Sunnylea houses and their plumbing
Sunnylea is a quiet pocket between the Kingsway and the Queensway, laid out in the 1940s and 1950s around a school and a grid of tree-lined streets. Houses are chiefly sturdy brick bungalows and dormered one-and-a-half-storey houses on wide lots, many of them enlarged or rebuilt over the years.
Original houses here commonly have copper supply that replaced galvanized at some point, cast-iron drains inside, and clay laterals running to the street under the front lawn. Mimico Creek runs along the western edge, and the slope toward it shapes how some basements drain.
What fails in these pipes
- Root intrusion in clay laterals from mature street trees
- Outdoor taps without interior shut-offs
- Original main valves that no longer close
- Cast-iron stacks with rust at the cleanout
- Backups at the floor drain during summer storms
Jobs we take on here
Our work in Sunnylea tends toward drains and sewers, flood protection, replacing original valves, and plumbing for kitchen and bathroom updates. Neighbouring Stonegate-Queensway shares much of the same housing stock.
Under the floor: what we open up
Sunnylea's 1940s and 1950s houses hide original galvanized branches behind finished basement walls. We open an access panel at the meter, trace the supply up to the kitchen and bath, and plan copper or PEX replacements that avoid opening good plaster. Call (365) 816-2905 and describe what the water is doing at that fixture.