Wollongong & the Illawarra · Licensed & Insured
Corrimal's brick and fibro homes were mostly built between the 1950s and 1980s for steelworkers and their families, and decades on, their original bathrooms are quietly failing behind the tiles: perished waterproofing, dated screeds, dead exhaust fans, and cramped layouts built for a different era.
We're a bathroom renovation team based in Wollongong's northern suburbs — not a Sydney outfit driving down for the day. Bathroom renovations in Corrimal aren't a side service for us; we understand the specific quirks of the area's ageing housing stock, from escarpment-side brick to sand-influenced slabs closer to the beach at East Corrimal.
We handle the whole job under one roof — strip-out, waterproofing, tiling, plumbing and electrical — coordinated by a single point of contact, so you're never chasing a subcontractor who didn't show. We also work regularly in Woonona and Bulli. Done properly. On time. No surprises.
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Bathroom Renovations Wollongong provides complete bathroom renovations across Corrimal and the surrounding northern suburbs. Based minutes away, our licensed team handles the full job — design, waterproofing, tiling, plumbing and electrical — with a single point of accountability and a clear start-to-finish timeline.
Much of Corrimal's housing stock — post-war brick and fibro cottages built for the steel workforce, standard single-bathroom family layouts, and the sand-influenced blocks closer to the beach in East Corrimal — shares a common story: solid bones, and an original bathroom that was never built to last fifty-plus years.
Waterproofing membranes have a lifespan, and most Corrimal homes are well past it. Add movement in older slabs and subfloors, dated screeds with poor falls to the drain, and single-showerhead setups from a different era, and it's no surprise these bathrooms are quietly failing — often for years before anyone notices the damage behind the tiles.
Built for Corrimal's older housing stock, not just the average Illawarra bathroom — here's what we specialise in.
A complete gut-and-rebuild of Corrimal's original 1960s–80s bathrooms: strip-out, re-plumb, re-wire, re-waterproof and re-tile, with cramped layouts reconfigured to gain real space and storage — our most common job in this part of the northern suburbs.
The leading Corrimal problem. We look for the tell-tale signs — spongy floors, mould at wall bases, tiles drumming loose — and replace the membrane entirely to Australian Standard AS 3740. In a 40-year-old shower, re-grouting over it is a false economy.
Converting a spare room or robe into a functional ensuite for larger Corrimal and Tarrawanna homes, including the structural, plumbing and drainage work of adding a wet area to an older house.
Bath-to-shower conversions, level-entry walk-in showers and grab rails for Corrimal's older residents, done to look intentional and comfortable — not clinical.
Most complete bathroom renovations in Corrimal fall between roughly $19,000 and $36,000, depending on size, finishes, and what we find once an older bathroom is opened up. A shower or wet-area-only renovation typically starts lower; ensuite creation and full reconfigurations of a cramped original layout usually sit toward the top of the range.
What actually drives the number: size and layout changes, whether plumbing moves, tile choice, the extent of waterproofing required, and any hidden repairs — perished membranes, damaged subfloor, out-of-level screeds — found once the walls come off.
We provide a written, fixed-scope quote after an in-home measure, with every inclusion specified up front — so the figure you approve is the figure you pay. Most Corrimal bathroom renovations take 3–4 weeks on site, from strip-out to handover, and we give you a week-by-week schedule up front so there's no half-demolished room waiting on a subcontractor who didn't show.
Knowing what we do is one thing — knowing you can trust us to finish it is another. Here's why Corrimal homeowners hand us the keys.
We're not a tiler subbing out the rest — we manage the plumber, the electrician and the schedule, and you have one number to call from quote to handover.
We expect the perished membranes, asbestos-era fibro and out-of-level floors that come with a Corrimal original bathroom. Nothing surprises us, so nothing surprises you.
All work is completed by licensed trades to NSW standards, with waterproofing to AS 3740 and a certificate of compliance provided on completion.
We can show you real completed jobs from Corrimal and the surrounding northern suburbs, with the suburb, brief and budget behind each one — not stock bathroom photography.
Corrimal's post-war brick and fibro homes are solidly built, but their original bathrooms tend to hide the same set of issues once we open the walls up:
Bathroom waterproofing in NSW must comply with AS 3740, and it's the part of an older Corrimal renovation most commonly botched by a quick patch job. We provide a certificate of compliance on every job. Most straightforward internal bathroom renovations don't trigger a Development Application, but we confirm against Wollongong Council for your specific job and handle any certification required.
We assess the actual space first and design to what's genuinely buildable — large-format tiles, fewer grout lines and smart storage that make a small original Corrimal bathroom feel bigger, rather than forcing an off-the-shelf design that won't fit.
Most complete Corrimal bathroom renovations fall between roughly $19,000 and $36,000, depending on size, finishes and what we find behind the walls once an older bathroom is opened up. Book a free in-home quote for a fixed, itemised figure specific to your bathroom.
Most Corrimal bathroom renovations take 3–4 weeks from strip-out to handover. We give you a week-by-week schedule up front and — because we run one coordinated team — we don't leave you with a half-demolished room waiting on a subcontractor who didn't show.
Usually not. Most internal bathroom renovations are exempt development in NSW when the structure and footprint don't change. If your job does trigger approval, we'll tell you before you commit and confirm the requirements with Wollongong Council.
It's possible in pre-1990 fibro homes, which are common in Corrimal. We identify it before work begins and manage safe, licensed removal where required, so it's handled properly and legally — never disturbed or ignored.
In older Corrimal bathrooms, failed waterproofing and hidden damage are common. If we find something, we show you and quote it before doing any extra work — never as a surprise on the final bill. You stay in control of every decision.
Yes — Corrimal, East Corrimal, Tarrawanna, Russell Vale, Woonona, Bulli and Fairy Meadow, with deep local knowledge of the northern suburbs' older homes.
Yes. All work is completed by licensed builders, plumbers and electricians to NSW standards, with waterproofing to AS 3740 and Home Building Compensation cover on qualifying work.
For a full renovation, the bathroom is out of action while we work. We plan the sequence with you in advance, discuss options if it's your only bathroom, and keep the timeline as tight as possible to minimise disruption to your family.
Based in Wollongong, we also renovate bathrooms across Wollongong, Shellharbour, Kiama, Mount Kembla, Figtree, Oak Flats, Albion Park, Albion Park Rail, Kanahooka, Thirroul, Farmborough Heights, Cordeaux Heights, Unanderra, Barrack Heights, Warilla, Port Kembla, Warrawong, Flinders, Shell Cove, Bulli and Woonona.
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