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Rough-in through finish

Custom Home & Remodel Plumbing

On a custom home or a full remodel, the plumbing decisions that matter most are made before anything is visible. Valve heights, drain locations, blocking, the depth a wall-mount faucet needs, whether a freestanding tub filler is floor or deck mounted — get those wrong at rough-in and the fix at trim-out is drywall, tile and someone's schedule.

Finished walk-in shower with dark vertical ribbed tile, a recessed niche, a thermostatic control and a ceiling-mounted rain head
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.

What we take on

Full-scope residential projects, coordinated with the builder, designer and homeowner from plan review through final walkthrough.

  • Custom-home plumbing
  • Master bath, hall bath and powder-room remodels
  • Kitchen and laundry remodel plumbing
  • Tub-to-shower conversions
  • Multi-outlet shower systems and fixture relocations
  • ADU and guest-suite plumbing
  • Rough plumbing through final finish

Rough-in is where the project is won

We want the fixture schedule and the specification sheets in hand before the walls close, not at trim-out. Multi-outlet shower systems in particular need the valve, diverter and volume controls laid out against the actual tile pattern and the client's height, and thermostatic valves have depth requirements that only work if the framing accounts for them.

Working alongside other trades

Custom work means sharing a site. We coordinate on sequencing with framing, tile and electrical, mark our locations clearly for the trades that follow, and raise conflicts when we find them instead of burying them in a wall for someone else to discover.

Where we do this work

Custom Homes & Remodels across the Conejo Valley

More of this work

Custom Homes & Remodels we have done

Open stud wall showing a copper shower rough-in with a thermostatic mixing valve body, soldered risers and drop-ear elbows secured to blocking

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.

Double vanity with dark shaker cabinets, a white quartz top and two undermount sinks with chrome faucets in a newly finished bathroom

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.

Copper and ABS piping secured to a strut channel between wall studs in an open framed wall during a remodel rough-in

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.

Common questions

Custom Homes & Remodels, answered

Do you do design-phase consultation?

Yes, and it is the cheapest hour on the whole project. Reviewing the fixture schedule and the plan before framing catches the conflicts that are expensive later: a wall too shallow for the valve specified, a freestanding tub filler with no floor blocking, a pot filler with no way to route supply.

Can you work directly with my general contractor?

Yes. On most custom-home work we are the plumbing subcontractor and we coordinate with the GC's schedule, inspections and trade sequencing.

How do you protect finished surfaces?

Floor protection and surface covering go down before tools come out, and the work area gets contained so dust does not travel through a finished house. Cleanup is part of the job rather than an extra.