Hayes Plumbing & Bathroom Renovations handles bathroom renovations in Clarington wherever the house sits in the municipality: Courtice, Bowmanville, Newcastle and Orono, hamlets such as Hampton, Tyrone, Enniskillen, Solina and Newtonville, and the farm and country properties in between. The work can be as small as new fixtures and finishes or as large as a gutted room with a new layout, shower, tile and vanity. We drive out from 448 Ritson Rd. South in Oshawa, 15 to 35 minutes away depending on the part of Clarington, and estimates in your home cost nothing. Hayes has been a Durham Region family business since 1961 and took Gold for Bathroom Specialists in the CommunityVotes Oshawa 2026 awards.
Bathrooms we have finished
Photos from Hayes Plumbing bathroom projects. For prices, see our guide to bathroom renovation costs in Durham Region.
Glass shower beside a white vanity with an arched mirror 
Glass walk-in shower next to a soaker tub 
Glass shower with a tiled half wall and wall-mount tub filler
Town or Country: What Changes in a Clarington Bathroom
Clarington is one municipality, but its homes are not all serviced the same way. Most houses in Courtice, Bowmanville and Newcastle are on Region of Durham water and sewers, and Orono gets its municipal water from Regional wells in the village. Clarington's hamlets are generally serviced by drilled wells and private septic systems, and the Region of Durham says many rural residents get their water from a private well and treat their wastewater in a septic system. Which of these applies to your house shapes two things in a renovation: the water your new fixtures will live with, and where the wastewater from the new room ends up.
The water differs from place to place. Regional water from Lake Ontario, which Bowmanville and Newcastle receive, measures 125 mg/L of hardness as calcium carbonate, while Orono's municipal supply measures 309 mg/L. Private wells vary, and the Region's private well manual says iron in well water can leave reddish-brown stains on sinks, toilets and other fixtures, while hard water builds scale on fixtures, appliances and pipes. If your water already marks the old bathroom, deal with it before the new finishes go in. Our water filtration service starts with a water test and includes sediment, iron and sulphur treatment for well water.
Adding a Bathroom to a Home on a Septic System
On a rural property, a new or larger bathroom is also a septic question. The Durham Region Health Department, which approves private sewage systems everywhere in Durham except Oshawa, explains that a septic tank and leaching bed are sized from the soil conditions on the lot and the home's total daily design flow. That flow reflects the size of the house, the number of bedrooms and the plumbing fixtures, not the number of people who live there. A new bathroom adds fixtures, so confirm the existing system can take them before the design is settled.
The Health Department holds septic records for every Durham municipality except Oshawa, but only for properties where an application was made, and it has nothing from before 1974, so an older system may have no file. Record searches are requested at septicrecords@durham.ca, with the municipality in the subject line, and a fee applies. For questions about sewage systems, the Health Department's public health inspectors can be reached at 905-668-2020 or 1-800-841-2729.
If the plan is a self-contained suite rather than an extra bathroom, the Municipality of Clarington says an additional dwelling unit on a property with private servicing needs a Durham Region Health Department permit before the building permit is issued. Changes to the septic system itself go through the Health Department, which points owners to qualified sewage system designers and installers; Hayes plans and builds the bathroom side of the project.
What We Can Build in Your Clarington Bathroom
You and the room set the scope. A Hayes renovation can bring together any of the following:
- A reworked floor plan, or a new ensuite or basement washroom built up from the plumbing rough-in.
- Converting a tub to a custom or walk-in shower, or adding a shower where the room never had one.
- Barrier-free features for aging in place, such as a curbless shower, a walk-in tub, grab bars or shower seating.
- Tile work and heated floors, a vanity or cabinetry, and a countertop in quartz, laminate or cultured marble.
- Faucets, shower heads and trim, and toilets in regular or comfort height, from American Standard, Kohler, Mirolin, Moen or Riobel, or fixtures you buy yourself.
- The finishing pieces: custom glass, an exhaust fan, electrical upgrades and towel bars.
Clarington Building Permits and Inspections
In Clarington, the Municipality issues building permits for bathroom work, and applications go through the Service Clarington online portal. The Municipality's list of work that normally needs a permit includes altering or adding any plumbing, structural alterations, partitioning a basement and creating an apartment in a house. Its list of work that normally does not includes replacing plumbing fixtures and new interior wall, floor or ceiling finishes. Swapping a fixture in the same spot fits the second list; moving a drain, adding a shower or building a basement bathroom fits the first. Questions go to 905-623-3379 ext. 2660 or BuildingPermits@clarington.net.
Every Clarington permit comes with at least one inspection, and the Municipality makes the owner, or a representative the owner designates, responsible for arranging them before any work is covered. For plumbing, the inspections include a rough-in of the drainage, venting and water distribution piping, and a Plumbing Inspector must witness all tests. Inspections are booked at 905-623-7876, with the request in before 3 p.m. on the business day before. Electrical work is separate: the Municipality notes that it needs a permit from the Electrical Safety Authority before it begins.
Bathroom Renovation Cost in Clarington
Our 2026 Durham Region bathroom renovation cost guide spans $5,000 to $55,000. Its partial renovation level covers new tile, replacing the tub or shower, and updating the plumbing connections, and for that level the guide gives $10,000 to $18,000 when the room is up to 50 square feet, $15,000 to $25,000 between 50 and 100 square feet, and $20,000 to $35,000 above 100 square feet.
Choosing premium fixtures and finishes raises a total by roughly 15 to 20 percent in the guide, and each accessibility change (a wider doorway, a walk-in shower or grab bars, for example) adds around $2,500 to $5,000. Treat these as planning numbers. Your own price comes from the free in-home visit and a written scope, and Hayes offers Financeit payment plans for bathroom renovations.
Communities We Serve Across Clarington
Our renovation work covers the whole municipality: Courtice, about 10 to 15 minutes from the shop; Bowmanville, 15 to 25 minutes; Newcastle, 25 to 35 minutes; Orono; and hamlets including Hampton, Tyrone, Enniskillen, Solina, Maple Grove, Mitchell Corners, Leskard, Kendal, Brownsville and Newtonville. For a house in a hamlet or on a farm property, tell us when you book how it gets its water and where the septic system is, so the estimate can take both into account.