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Sewer line repair in North York

A sewer lateral runs from your basement to the city main under the street. When part of it breaks, the camera shows where and the shovel goes in there, not everywhere.

  • We start at the basement clean-out to the city lateral
  • On the van: main-line drum machine
  • You see the broken part before you hear a number
  • Every fixture on the run tested before we leave
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  • Licensed and insured (details on the call)
  • Price agreed before work starts
  • North York and next door

When a repair is needed

  • Camera shows a collapsed or crushed section
  • Offset joint that catches paper and roots every month
  • Sag holding standing water
  • Bituminous fibre pipe that has deformed
  • Soft or sunken patch in the lawn above the line

Locate, then dig

The camera's sonde transmitter tells us the exact spot and depth. Before any digging, utility locates are requested through Ontario One Call, so gas, hydro, cable and phone lines are marked. Then a plumber and crew open a trench at the fault, saw out the failed length and couple in new PVC. The bedding is compacted and the trench backfilled.

The camera's sonde transmitter tells us the exact spot and depth. Before any digging, utility locates are requested through Ontario One Call, so gas, hydro, cable and phone lines are marked.

From the counter

Full replacement

If the camera shows the line failing in several places, replacing the whole private portion is often cheaper than chasing breaks. That can be done by open trench across the lawn or, where conditions allow, with trenchless gear that draws a new pipe along the old route. We explain which fits your lot and what each will disturb.

Who owns what: in Toronto, the owner looks after the sewer pipe on the lot, and the City looks after the stretch under the road allowance. A camera report helps settle where the problem lies.

North York specifics

Many lots in neighbourhoods like Armour Heights and Bedford Park have large old trees between the house and the road. Root intrusion into clay joints is the leading reason we replace sections there. On newer streets in the north end, problems are more often settlement where the backfill was poorly compacted.

What we leave you

  1. Camera footage before and after.
  2. Location of the repair and depth marked on a sketch.
  3. New cleanout access where practical, so future clearing is easy.

Questions

Is a permit needed to fix a sewer lateral?

Work on drains generally requires a building permit in Toronto. We tell you what applies to your job.

Will my driveway be torn up?

Only if the fault is under it. The camera locate lets us choose the smallest opening.

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.