Downtown Toronto
Plumbing in Cabbagetown
In a heritage home, a small access panel in a closet can save an ornate plaster ceiling from being opened.
- Water service material at the meter
- Access routes through closets and basements
- Shared or crossing drain runs between row houses
- Old cast iron behind plaster
Call a plumber to Cabbagetown(365) 517-7215. A plumber picks up, day or night.
- Open 24/7. Phone answered every hour, holidays too.
- Licensed & insured. Trade licence details given on request.
- Shown before cut. You see the fault and the plan first.
- Gas by gas techs. Licensed gas technicians on gas heaters.
Cabbagetown holds one of the largest groups of preserved Victorian houses in North America, many of them narrow row houses and bay-and-gable semis on streets such as Sumach, Carlton and Wellesley.
The plumbing inside Cabbagetown houses
- Heritage interiors mean plaster walls, tight floor joists and very little spare space for pipe.
- Some homes still have lead water services, and some row houses share drain arrangements that were set up long before modern codes.
What we get called for in Cabbagetown
- Cabbagetown jobs include lead service replacement, careful repairs inside plaster walls, and clearing drains in row houses where the path to the street is not obvious until a camera goes in.
Jobs often booked in Cabbagetown
Before the plumber arrives
- Shut the main or the fixture valve the moment water is going somewhere it should not.
- Keep children and pets away from wet floors and outlets near the water.
- Clear a path to the basement, the cleanout and the water heater.
- Stop using sinks, showers and the washer if a drain is backing up.