Remodel and renovation plumbing in Franklin

In a historic home, the trim, the floors and the plaster may be the whole point. We plan routes for supply and drain lines that avoid unnecessary damage, and we talk through the options when something has to be cut.

Some of the older houses near downtown were built before indoor plumbing was standard, so a bathroom was added later, wherever there was room. If you are redoing one of those, you may get a chance to put it where it belongs. That means thinking about where the stack runs, whether a floor joist will be in the way, and how supply lines will get to the new location without tearing apart the nicest rooms in the house.

We like those puzzles. We just want to solve them before the first cut.

The usual way to add a bathroom to an old house is to take a bit from somewhere else, such as a closet, a hallway corner or an oversized room. The plumbing challenge is the stack. Drains need a path down and a vent up, and in an old house the stack may be in a wall that is too far from the new bath to use.

When it is, we can run a new drain line that connects to the main stack lower down, or install a new stack. Each option has a different effect on the structure and the ceiling below. We lay them out, with pros and cons, and let you choose with your contractor or designer.