Drain Repair & Drain Service in Scarborough

Drain repair in Scarborough is a same-day service for us, and a sewage backup or a basement floor drain overflowing is treated as a 24/7 emergency — we're usually on site within the hour from Agincourt and Malvern down to Guildwood and the Bluffs. Our trucks carry cables, cutter heads, and a sewer camera, so a slow sink, a clogged main drain, or a backed-up tub is normally cleared on the first visit.

Drain cleaning removes what's blocking the pipe — grease, hair, roots, scale — with snaking or hydro jetting, and the pipe itself is fine afterward. Drain repair fixes the pipe: a cracked or collapsed section, a sagging "belly" that holds water, a broken joint roots keep entering, or an old building trap that catches everything. A camera inspection tells us which one you need, so you're not paying for cleaning that will have to be repeated in a month.

Drains that keep clogging after being cleared almost always have a structural cause that snaking can't fix. In Scarborough that's usually one of three things: tree roots entering through a cracked clay joint in mature areas like Guildwood and Cliffside, a sag in the line from shifting clay soil in Agincourt and Wexford, or an obsolete building trap in a post-war home. We camera the line, show you the footage, and quote the drain repair that ends the cycle.

Yes, we run a sewer camera inspection on any recurring blockage, any main drain backup, and before every drain repair or replacement quote — there's no point guessing what's underground. It's also the smartest step before buying an older Scarborough home: a camera shows cracked clay, root intrusion, or a collapsed section that a home inspector can't see, and the repair cost can be negotiated before you close.

Drain repair cost in Scarborough depends on what the camera finds: clearing a clogged line is the least expensive, hydro jetting a line coated in grease or roots is more, and replacing a cracked or collapsed section — especially under a basement floor or in the yard — is the biggest job. Whatever it is, you get an upfront, all-in quote before any work starts, and the quote is the invoice. For an emergency call we confirm the price by phone before dispatching.

We'd ask you not to use a chemical drain cleaner before calling. Caustic openers rarely clear more than a small part of the clog, they damage older cast-iron and clay pipe, and they leave the plumber working in a line full of chemicals. A plunger or a hand auger on a sink trap is fine to try; for anything deeper, or if more than one fixture is backing up, shut off what's draining into the line and call for drain service — it's cheaper than fixing a pipe the chemicals ate through.