There are several types of drains found throughout your North York home that we can repair with our residential plumbing service. They may require repairs for different reasons, but at the end of the day, the reasons that cause problems all lead to similar issues: clogs, leaks, cracks, and corrosion. The types of drains we repair inside and outside your home include:
- Kitchen drains: kitchen sinks, garbage disposals
- Bathroom drains: tubs, sinks, showers, toilets
- Basement & exterior drains: basement floor drains, sump pumps, weeping tile, water heaters
All of your underground drain lines meet and empty into the city’s main sewer line. That means that if you have a clogged toilet, sink, or shower or if the city has heavy rain, there’s a high chance you will experience a backup of wastewater in your home. Sewer and drain backups require immediate attention and will need emergency plumbing repairs. Pesky clogs and slow leaks do not. Whichever type of plumbing problem you experience, you can rest easy knowing our professional team will deal with it efficiently. What exactly can you expect when we arrive? Our process for drain repair goes as follows:
Inspection & Diagnosis
Have you ever wished you could see inside your pipes and find out exactly what is going on in there? That is actually possible with sewer drain video camera inspections. It involves using a small video camera with a bright LED light that is attached to a flexible cable and lowered into your pipe.
Your plumber maneuvers it through the pipe while it records video footage of everything it sees. Once it is retrieved from the pipe, your plumber can play back the footage and interpret it to discover the exact nature and location of the issue. We also have other advanced diagnostic tools, such as infrared cameras, acoustic listening equipment, and soil probes, so it’s always possible for us to find the cause of a problem during an appointment for drain repair.
HydroScrub® Jetting
When it comes to drain cleaning services, you can’t beat hydro jetting for efficiency and effectiveness. Hydro jetting machines use high-pressure jets of water to blast away clogs and built-up debris that are blocking the flow of water in your pipes. It scours the inside walls of your pipes clean as well, which means clog-causing substances can’t build up so fast in the future, and you won’t experience problems with blockages as often.
This particular type of drain cleaning service also extends the lifespan of your pipes, so you won’t need to worry about early pipe replacement. As an added bonus, this clean, no-mess drain repair technique pushes disgusting clogs through your pipes and into the city sanitary sewer where they belong instead of pulling them back up into your house to splash all over the room.
Drain Repair
Homeowners such as yourself may encounter drainage issues due to cracks, holes, or corrosion in your drain line. If so, we’ll have spotted them during our sewer camera inspection. To repair your broken pipes or leaky pipes, our plumbing contractors will recommend one of a few types of plumbing solutions. In many cases, a trenchless method such as pipe relining is all that’s needed to get the water flowing swiftly down your drains again, but in some cases, pipe bursting and replacement are necessary if your existing pipe has extensive damage.