Oakville neighbourhoods · 1960s to 1980s homes near Ford Drive
Plumbers for Clearview
Clearview sits on Oakville’s east edge between the QEW and Upper Middle near Ford Drive, a short hop from the Mississauga line.
- Roots in older laterals
- Kitchen supplies freezing in outside walls
- Leaking cast-iron stacks
- Booked by phone, one number for the whole route
- Licensed plumbers · ask for details on the call
- Cause found and explained before work starts
- Oakville & Halton coverage
Plumbing in Clearview
Clearview sits on Oakville’s east edge between the QEW and Upper Middle near Ford Drive, a short hop from the Mississauga line. Its houses run mainly from the sixties into the eighties.
The houses and the pipes in them
Older homes may still drain through cast iron and carry some galvanized supply, while later ones have copper and ABS. Laterals in the older sections are often clay or iron.
Bungalows and backsplits frequently put the kitchen on an outside wall, leaving both the drain and the supply exposed to winter.
Older homes may still drain through cast iron and carry some galvanized supply, while later ones have copper and ABS.
What we fix most in Clearview
- Roots in older laterals
- Kitchen supplies freezing in outside walls
- Leaking cast-iron stacks
- Heater replacements
- Sluggish building drains
Local field notes
Commercial strips along the QEW border the area, but the residential crescents are quiet and tree-lined, and roots are a regular cause of drain trouble.
From the route notebook
Clearview houses closer to the QEW often date from the sixties and still drain through their first iron stack and clay pipe to the road, while those further north are newer with ABS and PVC. A main drain backup in the older section is very often roots; in the newer section it is more often grease or wipes.
Bungalows here commonly have the kitchen on an exterior wall facing the prevailing wind, which puts that supply among the earliest casualties of a deep freeze. Insulating the wall cavity or rerouting the line through an interior wall during a renovation solves the problem for good.
Work often booked here
- Main sewer line clearingwhole-house backups
- Sewer camera inspectionvideo of the line, start to finish
- Frozen pipe thawingno water after a cold night
- Gas tank water heater replacementold tank out, new tank in
- Hydro jetting of drain linesscouring grease, scale and roots
Nearby: Eastlake, Joshua Creek, Palermo West. Businesses here: see commercial plumbing. One number covers them all: (365) 517-8536.