Recently, we got into a discussion with a plumber in Melbourne, Florida. We were discussing various plumbing topics and then we got onto bathrooms. We asked them how much it costs to replumb a bathroom. Of course, the question is loaded. There are just too many variables to answer that question simply.
Your standard plumbing service will come to your home and check out the job site. They want to actually see the space where they could possibly be working. This will help them understand how long it will take and what kind of tools they will need. These are the main factors when it comes to working on plumbing in a bathroom. That is, of course, if you don’t count the actual appliances like toilet and sink. Your labor is where the money is.
Plumbers can charge anywhere between $75 – $250 per hour. It depends on the reputation of the plumber as well as the are in which you live. Running some new pipes behind a wall for a sink can take as little as 1 hour and therefore can cost as little as a hundred bucks. Or it can take three hours and cost 5 o 6 hundred.
A full bathroom remodel where all the appliances are new can run 5,000 to 10,000 dollars or more. This is because an entirely new set of pipes will need to be installed. They will wind around the entire room and take many hours to complete. People will spend tens of thousands of dollars for a complete bathroom remodel. A chunk of that will be spent on the plumbing and the rest will be on fixtures, electrician fees and dry wall and painters fees.
