Residential plumbing
Plumbing by type of home
A bungalow, a semi and a condo suite all fail in their own way. Knowing which one you live in tells us where the valve is and what to load on the truck.
- Bungalows: long laterals and roots in clay joints
- Semis: shallow attic drains and old front-wall services
- Condo suites: short runs, hidden valves, a neighbour below
- Right cable, camera and fittings on the first visit
Call now(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.
Toronto housing comes in a few broad types, and each type fails in its own way. The valve, the pipe and the cure are rarely the same from one to the next, so one of our first questions on the phone is what kind of home you live in.
Choose your type of home
- Postwar bungalowsHow a 1950s Toronto bungalow is plumbed, from the cast-iron stack to the clay lateral under the lawn, and the night calls these one-storey houses produce.
- Semis and row housesShared walls, shared trouble: how Toronto semis and row houses are plumbed, why a neighbour can affect your drains, and what we look for on a call.
- Condo suitesPlumbing in a Toronto condo suite: unit shut-off valves, fan coil drains, shared stacks and what to do when water starts coming through the ceiling below.
Why the house type matters on a call
- The answer tells us where the main valve probably hangs.
- It tells us which drain is likely to be slow.
- It tells us whether a neighbour or a building manager needs to be told.
- It lets the plumber load the right cable, camera and fittings before leaving, so the first visit is more often the last one.