Plumbers for Clarkson

Plumbing in Clarkson

Clarkson is the Mississauga community just east of Oakville, with many homes from the fifties through the seventies.

The houses and the pipes in them

Older homes with cast iron, clay and sometimes galvanized supply are common.

Mature trees mean roots are a frequent cause of backups.

Older homes with cast iron, clay and sometimes galvanized supply are common.

From the route notebook

Clarkson grew up around the old village crossroads near Lakeshore Road and Southdown, then filled with post-war subdivisions through the fifties and sixties. Those houses tend to have cast-iron stacks, clay laterals under big trees, and kitchen plumbing in exterior walls, so roots, scaled drains and winter freeze-ups make up most of our calls there.

Clarkson sits in Peel Region rather than Halton, so its water and wastewater programs, including any basement flooding subsidies, are administered by Peel. The plumbing itself is similar to Oakville’s older east end, but anyone applying for a subsidy should check Peel’s current terms rather than Halton’s.

Clarkson lies a short hop east along Lakeshore Road from Oakville’s Eastlake streets, so our crews know the housing well. The fifties bungalows here and in east Oakville were often built with near-identical plumbing layouts, which helps us find cleanouts and valves quickly. Expect a question about the lateral’s age early in the call.

Work often booked here

1. Main sewer line clearingwhole-house backups
2. Hydro jetting of drain linesscouring grease, scale and roots
3. Gas tank water heater replacementold tank out, new tank in
4. Frozen pipe thawingno water after a cold night
5. Main shut-off valve replacementseized or leaking main valves

Nearby: Port Credit, Bronte Village, River Oaks. Businesses here: see commercial plumbing. One number covers them all: (365) 517-8536.