Night calls and burst water
Split and burst pipes
Split copper, cracked PEX fittings and frozen galvanized lines repaired at any hour across Toronto, with the damaged section cut out and replaced cleanly.
- Phone answered every hour, holidays included
- Fault found and explained before anything is cut
- Damaged section exposed and measured
- Flow-tested in front of you when finished
Call now(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.
A burst pipe can push hundreds of litres into a house before anyone notices. In Toronto we see three main culprits: copper that froze in an exterior wall, a PEX crimp ring that let go, and old galvanized steel that finally rusted through at a threaded joint.
Cutting back to sound pipe
- A split is usually only the visible part of the damage.
- Copper that froze often bulges for several inches either side of the tear, so we keep trimming until the copper is perfectly round again and the wall looks healthy.
- On galvanized steel we usually replace the whole run to the next fitting because the threads are the weakest point and the rest of the pipe is often just as corroded inside.
Clues it is this job
- Pressure collapsing across the house at once
- Hissing or spraying behind drywall
- Brown ring growing on the ceiling under the washroom
- Ice visible on a pipe near a basement window
Choosing the replacement material
- For most repairs we use type L copper soldered with lead-free solder, or PEX with proper expansion or crimp fittings where the run is long and hidden.
- Where a burst happened in an outside wall we talk about rerouting the line to the warm side of the insulation, because the same spot will freeze again next January if nothing changes.
Drying out after the repair
- Once the pipe is holding pressure we open the area enough for air to move, point out any soaked drywall or insulation that should come out, and photograph the repair before it is closed up.
- Those photos are useful if you speak to your insurer.
Burst pipes in Toronto peak during the first deep cold snap of the year, often in January.
How the job runs, step by step
- 1Main water off and power off near the leak
- 2Damaged section exposed and measured
- 3New pipe fitted and pressure tested
- 4Repair photographed before walls close