Etobicoke service area
Plumbing in Mimico
Mimico grew up between the railway and the lake, and its streets carry houses from nearly every decade of the last century. That means one block can have lead service pipes, the next copper, and the next a 1990s infill with Kitec in the walls.
- Housing: Early 1900s cottages, interwar brick, post-war bungalows, newer infill
- Sewer laterals: Often clay tile in older homes
- Supply pipe: Galvanized and early copper; some lead services
- Landmarks: Mimico Creek, Mimico GO station, Amos Waites Park
- Licensed, insured trade work (details confirmed when you call)
- Diagnosis before anything is cut
- Emergency calls taken
- Etobicoke and the west end
Plumbing profile
- Housing
- Early 1900s cottages, interwar brick, post-war bungalows, newer infill
- Sewer laterals
- Often clay tile in older homes
- Supply pipe
- Galvanized and early copper; some lead services
- Landmarks
- Mimico Creek, Mimico GO station, Amos Waites Park
Older houses south of the tracks
The brick houses on the streets running down toward the water were often built with cast iron stacks and clay laterals. Many have had kitchens and bathrooms updated without touching the pipe under the floor, so a modern bathroom can sit on a drain that is eighty years old.
- When those clay joints open up, roots and silt get in and the floor drain becomes the first thing to complain.
Lakeshore groundwater and storms
Being close to the lake and the creek, some lower-lying Mimico basements see high groundwater in spring. Sump pits run more often, and a pump that has quietly worn out gets found during the first heavy rain. We check pumps, pits and discharge lines and install backwater valves where storms have caused backups before.
- Downspouts that drain right beside the foundation make everything worse; redirecting them is a cheap fix worth doing.
Condos and newer infill
Along the waterfront, newer towers and townhouses bring their own plumbing work: stacked units where a leak travels down, shower valves that need cartridges, and in some older condo stock, piping materials that insurers ask about. We work with property managers when a shut-off affects neighbours.
- For older houses, filming the lateral ahead of finishing the basement is money well spent.
In Mimico, the bathroom is often new and the drain under it is not. We check both.
Calls we often get here
- Floor drain backing up during laundry
- Roots in the main every autumn
- Sump pump running non-stop in April
- Low water pressure on the second floor
- Leaks between stacked condo units