During winter in Toronto, homeowners deal with two interesting elements, namely water, and below freezing temperatures. The cold season puts your plumbing system at risk. With more people spending time indoors, more strain is placed on the water supply pipes, [...]
7 Ways To Unfreeze Your Pipes Quickly
Frozen pipes are the bane of many Toronto homeowners’ existence. A small amount of ice can cause a pipeline to shut off, interrupting normal usage and it can burst, when the frozen water expands by approximately 9% in volume beyond [...]
How do I tell if something is in my drain?
Clogged drains are one of the most common plumbing issues homeowners and plumbers face daily. In fact, it’s the cause of 90% of our after hours emergency plumbing call outs. It usually takes a while for buildup inside the pipes [...]
Top 3 Ways to Prevent Frozen Pipes
Why do plumbing pipes freeze during winter? That’s a question many clients ask us during this time of the year. Well, it’s simple: Water freezes due to extremely cold temperatures, causing it to expand. The real problem is not so [...]
5 Tips to Avoid a Costly Winter Plumbing Issues
As the cold winter weather creeps us on us, we all start our holiday preparations. We don’t want to be caught unprepared for family get-togethers, so we buy gifts and food, we clean our homes extra well and go to [...]
4 Signs of Poorly Vented Plumbing Drain Lines
A home’s plumbing system is an intricate network of fixtures, connected to one another by drain lines. Plumbing drain lines must be properly vented, or else it may mimic the symptoms of different plumbing malfunctions. Understanding Plumbing Drain Line Venting [...]
5 Things That Should Never Go Down The Drain
At one point or another, we all allow substances into the drains that never should enter it in the first place – whether it’s accidentally, or because we don’t know any better. It’s important to be aware of the consequences [...]
Toronto’s E.coli Bay: Sanitizing Beachside Pump Departments
E.coli in the bay waters. This problem has been a buzzword for months. The problem is progressing into a large pyramid of layered issues. Stay abreast of news breaks and legislation ideologies with us. Together the people will develop a [...]
Reasons to Use Your Home’s Main Water Shut Off
One of the first things to learn when you move into a new home, is where your main water shut off valve is located. The main water shut off valve controls the water supply to your entire property along the [...]
How to Find Your Septic Tank
Over time, all septic tanks fill up with solids and require pumping to continue working as they should. Often, septic tank lids are at ground level. In most cases, they are buried anywhere from four inches to four feet underground. [...]