East end Toronto
Plumbing in Riverdale
If roots return to the same distance on the cable every time, ask for a camera to see whether that joint has shifted.
- Root growth at lateral joints
- Cracked hubs on the cast iron stack
- Buried or tiled-over cleanouts
- Condition of the main gate valve
Call a plumber to Riverdale(365) 517-7215. A plumber picks up, day or night.
- Open 24/7. Phone answered every hour, holidays too.
- Licensed & insured. Trade licence details given on request.
- Shown before cut. You see the fault and the plan first.
- Gas by gas techs. Licensed gas technicians on gas heaters.
Riverdale, east of the Don Valley, has long blocks of solid brick semis and detached houses from the early twentieth century, many on side streets shaded by big maples near Withrow Park and Broadview.
The plumbing inside Riverdale houses
- Those trees are thirsty, and their roots find the joints in clay sewer laterals.
- Inside, original basements are often low, with the main drain running through a trench in the floor and the cleanout hidden under a later layer of concrete or tile.
What we get called for in Riverdale
- We cut a lot of roots in Riverdale, repair cast iron stacks where old lead-and-oakum hub joints have cracked, and swap seized gate valves at the main before owners start renovating.
Jobs often booked in Riverdale
Before the plumber arrives
- Shut the main or the fixture valve the moment water is going somewhere it should not.
- Keep children and pets away from wet floors and outlets near the water.
- Clear a path to the basement, the cleanout and the water heater.
- Stop using sinks, showers and the washer if a drain is backing up.