Long Branch houses and their plumbing
Long Branch grew from a lakeside summer colony into a year-round village, and some of its streets still have the scale of a cottage settlement. Small frame houses stand next to post-war brick bungalows and a steady line of newer infill homes, with Marie Curtis Park and the mouth of Etobicoke Creek at its western edge.
Former cottages winterized decades ago can have unusual plumbing: supply lines added in stages, drains joined from different eras, and crawlspaces where pipes run close to cold air. Infill houses have modern systems but sometimes connect to older municipal laterals at the street.
What fails in these pipes
- Frozen supply lines in crawlspaces and enclosed porches
- Shallow basements and damp floors near the lake
- Root intrusion in clay laterals under mature trees
- Kitchen drains narrowed by decades of grease, best cleared as described on our kitchen drain page
- Floor drains that back up in heavy rain
Jobs we take on here
We handle everything from a stuck shut-off to a new lateral. In Long Branch we spend a good deal of time insulating and rerouting pipes in old cottage additions, clearing roots from sewer lines, and planning plumbing for renovations that turn a two-bedroom bungalow into a family home. If you are looking further east, our Humber Bay page covers the condo side of the lakeshore.
Under the floor: what we open up
Long Branch cottages-turned-houses often have supply pipe running through a crawlspace or enclosed porch. We trace those runs with a flashlight and a moisture meter, wrap or reroute the cold ones, and replace hose bibs with frost-free models that shut off inside the heated wall. Call (365) 816-2905 and describe what the water is doing at that fixture.