Markham area · 1970s to 1980s
Plumbers in Markville
The streets around CF Markville and Centennial are mostly 1980s detached and semi-detached homes, solid houses whose plumbing is now forty-odd years into a working life.
- Crews familiar with how this neighbourhood was piped
- Main shut-off and pipe material checked on every call
- Price before work, tested before we leave
Homes and pipes in Markville
Typical houses here have copper supply lines, ABS drains, a basement laundry and a floor drain near the furnace. Water heaters sit in the utility room beside the furnace, and many are still rented. The copper has held up well in most homes, but valves, flappers, shower cartridges and toilet guts have not. Original hose bibs are often the old compression style that freezes if left on.
Laterals here are usually newer than in the old villages, but trees on the boulevard can still send roots into joints over forty years.
Common plumbing calls here
- Washing machine hoses bursting or laundry tubs leaking.
- Shower valves needing new cartridges or a full swap.
- Rented water heaters leaking and needing replacement.
- Floor drains that smell because the trap has dried out.
- Outdoor taps cracked by frost.
See shower valve replacement for what a valve swap involves, and outdoor faucet repair for frozen taps.
Seasonal issues
Ahead of the freeze, turn off the basement valve behind every hose bib and let the spout drain. Furnace rooms are dry in winter, so floor drain traps evaporate and let sewer gas in; pour a jug of water down them each month. In spring, check the sump and the downspouts.
A typical Markville repair
When a shower drips here, we shut the water, pull the handle and trim, and extract the cartridge with the proper puller. Scale often locks it in place. We clean the valve body, fit a new cartridge and O-rings, and set the temperature limit. For washing machines, we replace rubber hoses with braided steel and check the laundry box valves, which can drip after years of use.
How to reach us
We cover Markville and the surrounding streets from McCowan to Kennedy and around Highway 7. Call (365) 334-6254. Most calls here are repair visits, and we carry cartridges for the common valve makes, fill valves, flappers and frost-free sillcocks.
We check the work under pressure and leave the area cleaner than we found it.
Seasonal issues Ahead of the freeze, turn off the basement valve behind every hose bib and let the spout drain.
From the job notes of Plumbers in Markham
Local file · Markville
Under the floors in Markville
| Item | What we usually find |
|---|---|
| Main era | 1970s to 1980s |
| Supply pipe | Copper, early poly-b |
| Drains and sewer | ABS or cast iron, clay or PVC lateral |
| Watch for | Pinhole leaks, aging stacks, original floor drains with no backwater valve |
A general picture of the housing stock. Renovations change what is behind any one wall.
First checks on a call here
- Where the main shut-off and meter sit, and whether the valve still turns
- Age and type of the water heater and its venting
- Floor drain, cleanout and any backwater valve
- Supply pipe material visible in the basement ceiling