Toronto Drain & Plumbing Blog

Ted & Sylvia in Etobicoke
re: problems with toilet
They sent somebody within the hour even though it wasn’t a “rush/emergency” and Mike Dunn assessed the situation and gave me some options and costs and recommended what he thought should be done without doing unnecessary and expensive work. Work was done very professionally and everything was cleaned [...]

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Hillcrest Ali
re: Sewage pipe replacement
For the second time in as many months our basement toilet was backing up and water was coming up the basement drain. We knew our heavily treed lot was causing problems with the old clay pipes. Armando was over within 3 hours of our call and spent 2-3 hours diagnosing our [...]

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How a culture of disservice allows any smart, hard-working
company to trounce larger, richer competition where it matters most:
in the hearts and minds of customers.
Are you like me? When you call a phone company or a credit card
company and the recording asks you to punch in your account
information, do you wonder why in the world when [...]

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Shona in The Junction
re: Main Drain Scope
I called Drainworks after reading the other reviews. My husband and I have just bought a home in the Junction area, and the home has been in renovations for about a year. Our home inspector recommended we get our sewer scoped to make sure that the renos didn’t clog [...]

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Don & Sharon, St. Andrew’s
re: Partial replacement of both storm and sanitary drains
A river of water was coming up through the basement floor by the water meter, fortunately running about 10 feet into the floor drain. It ran for 5 days steady. After confirming with the City it wasn’t a broken water pipe, I called [...]

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As plumbing and drain guys, we meet a lot of people and answer a lot of water and plumbing related questions. Here are some answers and tips you might find valuable
My water pressure is really low. What are the causes of low water pressure?
A lack of water pressure or low pressure is one of the [...]

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As plumbing and drain guys, we meet a lot of people and answer a lot
of water and plumbing related questions. Here are some answers and
tips you might find valuable
We just moved into a home with a very slow kitchen drain. What causes
kitchen clogs and how do I unclog it?
Fats or greases repeatedly poured or washed [...]

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As plumbing and drain guys, we meet a lot of people and answer a lot of water and plumbing related questions. Here are some answers and tips you might find valuable
Hey Terry, can you recommend ways that I might conserve water?
Conserving water is really about being aware of how you currently use water. For example, [...]

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Kristina, Yonge & Sheppard
re: clogged drain
It’s easter Sunday, and the water is coming up in the basement through the main drain. Drainworks has done two previous jobs at our place. The gentlemean came prepared with the history of all work done by the company previously. He arrived about an hour after we called without extra [...]

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