Houses, townhomes and condo suites
Residential Plumbing for Newmarket Homes
From a hair-packed tub shoe on Prospect Street to a seized sump float in a Copper Hills basement, this is the household work our vans are stocked for.
- Diagnosis first, then a price you agree to before tools come out
- Drop cloths, shoe covers and a wet vac on every visit
- Cast iron, copper, Poly-B, PEX and ABS all handled on site
- Nights and weekends answered by a plumber, not a call centre
What homeowners call us about most
Most house calls in town fall into a handful of buckets. Knowing which one you are in helps us load the right parts before the van leaves.
- Drains and sewers: slow tubs, kitchen arms packed with grease, floor drains that burp when the washer pumps out, roots in a clay lateral.
- Hot water: gas tanks that will not light, electric elements that burn out, rusty water from a tank past its prime, tankless units throwing scale codes.
- Basement water: sump pumps that hum but do not lift, backwater valves stuck open, a pit that overflows during the spring melt.
- Pipes: pinholes in Type M copper, grey Poly-B fittings near the laundry, hose bibs that split in a January cold snap.
- Fixtures: running toilets, rocking toilets, dripping cartridges, shower valves that scald then freeze.
How a house call runs
- The phone call. We ask what you see, hear and smell, and whether water is still moving. If so, we stay on the line while you find the main valve.
- Arrival and look. Floor protection goes down, then we trace the problem to its source rather than the spot where the water shows.
- The verdict. Before a single cut, we name the failed part, describe the repair and quote it.
- The repair. Old parts stay for you to inspect if you want them; joints are tested under pressure or flow.
- The clean-up. Debris bagged, surfaces wiped, the area left dry.
Housing stock we know well
Newmarket mixes nineteenth-century brick near Main Street with 1970s and 1980s split-levels around Gorham and Bristol, and newer PEX-plumbed homes north and east of Davis Drive. Each era fails differently: galvanized supply and cast iron stacks downtown, early Poly-B and scaled copper in the middle years, sump pits and loose crimp rings in the subdivisions. We open walls already knowing what we are likely to meet.
Pick your job
Every household service has its own page below with a step-by-step of the work. Not sure which one fits? Ring (365) 517-0623 and describe it.
Residential services by type
Drains and sewers
- Slow and clogged drainsClogged and slow drains cleared with cable machines, then checked by camera when the clog keeps coming back.→
- Main sewer backupsRoot and wipe blockages in the main line to the street cleared so basement floor drains stop backing up.→
- Sewer scopingA recorded camera run of your lateral before you buy, renovate or argue with an insurer about a backup.→
- Hydro-jet scouringHigh-pressure water jetting scours grease and scale from drain walls where a cable only punches a hole.→
- Jammed disposalsJammed or humming disposals freed or replaced, and checked against what Newmarket's sewers can take.→
Water heaters
- Heater not heatingNo hot water, lukewarm showers or a pilot that won't stay lit, traced to the part that actually failed.→
- New gas tankOld gas tanks swapped for properly sized, vented and permitted units, with the old tank hauled away.→
- Going tanklessOn-demand gas heaters sized to your fixtures, with venting, gas line and descaling valves done right.→
Basements and sump pits
- Sump pits and pumpsNew sump pits and pumps set, discharged away from the foundation and tested before we leave.→
- Backwater valvesA mainline backwater valve stops sewage from reversing into your basement during heavy storms.→
- After a basement floodFind out why water came in, stop it, and fix the drains, valves and pumps that let it happen.→
Pipes and leaks
- Split and burst pipeSplit copper and cracked plastic lines cut out and replaced after a freeze or a failed fitting.→
- Hidden leak tracingHidden leaks behind drywall, under slabs and above ceilings located with as little opening up as possible.→
- New water serviceOld or undersized water services from the curb stop to your meter replaced with modern pipe.→
- Backflow testsBackflow devices installed and tested where required, so irrigation and boiler water never reach the main.→
Toilets, sinks and showers
- Toilet troubleRunning, rocking, weak-flushing or leaking toilets fixed with the right flapper, fill valve or wax seal.→
- Dripping tapsDripping kitchen and bath faucets rebuilt or replaced, with shut-off valves checked while we are there.→
- Shower valve swapsPressure-balancing valves replaced to end scalding swings and drips behind the shower wall.→
- Bathroom reno pipingBathroom remodels piped from bare studs to the last trim plate, moved drains and new fixtures, with permits.→
- Basement rough-insUnder-slab drains and venting roughed in for a new basement bathroom, including ejector pump options.→