Drains, sewers and backups
Main sewer rodding
Main building drains rodded from the front cleanout out to the street, cutting through roots, wipes and scale in clay, cast iron and plastic lines.
- Phone answered every hour, holidays included
- Fault found and explained before anything is cut
- Line cut as far as the municipal sewer tie-in
- 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.
Your main sewer is the one pipe every drain eventually joins, running from the basement out to the municipal sewer below the road. When it blocks, every drain in the house backs up toward the lowest fixture, usually the basement floor drain.
What a main line looks like in Toronto
- Pre-1950s houses frequently drain through clay tile laterals jointed at short intervals.
- Postwar houses usually pair interior cast iron with clay or early plastic under the yard.
- Newer homes usually run PVC from the stack to the property line.
- Each material clogs differently, and roots love clay joints.
Clues it is this job
- Several drains slow at the same time
- Toilet water level rising after flushing upstairs
- Floor drain wet after a shower
- Roots or paper on the cable after a previous clearing
Root cutting
- For roots we use a sectional machine with a spiral or blade cutter sized to the pipe.
- We run it as far as the municipal sewer tie-in, retrieve the cable, check what came back on it, and run again until the cable returns clean.
When clearing is not enough
- If the cable keeps catching at the same distance, there may be a broken or offset joint.
- Repeated clearing will not fix that.
- A camera inspection shows the defect and its depth so a targeted repair can be planned.
If roots return every year or two, the joint is open. Cutting buys time; repair stops it.
How the job runs, step by step
- 1Cleanout located and opened
- 2Line cut as far as the municipal sewer tie-in
- 3Debris on the cable examined
- 4Flow tested and camera offered