Licensed plumbing built into your remodel by a family owned contractor serving Austin and Central Texas.
You notice the tile and the countertops. What you do not see is the plumbing behind them, and that is exactly the part that determines whether your new kitchen or bathroom works properly for the next twenty years or starts leaking behind a freshly finished wall.
Cornerstone is a family owned remodeling company in Austin, and we handle the plumbing side of your project with licensed professionals as part of the job. Moving a sink, running lines for a new layout, plumbing a fresh bathroom, or updating old pipes while the walls are already open, all folded into the remodel so one team owns the result.
This page covers plumbing as part of a larger remodel rather than a standalone service call. If your kitchen, bathroom, addition, or whole home project involves moving or adding water and drain lines, that is the work we are talking about here.
Our remodels include the plumbing scope needed to do the job properly and to code. Depending on your project, that can include:
Sink and faucet relocation, dishwasher and refrigerator water lines, garbage disposal, pot filler lines, and gas lines for a new cooktop or range. A kitchen remodel almost always involves plumbing, and we build it into the plan.
Rough-in and fixture installation for tubs, walk-in showers, toilets, and vanities, plus the vent and slope work that makes it all drain properly. Part of nearly every bathroom remodel we do, including full layout changes.
Faucets, sinks, toilets, tubs, showers, and shower systems installed and sealed correctly. The finishing plumbing that makes a remodeled room usable.
When your remodel moves a sink, shifts a shower, or reconfigures a room as part of an addition or whole home project, we reroute the supply and drain lines to match the new plan.
When walls are already open for a remodel, it is the ideal moment to replace aging or failure-prone pipes. This matters in Austin, where homes built between 1978 and 1995 often have polybutylene pipe that is prone to failure, and where hard water and hard freezes both take a toll.
Lines for a gas cooktop, tankless water heater, or outdoor kitchen, run safely and to code by licensed professionals as part of the remodel.
Hookups and connections for a new or relocated water heater when the remodel calls for it, including tankless setups
Most remodel plumbing in Austin requires a permit, and the work has to pass both rough-in and final inspection. We coordinate the permitting and inspections as part of your project.
Anyone can hang a faucet. Remodel plumbing is a different thing, because it happens inside the walls and under the floor, it has to be planned around your new layout before anything is built, and in Austin it usually means working around a slab foundation.
We are Joe and Julie Davila, and Cornerstone is our family business. Joe was born and raised in Austin and runs the construction side, on site and hands on.
Every project is managed by our in-house team from planning through completion. Whether your remodel is one room or the whole house, you will always have one point of contact.
Planning a larger project? Plumbing is one piece of what we handle inside whole home remodeling, kitchen remodels, bathroom remodels, and interior projects.
We keep the process simple on purpose. No runaround, no mystery.
Tell us what you are remodeling. Free, takes a few minutes.
We assess what the project needs, including any lines that have to move and the condition of the existing pipe.
We lock in fixture locations so rough-in placement is exact, and handle the permitting.
Fixtures set, connected, and tested leak-free, then final inspection and we go through the finished work with you.
If your remodel involves repiping or significant new lines, the pipe material comes up, and Austin’s conditions point to a clear answer for most homes.
PEX is the most recommended material for Austin repiping and remodel plumbing. It is flexible, resists corrosion, handles our hard water without the mineral buildup that plagues other materials, and has strong freeze resistance, which matters after the hard freezes that damaged so many Central Texas pipes in 2021 and 2023. It also installs faster, which means less time with your walls open and lower labor cost.
Copper is the premium option, durable and valued at resale, though it costs more and is more labor-intensive to install.
CPVC is a lower-cost option that meets code, and it has its place on certain jobs.
Local code can dictate what is allowed in a given situation, and we will recommend the right material for your specific remodel rather than defaulting to whatever is easiest.
Homeowners sometimes wonder whether the plumbing can be handled separately or dealt with later. During a remodel, the opposite is almost always true. Here is why.
Open walls and floors are free access. During a remodel the walls are already open and the flooring is already up. Running new lines, relocating a drain, or replacing old pipe at that point is efficient. Doing the same work after everything is closed, tiled, and finished means tearing back into new surfaces and repairing them afterward.
Rough-in has to be sequenced right. Plumbing rough-in happens before insulation and drywall, and it has to pass inspection before walls close. When the plumbing is part of the remodel, it lands in the schedule at the correct stage. Coordinating a separate plumber around a remodel timeline is where projects stall and where things get buried that an inspector needed to see.
One team, one point of accountability. With the plumbing handled inside the remodel, there is no gap between trades where problems hide and nobody to point fingers at when something does not line up. You have one number to call.
It is the cheapest time to update an old pipe. If your home has aging or failure-prone plumbing, replacing it while the walls are open costs far less than a standalone repipe later that means opening those same walls again.
Plumbing is one line in a larger remodel budget, and what it adds depends on the project. The main factors:
Because it is part of a larger project, we scope the plumbing alongside everything else and give you a clear breakdown before work begins. Doing it during the remodel, while walls and floors are open and one crew is already on site, is exactly why it costs less this way than as a separate job.
From functional family homes to luxury home remodel projects, our portfolio showcases renovations completed throughout Austin and Central Texas..
Cornerstone Home Renovations works across a wide stretch of Central Texas. If you’re a little outside the Austin city limits, don’t worry, chances are we’ve still got you covered.
Get answers to common questions about remodeling costs, timelines, estimates, our process, and the services we provide for homeowners throughout Austin and Central Texas.
Our plumbing work is done as part of the remodeling projects we take on, such as kitchens, bathrooms, additions, and whole home renovations. Folding it into the larger project is what lets us manage it under one team and one schedule.
Yes. Plumbing in Texas is regulated by the state and requires proper licensing, and ours is handled by licensed professionals. It is done to code and passes City of Austin inspection.
Most remodel plumbing requires a permit, including moving fixtures, adding lines, and repiping. Simple like-for-like fixture swaps sometimes do not. We handle the permitting and coordinate both the rough-in and final inspections as part of your project.
Yes. Relocating fixtures is common in remodels, though it means rerouting supply and drain lines, and on a slab foundation it can involve cutting into concrete. We assess what is involved and factor it into the plan so there are no surprises.
It is the stage where water and drain lines are placed in the walls and floor, before drywall goes up, at exact locations set by your fixtures. It happens early in the project and has to pass inspection before walls close. Getting fixture selections finalized early is what makes accurate rough-in possible.
Often it is worth it, especially if your home has an aging or failure-prone pipe. Homes built between 1978 and 1995 in Austin frequently have polybutylene pipe, which is prone to failure. Replacing the pipe while the walls are already open for a remodel costs far less than a separate repipe later.
PEX for most homes. It resists corrosion, handles Austin’s hard water without mineral buildup, holds up well against hard freezes, and installs efficiently. Copper is a durable premium option, and CPVC is a lower-cost choice with its place. We recommend it based on your specific project and local code.
Yes, for things like a gas cooktop, tankless water heater, or outdoor kitchen, run safely and to code by licensed professionals as part of the remodel.
We do. Every estimate is free with no obligation, and if we do not need to visit first, you can often expect one within 24 hours.
Yes. Cornerstone Home Renovations is licensed and insured, so your project is done right and protected.
Tell us what you are working on. We will walk the project, tell you what the plumbing actually needs, and build it into one clean plan.
