Plumbing Service in Bramalea

Houses and pipes in Bramalea

Most of Bramalea's detached homes, semis and townhouses went up from the late 1950s through the 1970s, section by section, from the B and C streets near Bramalea Road to the M and N sections further east. That period produced cast iron soil stacks, clay or early plastic sewer laterals, plus supply piping in copper or galvanized steel. Many basements were finished decades later over the top of all of it.

What we are called for most

• Roots in the clay lateral under front-yard maples, showing up as a slow floor drain.
• Cracked cast iron stacks weeping at the hub joints behind basement walls.
• Galvanized supply sections reducing pressure upstairs.
• Laundry tubs and floor drains backing up together after a storm.
• Main shut-offs from the build year that have seized half-open.

Getting around Bramalea

We reach the area along Bramalea Road, Queen Street East, Balmoral Drive and Clark Boulevard, near Bramalea City Centre and Chinguacousy Park. Arrival windows are given when you call, and we phone ahead when we are on the way.

Services that suit these homes

A camera inspection is the best first step before buying or renovating a Bramalea house, because it shows the condition of a lateral that may be sixty years old. Where roots keep returning, hydro jetting scrubs the line clean, and a sewer repair or replacement deals with a broken section for good. Inside, repiping in copper or PEX is common when the old galvanized is still in the walls.

Before winter and spring

Disconnect hoses in October and close the inside valve to the outside tap. In spring, check that the sump or downspouts carry water away from the foundation, because many Bramalea lots have little grade toward the street. A backwater valve makes sense if the floor drain has ever come up during heavy rain.

Ready when you are. One call, a real plumber, an arrival window.