofer who applied it under AS 3740. Waterproofing is licensed work in Queensland, so an unlicensed membrane cannot be certified. In our experience, missing certificates surface most often at insurance claim and house sale time, so keep it with your renovation paperwork.Read more →What causes bathroom leaks after a renovation?Most bathroom leaks after a renovation come from failed or skipped waterproofing, a floor that does not fall to the waste, or poorly sealed penetrations. Other culprits are movement cracking at the wall-to-floor junction, a badly connected waste or trap, and membrane tiled over before it cured. Older coastal homes add corroded in-wall pipework. Get it diagnosed properly rather than re-siliconed and hoped over.Read more →What is the correct floor fall for a shower?Bathroom floors in Queensland are graded to a fall of 1:60 to 1:80 under AS 3500, roughly 12mm to 16mm of drop per metre. The shower area is set slightly steeper so water reaches the waste instead of pooling at the screen. On the Gold Coast, most of the pooling showers we attend were tiled before anyone checked the falls, and the fix is a re-screed, not more silicone.Read more →
FAQs

Bathroom Renovations in Pimpama, common questions

Do I need a waterproofing certificate for a bathroom renovation?+
Yes. Queensland requires wet-area waterproofing to AS 3740 by a licensed waterproofer, and the certificate should name the applicator, the membrane product and the date. Keep it with your house documents, buyers and insurers ask for it. If a quote does not mention certification, ask why.
What causes bathroom leaks after a renovation?+
Nearly always workmanship: membrane skipped or rushed before cure, floors that pond instead of falling to the waste, unsealed penetrations where taps and wastes pass through the membrane, and poorly made trap or waste connections. All preventable with a pressure test before sheeting and a certified membrane, which is how we run every job.
What is the correct floor fall for a shower?+
Bathroom floors fall to the waste at about 1 in 60 to 1 in 80, roughly 12 to 16 millimetres per metre, with the shower zone slightly steeper so it sheds water quickly. Get it wrong and you live with puddles, get it very wrong and water tracks to the doorway.
Will my new-estate bathroom reno reveal surprises like an older home?+
Rarely. A Pimpama home built after 2008 has PEX in the walls, modern PVC drainage and a membrane that met current standards when installed, so strip-out seldom uncovers the rot, lead flashing or dodgy handyman plumbing we see in older suburbs. It is one reason we can quote these jobs tightly.
Is it worth upgrading from builder-grade tapware in a 10-year-old home?+
Usually yes. Builder-spec chrome is chosen on price and is mid-life by year ten. Quality brassware lasts far longer, feels better every day, and gets swapped while the walls are already open, which is the cheap time to do it.
Can I keep the existing tile and just swap fittings?+
If the tile and membrane are sound, yes. A fixture-only refresh, new tapware, basin, toilet and shower set on the existing layout, is days rather than weeks and sits well under full-reno money. We check for drummy tiles and membrane condition first so you are not polishing a bathroom that is about to fail underneath.
How long does a new-estate bathroom reno take?+
Around 3 to 4 weeks from strip-out to fit-off for a single bathroom in Pimpama, keeping in mind waterproofing cure times cannot be rushed. Older homes run longer because of what strip-out finds, warranty-era homes mostly do not have that problem.
Do you supply the tapware or do I buy it?+
Either works. Plenty of clients pick their own fittings and we install them. If you would rather we supply, we buy at trade rates from the major brands and pass the choice back to you with real prices, not showroom prices.
Is it worth renovating a 10 year old Gainsborough Greens bathroom or should I wait?+
If the fittings are failing, waiting just means living with them longer, the structure behind the tiles is not the constraint in a home this age. The earliest Gainsborough Greens streets are exactly at the point where a basic plumbing refresh transforms the room without touching layout.
Will renovating void any builder warranty on my Pimpama home?+
Renovation work done by licensed trades does not affect your statutory cover on the builder's unrelated work. Our plumbing work carries its own compliance certification and written workmanship guarantee, and we document the condition of anything we expose. If your home is new enough that the original bathroom itself is still inside a defect period, raise the defect with the builder first, do not pay to renovate around it.
My Pimpama home is on a slab, does that make moving the toilet expensive?+
It adds slab coring and drainage re-setting, so a layout change costs meaningfully more than a same-layout refresh, that is the main jump between the basic tier and the tier above it premium tier. On 350 to 500 square metre lot homes the bathrooms are compact, so we often get a better result from a walk-in shower conversion on the existing waste positions than from relocating fixtures.

Other services we cover in Pimpama

All the plumbing and gas work on the Coast, one phone number.

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