Strip-out
Old tiles, fittings and damaged sheeting removed and taken away. This is also when any hidden water damage shows itself.
Overview
The bits nobody sees decide the ones they do
A bathroom is the hardest room in the house to get right, because most of what keeps it working is buried. Falls, membrane, bond breakers, hob detailing and the junction between wall and floor all have to be correct before a single tile goes on.
We run the whole sequence in the right order and give it time to cure. Waterproofing that gets tiled over the same afternoon is the single most common cause of the leaks we get called out to repair a few years later.
Process
How a bathroom runs
Indicative sequence — your quote comes with dates against each stage.
Trades & rough-in
Plumbing and electrical relocated and roughed in, wall sheeting replaced, and framing corrected where needed.
Waterproofing
Primer, bond breakers, corner reinforcement and membrane coats — applied to the required heights and left to cure.
Screed & falls
Floor screeded so water runs to the waste from every point in the shower, with no ponding left behind.
Wall & floor tiling
Set-out marked first, then tiling — including niches, hobs, shelves and the mitres on external corners.
Grout, seal & fit-off
Grouting, silicone to all movement junctions, fittings back on, final clean and a walk-through with you.
Scope options
Three ways people usually go
Rough guides to scope, not fixed prices — every bathroom is quoted on what is actually behind the walls.
Option A
Re-tile only
Existing layout and plumbing stay. Tiles off, waterproofing renewed, new tile on. The quickest way to change how the room reads.
- Strip existing tiles
- Re-waterproof wet areas
- New wall and floor tile
- Regrout and re-silicone
Option B
Full renovation
Same footprint, everything new. Sheeting, waterproofing, screed, tile, vanity, screen and tapware.
- Complete strip-out
- New sheeting and rough-in
- Membrane, screed and falls
- Full tile, fit-off and clean
Option C
Reconfigure
Move the shower, lose the bath, change the door. Plumbing and framing relocated to a new layout.
- Layout planning
- Plumbing and electrical relocation
- Framing and sheeting changes
- Everything in Option B
Gallery
Bathrooms we have finished
Questions
Before you book
A re-tile is commonly a few days. A full renovation is typically one to two weeks, driven mostly by curing time for the membrane and screed and by the lead time on fittings. If you have only one bathroom, tell us — we will tighten the sequence where we can.
Yes. For full renovations we coordinate the licensed trades so the rough-in, waterproofing and tiling happen in the right order. You can also use your own trades if you prefer — we will work to their dates.
Yes. You get a record of the membrane system used and where it was applied. If your strata, insurer or a future sale needs evidence that the wet area was done properly, it is there.
A like-for-like bathroom renovation generally does not, but moving walls or plumbing, or working in a strata building, can trigger owners corporation approval or a development application. We will flag it if your job looks like one of those.
Book an on-site bathroom quote
We measure, look behind the obvious, and price the job you actually have.