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Plumbing in Bayview Village

Low, wide houses on curving streets, ravine lots out back, and a cluster of towers by the subway. Two very different sets of pipes in one neighbourhood.

  • Plumbing calls across Bayview Village, house or condo
  • We ask about the age of the building first
  • Drains, leaks, heaters and basement backups
  • Residential and commercial, one phone number
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Homes in Bayview Village

Most of the detached houses here went up in the 1950s and 60s. Long ranch bungalows and side-splits sit on generous lots, many backing onto the East Don ravine system. A good number have been renovated or rebuilt, so on one street you can find original 1950s plumbing next door to a new build with PEX and a tankless heater.

Along Sheppard, near the Bayview subway station and the shopping centre, the picture changes. Condo towers there have their own risers, pressure systems and building rules.

Problems we see most

Ranch bungalows spread the plumbing out. A kitchen at one end and bathrooms at the other means long horizontal drain runs across the basement, and long runs collect grease and scale. Repeat kitchen clogs are a regular call here, and kitchen drain cleaning is often where we start.

  • Root intrusion in the main sewer from mature trees on big lots
  • Original galvanized supply lines causing weak pressure upstairs
  • Aging water heaters tucked into tight utility rooms
  • In condos, leaking shutoffs and in-suite heater or valve issues
Backing onto the ravine? Lots that slope toward the valley can carry surface water toward the house in heavy rain. Downspouts and grading matter as much as the plumbing.

Most of the detached houses here went up in the 1950s and 60s. Long ranch bungalows and side-splits sit on generous lots, many backing onto the East Don ravine system.

From the counter

Water and sewer notes

Original sewer laterals in this part of North York are often clay or early cast iron. Big oaks and maples on the front lawns love those joints. If the basement floor drain is slow every spring, a camera inspection will tell you whether roots are the reason.

Water here comes from Toronto's system and is on the hard side, and the lime it leaves behind cakes up inside tanks and on aerators over the years. Our hard water column covers whether a softener is worth it.

For houses with finished basements, a backwater valve is good insurance against a storm surge in the city sewer.

Common calls

Water heater replacements and repairs come up often, since many homes are on their second or third tank in the same spot. See water heater repair. Main line clearing, outdoor tap replacements on long exterior walls, and bathroom renovations in older bungalows round out the usual list.

Condo owners near Bayview and Sheppard tend to call about toilets, faucets and leaks between units. In those cases, we coordinate with property management before shutting anything off. You can read about who handles what in condo plumbing responsibility.

Before you call

It helps to know roughly when the house was built and whether the plumbing has been redone. Tell us if the home is a bungalow with a crawl space under part of it, since that changes how we reach some pipes. For condo units, have the management office number and your unit's locker or parking level handy, because shutoff valves sometimes sit in a common room rather than the suite. A photo of the problem sent ahead saves time at the door.

Nearby, we also cover York Mills, Willowdale and Henry Farm.

Questions

Do you work in the condo towers near Bayview Station?

Yes. We work in units and coordinate with the building management office for water shutoffs and access.

My bungalow has weak shower pressure. Why?

Old galvanized pipe narrows with rust over decades. A plumber can check whether it is the supply lines, a valve or the fixture.

How the job runs

  1. You callDescribe what is dripping, backing up or cold, and the cross streets.
  2. We ask questionsAge of the building, pipe type if you know it, where the shut-off is.
  3. We open it upTrap off, clean-out open or wall cut: find the actual fault before quoting the fix.
  4. We test itOpen each tap on that run, watch the joints dry and show you what came out.