Residential plumbing for Whitby houses

Nearly every Whitby house call lands in one of these few buckets. We list them here so you can see where your problem fits before you pick up the phone.

• Blocked kitchen, bathroom and laundry drains, plus main lines backing up into the floor drain
• Water heaters leaking at the base, short on hot water or making a popping noise
• Sump pumps that hum without pumping, cycle constantly or have no battery backup
• Pinhole leaks in older copper, sweating lines and stuck main shut-off valves
• Dripping faucets, running toilets, worn shower cartridges and loose tub spouts
• Basement bathroom rough-ins and fixture moves during a renovation

Whitby has several building eras side by side, and each one brings its own plumbing habits:

• Downtown and Port Whitby: older brick homes with cast-iron stacks, clay laterals and some leftover galvanized supply pipe
• Blue Grass Meadows, Rolling Acres, West Lynde: 1970s and 1980s copper that is reaching pinhole age, plus gate valves that no longer seal
• Brooklin, Taunton North, Williamsburg: newer ABS drains, PEX supply, busy sump pits in clay soil and capped rough-ins
• North of Brooklin: wells, pressure tanks and septic beds

1. Ring us, name the fixture, say what it does and when it started
2. We talk you through closing the right shut-off if water is moving
3. The plumber arrives with the auger, camera and common parts for that job
4. We find the cause, explain the options and the price before any work starts
5. The repair is made, tested and cleaned up, and you get written notes on what was done

• Shift storage clear of the main valve, tank and floor drain
• List every fixture acting up, on each floor
• Anything the Town of Whitby wants a permit for gets flagged up front
• Pets and kids away from the work area while drains are open

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