Project gallery
Our own work, on our own jobs
Every photograph here is from a real Conejo Valley job. No stock photography, and no other company’s work.
Some of them are finished fixtures. The rest are open walls, rough-in and drain work — the parts that get sealed up and never seen again. Those are here on purpose, because that is where you can actually judge how somebody works.
- Photographs
- 25
- Finished
- 17
- Behind the wall
- 8
Showing 25 of 25 photographs.
Perrin & Rowe bridge faucet, marble top
An English bridge faucet set on marble. Bridge sets need their hole spacing settled against the actual stone template rather than a standard rough-in, because the deck is drilled once and there is no second chance at it.
Luxury Plumbing →Stone vessel basin, wall-mounted brass
A wall-mounted widespread over a carved stone vessel. Spout height, projection and handle spacing all get fixed at rough-in, long before the stone arrives — once the wall is closed and the top is set, there is no adjustment left.
Luxury Plumbing →Brushed brass gooseneck, fluted tile
Finish plumbing against fluted tile. The escutcheon has to land on a flat run of tile rather than a flute, which is a setting-out conversation with the tile installer before either trade starts.
Luxury Plumbing →Deck-mount tub filler
A deck-mounted filler with a hand shower on a stone tub deck. The valve body and the riser have to be positioned before the deck is fabricated, so the holes and the handles line up with the tub rather than approximately near it.
Luxury Plumbing →Carved marble vessel, corner set
A one-off carved marble basin set into a corner vanity. Specialty basins rarely match a standard drain location, so the waste arm and trap were set to the stone rather than the other way round.
Luxury Plumbing →Electronic bidet toilet, powder room
An electronic bidet toilet with its wall control and dedicated receptacle placed to the manufacturer's rough-in sheet. Get the outlet position wrong and the cord either will not reach or ends up visible beside a finished wall.
TOTO Specialty →One-piece toilet, being set
Setting a skirted one-piece in a house still under construction. Skirted bowls hide the closet bolts, which means the flange height and the floor build-up have to be right before the bowl goes down — you cannot shim your way out of it afterwards.
TOTO Specialty →Custom shower, thermostatic
A finished shower with a thermostatic control and a ceiling rain head. The valve depth, the niche and the head location were all set at rough-in against this exact tile layout — the trim only goes on cleanly because that happened first.
Custom Homes & Remodels →Shower rough-in, copper
Copper rough-in for a custom shower, with the thermostatic valve body set to finished-wall depth and risers secured to blocking. This is the stage that decides whether trim-out goes on in an afternoon or turns into a tile problem.
Custom Homes & Remodels →Double vanity, remodel finish
Finish plumbing on a double vanity. Two sets of supplies, two traps and a shared wall — the waste arms have to be laid out so both traps clear the cabinet drawers, which is decided during rough-in, not at trim.
Custom Homes & Remodels →Strut-mounted rough-in
Supply and waste carried on strut between studs. Fixing pipe to a channel rather than notching studs keeps the framing intact and holds everything on line, which matters when the drywall goes on and nothing can be adjusted again.
Custom Homes & Remodels →Twin Navien tankless, cascaded
Two Navien units side by side, each with its own isolation valves, gas connector and vent run. A pair like this covers a large house's simultaneous demand — but it only works if the gas line was sized for both units running at once, which is the calculation people skip.
Tankless & Water Heaters →Noritz tankless, exterior mount
An exterior tankless mount on brick. Outdoor installation removes the venting problem entirely, which is often what makes a tankless conversion viable in an older house with no good vent path.
Tankless & Water Heaters →Tankless conversion, utility room
A tank-to-tankless conversion. The unit is the small part — the work is the gas line upsize, the vent path and the condensate route, and those are what decide whether tankless makes sense in a given house.
Tankless & Water Heaters →Tank heater, closet install
A tank replacement with expansion tank, seismic strapping and a drain pan. Those three are code items in California and the first things an inspector looks for — they are also the first things a cheap quote leaves out.
Tankless & Water Heaters →Point-of-use heater, remote fixture
A point-of-use mini-tank serving a fixture too far from the main heater to be worth waiting on. Note the T&P relief valve and braided connectors — the small code items that get skipped on a rushed install.
Tankless & Water Heaters →Copper repipe, wall opened
New copper run through an opened wall on a repipe. Access points get planned to keep their number down and put them where a finisher can close them cleanly — you are paying for drywall repair either way, so it may as well be minimal.
Repipes, Re-Routes & Repairs →Distribution and stub-outs
Copper distribution with valved branches. Putting a shutoff on each branch means a future repair isolates one fixture instead of shutting down the whole house — a small cost now that pays for itself the first time something fails.
Repipes, Re-Routes & Repairs →Drain access and cleanout
Stucco opened to reach the drain line and add a cleanout. Most older Conejo Valley homes have no cleanout in a usable place, which turns every future drain call into this — putting one in once is the cheapest thing you can do for the next twenty years.
Drain & Rooter →Kitchen waste and disposal
Kitchen waste, trap and disposal connection. A disposal changes the flow into the trap arm, so the pitch and the trap position matter more here than on a plain sink — get it wrong and the line clogs on schedule.
Drain & Rooter →Under-sink filtration
A filter cartridge plumbed under a kitchen sink on PEX. Filtration is worth more in this area than most people expect — hard water is what shortens the life of cartridges, mixing valves and water heaters across the valley.
Residential Plumbing →Instant hot water tank
An instant hot tank under a kitchen sink. It needs its own supply and a receptacle inside the cabinet, and it is a good deal easier to add during a remodel than to retrofit afterwards.
Residential Plumbing →Under-sink install, kitchen
Instant hot water tank, disposal and waste arm in a new kitchen. The tape along the cabinet edge is not for show — protecting finished cabinetry before the tools come out is the difference between a clean job and a callback.
Residential Plumbing →Water main and pressure regulator
The regulator at the main. It is a wear part, plenty of Conejo Valley homes are still on the original, and when one fails it usually fails high — quietly shortening the life of every valve, supply line and water heater in the house.
Residential Plumbing →Exterior hose bib and shutoff
A hose bib with its own shutoff. Small thing, but an isolated bib means an outdoor leak or a winter freeze does not mean shutting off water to the house.
Residential Plumbing →Planning something similar?
If you want to see work comparable to a project you have in mind — a custom shower system, a repipe, a tankless conversion, an outdoor gas run — call and ask. There is more on the phone than there is here.
