Drains, sewers and backups
Drain clearing by cable
Slow and stopped drains cleared with the right auger for the pipe size, then flow tested, across Toronto houses, semis and low-rise buildings.
- Phone answered every hour, holidays included
- Fault found and explained before anything is cut
- Choose cable size and head
- Flow-tested in front of you when finished
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.
Every drain in a house has its own typical clog. Bathroom basins collect hair and soap, kitchen lines collect grease and food, and the main stack collects whatever made it past both. Our drain cleaning starts by working out which drain is actually the problem.
Matching the tool to the line
- A quarter-inch hand auger suits a basin trap.
- A drum machine with a half-inch cable handles kitchen branch lines.
- Main lines from three to four inches need a larger sectional machine or a jetter.
- Using too big a cable on a small line can damage old pipe, and too small a cable on a main simply punches a hole through the clog without clearing it.
Clues it is this job
- Water standing in a tub after a shower
- Gurgling from a basin when the toilet flushes
- Sewer smell from a floor drain
- More than one fixture draining slowly
Clearing, then proving the line
- After the cable comes back clean we open every tap the line serves, let it pour for a good while, and keep an eye on the cleanout and floor grate.
- If the line slows again we know there is more going on, such as a belly in the pipe or root growth, and we offer a camera inspection rather than guessing.
What we leave behind
- You get a clean work area, the trap reassembled with fresh washers if the old ones were brittle, and an honest note on the condition of the line.
- If the clog was grease we explain what is safe to put down that drain.
When two or more fixtures drain slowly at once, the blockage is usually past the point where their pipes join.
How the job runs, step by step
- 1Find which fixtures are affected
- 2Choose cable size and head
- 3Clear the line and retrieve debris
- 4Flow test at full volume