Beach to Bayou installs the plumbing on new houses: the groundwork under the slab, the water and drain lines in the walls, and the fixtures at the end. Customers include builders running several houses at once and owners building the one house they plan to live in.
Plumbing goes in before the slab and finishes after the cabinets and tile, so the builder's target dates matter as much as the plans. The work is priced off the plans and the fixture schedule.
Reading the plans before anything goes in the ground
The takeoff starts with the floor plan, the fixture schedule, and the site plan. Fixture count sets the size of the water service and the drain, the site plan shows where the meter and the sewer tap or the septic tank sit, and the elevations say how much fall there is between the house and the connection point.
This is also where the expensive problems get caught. A freestanding tub in the middle of a slab, a kitchen island sink, a laundry moved to the second floor, and a bathroom added over a garage all change the drain and vent layout, and the first two change what goes under the slab. Sorting them out on paper costs a phone call. Sorting them out after the concrete truck leaves costs a saw cut.
Groundwork and slab rough-in on coastal soil
Sand drains fast and holds a trench wall poorly, and on a lot near the bay or the coast the water table can sit close to the surface. Trenches get bedded and backfilled so the pipe keeps its slope after the ground settles, and drain lines are supported where they turn up through the slab instead of resting on loose fill.
Before the pour every stub-up is capped, braced, and sleeved or wrapped where it passes through the slab, with the vapor barrier taped around it, and the locations are checked against the framing plan one more time. Concrete does not forgive a toilet drain that ends up four inches off its wall. After the slab is poured the crew comes back for the wall and ceiling rough-in, and the water heater location, hose bib count, and outdoor shower get confirmed while the walls are still open.
Testing and inspections
Drain, waste, and vent piping is tested before anything covers it, usually with water. For a water test the system is capped and filled so the joints hold a standing column of water, which is the hydrostatic test the inspector comes out to see. The water lines get a pressure test that has to hold while the joints are checked. Nothing is buried, poured over, or covered with drywall until that test has been witnessed.
The work is inspected in phases: the underground and slab rough-in before the pour, the top-out once the walls and ceilings are piped and before insulation and drywall, and the trim-out after the fixtures are set. The local building department sets the exact test method and how long the system has to hold, so each inspection is booked with them rather than assuming one county calls it the same way as the next.
Custom homes and spec homes are not the same job
On a custom home the fixture selections arrive late and change more than once. Freestanding tubs, wall-mounted faucets, multi-head showers, pot fillers, outdoor showers, and a pool bath all carry rough-in dimensions that have to be known before the walls close, so the plumber asks for model numbers rather than pictures. Where a selection is still open, that wall cannot close until the model number is in hand, so a late pick can hold up drywall.
Spec homes run the other way. The plan repeats, the fixture package is fixed, and the value is in hitting the same rough-in the same way on every lot so the builder can pour, frame, and drywall on a predictable rhythm.
How a builder gets on the schedule
Email the plans, the fixture schedule, the lot address, and the date you expect to be ready for underground to info@beachtobayouplumbing.com. The quote comes back tied to that plan. If the pour date moves, say so as early as you can. Beach to Bayou Plumbing is licensed and insured, Florida license CFC1432497.
Owner-builders get the same process with more explanation. Expect to hear which decisions have a deadline attached, which ones can wait until trim, and what the plumbing side of the final walkthrough covers before the certificate of occupancy.
What to expect
Plan and fixture takeoff
The bid comes off the floor plan, fixture schedule, and site plan.
Underground and slab rough-in
Groundwork, stub-ups, and slab penetrations set before the pour.
Top-out and trim-out
Wall and ceiling piping, then fixtures set after the finishes.
Inspected in phases
Underground and top-out are inspected before anything covers them, and trim-out gets a final inspection.