Bathroom and kitchen renovation plumbing
Plumbing for bathroom and kitchen renovations, from moving drains and supply lines to setting the new fixtures.
For your home
Basement and laundry rough-in in Kitchener-Waterloo
Rough-in plumbing for basement bathrooms, wet bars and laundry rooms, including drains below the concrete floor.
- Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
- WSIB covered
- Homes and businesses
Basement and laundry rough-in for homes across Kitchener-Waterloo
Rough-in plumbing is the drain, vent and water lines that go in before the walls, floors and fixtures. Many newer homes already have capped rough-in pipes in the basement floor for a future bathroom, and older homes usually need the concrete opened to add them.
When a new basement fixture sits lower than the sewer pipe leaving your house, the waste has to be pumped up by an ejector pump, a sealed pump in a basin under the floor. Laundry rooms need a drain that can handle the fast discharge from a washing machine, plus hot and cold supply lines with shut-off valves.
Signs you need basement and laundry rough-in
- You are finishing your basement and want a bathroom
- You want to move the laundry upstairs or into a new room
- There are capped pipes in your basement floor and you are not sure what they are for
- You are adding a wet bar or kitchenette
- Your washing machine drain overflows during the spin cycle
How the job works
Check what is there
We check the existing rough-in, the depth of the main drain and where the new fixtures can tie in.
Open the floor if needed
If the drains have to go under the slab, we cut and remove the concrete along the new pipe route.
Run drains, vents and supply
We install the new lines with the correct slope and venting, then test them before anything is covered.
Close up
The trench is backfilled and the concrete restored, ready for framing and finishing.
Common questions
What are the pipes sticking out of my basement floor?
Usually they are a rough-in for a future bathroom: a larger pipe for the toilet and smaller ones for the sink and shower. They stay capped until the fixtures are installed.
Do I need a pump for a basement bathroom?
Only if the fixtures sit below the level of the sewer pipe leaving the house. If gravity can carry the waste out, no pump is needed.
Can a laundry room go upstairs?
Yes, with a drain and supply lines run to the new spot and a drain pan under the washer to catch leaks. Upstairs laundry needs more care, since a leak there reaches the rooms below.
Where we do basement and laundry rough-in
Based in Kitchener, working across Waterloo, Cambridge, Guelph and Stratford.
- Kitchener, our home base
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