Plumbing Project Gallery

Because a finished bathroom looks much the same whoever built it, and the rough-in does not. Open walls are the only stage where you can see whether the pipe is properly supported, whether there are protection plates where it passes through studs, and whether the waste has consistent fall and proper venting. Once the drywall is on, all of that is a matter of trust. We would rather show it than ask for the trust.

It is a metal plate fixed over a pipe where it passes through a stud, and its whole job is to stop a screw or a nail going into a live water line when somebody hangs a shelf or a mirror years later. It costs almost nothing and takes seconds, which is exactly why it gets skipped — nobody is ever going to look. It is one of the clearest signals in a rough-in photograph of whether the work was done carefully or quickly.

Usually not — it is far more often a venting problem. A properly vented waste system lets air in behind the water so the trap holds its seal; when the venting is inadequate the draining water pulls the trap empty, which is what lets the smell back into the room and makes the gurgle. Clearing the drain will not fix it because the drain is not what is wrong. It is designed in or out at rough-in, which is why those photographs matter.

Yes. Every photograph here is work completed by our own licensed crew across Nassau and Suffolk County. None of it is manufacturer or stock photography.

Call 631-587-0085 and tell us what you are planning. We can usually point you at something comparable, and in many cases talk you through what the job involved and what it cost to do properly.

Constantly. A large share of what you are looking at is post-war Long Island housing — Capes and ranches with original galvanized supply lines and cast iron waste stacks reaching the end of their service life.