PLUMBING & DRAINAGE
Before investing in a heating system make sure your house is well insulated. A dollar spent on insulation is better than a dollar spent on heating as any heating system will be expensive to run if you have a poorly insulated or draughty house.
New Zealand lags behind the 8-ball as far as Central Heating is concerned, and many homes in the Southern Lakes area (particularly those built at a time when it was mainly a summer holiday destination) are heated unevenly and poorly insulated.
The World Health Organisation recommends your home should be heated to the temperatures shown.
If you want the full-home comfort of central heating for your new build, or the more budget friendly option of single room heating, we’ve explained it all here.
NEW HOMES
Whether you’re building for the first time, building your dream home, or if you’re a Property Developer, you can be sure our Plumbing services are of the highest standard with our Quality Control processes.
TaylorMade Plumbing have specialist experience working with highly architectural designs to make sure the plumbing systems are installed to the standard they should be.
If you’re new to the house building process, you’ll need to know that your Plumbing will be completed in 3 stages.
Rural properties
If you aren’t on town supply there are a few extra plumbing services that you will require.
If you own a property outside of the town water supply you may find it has it’s own plumbing challenges that you wouldn’t have to deal with if you lived in a town property.
Many rural water supplies are fed by a trickle feed system or directly from a well supply. In either case you will have a pump and water system designed to suit the water feed that you are connected to.
TaylorMade Plumbing can assist with all manner of plumbing issues which may arise. We can supply, install and provide maintenance for tanks, pumps, and filtration systems.
RURAL PROPERTIES
Plumbing For New Homes
STAGE ONE - PRESLAB PLUMBING
As the name suggests this is the plumbing that needs to go in before your slab is poured, after we’ve dug the majority of your drainage. During the pre-slab plumbing the waste services are installed into the foundation to take the waste from your fixtures out to the drainage channels. Some water or hot water cylinder (if you have one) services may also be installed during this stage.
You need to make sure you’ve chosen your plumbing fixtures by this stage so that the waste points can be installed to suit them. Changing the waste points after the slab has been poured is a major (ie expensive) job so you want to avoid having to do this. We’ll organise the Council to inspect our work before the concrete is poured.
STAGE TWO - PREPIPE PLUMBING
As your house starts to make progress, the walls are up and the roof is on, TaylorMade Plumbing will come back to run all the water and waste services as per the plans we’ve been supplied. We’ll work with the owner to establish exactly where the shower and bath mixers and all of the fixtures are to be positioned.
All the waste pipes will also be set to suit the fixtures during this stage, and the shower trays are installed. We’ll then set up a test to make sure the pipework is pressure tested to make sure there are no leaks.
STAGE THREE - FITOFF
Your house is nearly finished – there is paint on the walls, floor coverings are down and the kitchen cabinetry is in. We will once again return to install and connect all of the fixtures and the fittings to the previously installed water and waste pipework as per the house plan. We’ll also put in a main terminal vent for the drainage system. Once this is all done we’ll check again for leaks and check the fixtures to make sure they are working correctly.
Once all the trades are complete, the Council will come back and inspect the work before you are issued with your Code of Compliance which means you can then move into your new home. TaylorMade Plumbing will have your work completed to all relevant building codes, by licensed plumbers, and to your complete satisfaction.
REPLACING A TOILET
This can usually be done in a single visit meaning you’ll only be without your toilet for a few hours. You’ll need to make sure you’ve chosen your new toilet before removing the old one.
You’ll also want to make sure the new toilet base covers the footprint left by the old toilet so you don’t end up having gaps in your tiles or the like.
We can supply a wide variety of toilets and cisterns, and we’re happy to offer advice if needed.
UPDATING YOU SHOWER
If you’re replacing a shower we’ll work alongside a builder to get the job done.
Often this can be done in a day but you’ll need to wait 24hrs before you use it to allow the sealant to dry.
COMPLETE BATHROOM REPLACEMENT
If you want to replace your entire bathroom we can provide the necessary expertise in all things plumbing. You’ll need a builder and most likely a sparky to get involved – we’re happy to recommend some if you don’t know who to use.
It’s our goal to get the job done quickly with the least disruption to you and your property.
Once all the trades are complete, the Council will come back and inspect the work before you are issued with your Code of Compliance which means you can then move into your new home. TaylorMade Plumbing will have your work completed to all relevant building codes, by licensed plumbers, and to your complete satisfaction.