Etobicoke service area
Plumbing in The Kingsway
The Kingsway’s period houses from the 1920s and 1930s were built with care, and they deserve the same from anyone opening their walls. Plaster, original tile and old-growth trees all affect how we approach a plumbing job here.
- Housing: Tudor revival and period homes from the 1920s–30s onward
- Walls: Plaster and lath in many rooms
- Drains: Cast iron stacks, clay laterals, some lead bends
- Landmarks: Bloor Street West shops, Humber River valley, Lambton Kingsway area
- 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
- Tudor revival and period homes from the 1920s–30s onward
- Walls
- Plaster and lath in many rooms
- Drains
- Cast iron stacks, clay laterals, some lead bends
- Landmarks
- Bloor Street West shops, Humber River valley, Lambton Kingsway area
Working in plaster walls
Plaster and lath crack if opened carelessly. When a leak inside a wall needs access, we score and cut cleanly, keep openings square, and plan them where a closet or the back of a cabinet hides the patch. Often we can reach a bathroom’s pipes from the basement or an adjoining closet instead.
- Original tile in a bathroom is worth protecting; we look for access from below or behind before cutting through it.
Original drains and lead bends
Many of these homes had lead closet bends under the toilets and lead traps under tubs. Lead is soft and can crack with age, causing slow leaks into the ceiling below. Replacing a lead bend when a toilet is pulled is a smart, contained repair.
- Cast iron stacks are often still sound but their horizontal sections under the basement floor deserve a camera look.
Trees and laterals
Mature trees line most streets, and clay laterals under the front lawns are prime targets for roots. Regular cutting may be enough for one bad joint; multiple intrusions usually mean a section repair or lining is worth discussing.
- We keep landscaping in mind when planning any excavation.
In a period house the best repair is often the one you never see from the room.
Calls we often get here
- Stain in the plaster ceiling below a bathroom
- Toilet leaking at an old lead bend
- Roots in the main line
- Weak shower pressure upstairs
- Original bathrooms needing new valves