East end Toronto
Plumbing in The Danforth
Keep the front cleanout uncovered; it is the plumber’s front door to your sewer.
- Front cleanout visibility
- Basement suite drain layout
- Water service material
- Plumbing in flats above shops
Call a plumber to The Danforth(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.
The Danforth and Greektown blocks, from Broadview out past Pape and Chester, have early twentieth-century brick houses, many of them semis close to Line 2.
The plumbing inside The Danforth houses
- Original clay laterals, mixed pipe in renovated houses, and basement apartments are common.
- Shop-top flats on the avenue add commercial-style plumbing to the mix.
What we get called for in The Danforth
- Main line clearing, basement bathroom rough-ins, water service replacement and flat-roof drain issues above storefronts.
Streets, houses and pipes in The Danforth
- Further east toward Coxwell and Woodbine, the houses become smaller semis and detached homes from the 1920s, many with basement apartments added later.
- Those apartments often share one main drain with the house above, so a backup affects everyone at once.
Jobs often booked in The Danforth
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.