Stinson Plumbing
Showers, tubs, vanities and the plumbing behind them. Stinson Plumbing handles bathroom remodeling in Paducah, KY, plus Benton and the lake area.
Most bathroom remodels come down to two big decisions, what happens with the shower or tub, and how the rest of the room gets reworked around it. We have split those out so you can go straight to what you are planning.
Shower and tub rough-in. New valve, drain and supply stubs for walk-in showers, freestanding tubs or a tub-to-shower conversion.
Toilet relocation. Moving a toilet means moving the floor drain. On slab homes that means cutting and patching concrete. On crawlspace homes it is simpler. We handle both.
Vanity and double-sink installs. Supply, drain and vent for single or double vanities, matched to your cabinet specs.
Curbless and wet-room drains. Linear drains and sloped subfloor systems have to be precise. The waterproofing only works if the drain is set right.
Fixtures and finish hardware. Final hookups for faucets, toilets and trim. See plumbing repairs and fixture installation for fixture work outside a full remodel.
The single biggest driver of cost in a bathroom remodel is whether the fixtures stay put or move. Keep the toilet, tub and sink near their existing drains and the plumbing stays straightforward. Move them and the drains, vents and supply lines have to follow.
A toilet drain is the largest line in the bathroom, and it needs slope to the main, so moving it is the most involved change in the room. On a slab home that means cutting and patching concrete to reroute the line. On a crawlspace home there is more room to work underneath. Either way we keep the slope and the venting correct so the new location works as well as the old one, and we tell you up front which kind of job your home is.
Going from one sink to two, or moving the vanity wall, means new supply, drain and vent work behind the cabinet. We rough it in to your cabinet specs so the connections land where the new vanity needs them and the drains share a vent correctly. The result is two sinks that both drain fast with no gurgle, and faucets fed by lines sized to run at once without one robbing pressure from the other.
Open, curbless bathrooms look great and are easier to clean and use, but they are unforgiving on the plumbing. The floor slope and the linear drain have to be exact, because there is no curb holding water back. We set the drain and the slope so the waterproofing has something correct to seal to before any tile goes down.
A lot of bathroom remodels are about staying in the home comfortably for years to come. A curbless shower, a comfort-height toilet, a wall-hung or accessible vanity and a tub with an easier entry all change the plumbing under the surface. We handle the connections and plan the rough-in around how the room needs to work for the person using it, so the bathroom is safer and easier without looking like a hospital.
We come in twice.
Knowing those two windows keeps the remodel on schedule and the trades from waiting on each other.
Moving fixtures and rerouting drains is permitted work in most cases, and it answers to code for good reason: a vent done wrong lets sewer gas into the room, and a drain without proper slope backs up. We pull the plumbing permit, schedule the inspection and build to code, and we tell you plainly when something has to be brought up to current code rather than reused.
That is part of the job, not an extra.
We come in twice, once when the walls are open for rough-in and again after finishes for trim-out. If you are working with a GC in Benton, Mayfield, Owensboro or Paducah, we coordinate timing directly with them, so there is no chasing phone calls or holding up the tile crew. Older and lake-area homes around western Kentucky often hide dated drain layouts and tired supply lines behind the walls, and local work means we usually know what to expect before the room comes open.
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Planning a bathroom remodel? Call (270) 356-1204 or request an estimate online. We will price the plumbing scope from your layout drawings or a site visit. Remodeling a kitchen too? See kitchen remodeling.
