Our Plumbers in Woodbridge

The houses we work in

The old village along Woodbridge Avenue and the streets near the Humber have postwar bungalows and storey-and-a-halfs. Out from there, the 1970s and 80s brought side-splits, back-splits and large two-storeys, many with Italian-Canadian cold cellars under the front porch and second kitchens in the basement. Those second kitchens matter to a plumber: two sets of kitchen drains feeding one main means twice the grease.

What goes wrong in Woodbridge plumbing

• Rooted laterals. Big maples and old clay or concrete sewer pipe. A yearly main line cleaning is routine on some streets.
• Cast-iron drains under the slab that have scaled and narrowed, leading to slow floor drains.
• Basement kitchens with grease-heavy drains and low slope to the main.
• Cold cellar plumbing that freezes, because a cold room under the porch is designed to stay cold.
• Storm backups where older homes still have weeping tile connected to the sewer.

The Humber and the water table

Homes on the low ground near the Humber River valley sit closer to groundwater, and sump pits there run more often in spring. Checking the sump pump before the March thaw is good practice. After serious flooding events in the GTA, many Woodbridge owners added backwater valves; if you have not, ask about it.

Updating an older Woodbridge house

A lot of the work here is replacing what earlier owners did: galvanized lines left in a wall, a basement bathroom drained into the floor drain, an outdoor tap without an interior shut-off. When we open something up, we tell you what else we see, and you decide what to deal with now and what can wait.

Nearby areas

Woodbridge connects to East Woodbridge across Highway 7, Elder Mills to the north along the Humber, and Sonoma Heights to the northwest. Across the Etobicoke border to the south, Humber Summit has similar housing.