Plumbing Service in Little Italy

Little Italy: the housing stock and its plumbing

Little Italy centres on College Street west of Bathurst. Its side streets are packed with slim brick semis and terraces from around the turn of the twentieth century, most with tiny back gardens and lane garages. Italian and Portuguese families shaped the neighbourhood through the twentieth century, and many houses carry decades of owner-done improvements alongside professional work.

Trouble we run into most often

• Basement kitchens and cantinas with their own drains and traps.
• Galvanized and lead pipe in homes not yet updated.
• Cast iron stacks running through tight walls.
• Kitchen grease clogs in busy family kitchens.

Below the floor: drains, sewers and wet basements

Older sewer infrastructure and paved-over yards mean less ground to absorb rain. Water runs to the sewer fast in a storm. Many homes here have older weeping tile tied to the sewer. A backwater valve on the main and a check of the floor drain are good first steps. Narrow lots also mean laterals sometimes run close to the neighbour's foundation.

What happens when you ring us

Little Italy kitchens work hard, upstairs and down. On a slow-drain call we ask about the basement cantina and the laundry, because they often share a branch line. Tight lots mean our hoses and cables come in through the side door or the lane, and floors get covered the whole way.