Frozen & Burst Pipe Repair in Scarborough

A frozen pipe shows as no water or a trickle from one fixture, often with frost on the exposed section, while the rest of the house works. A burst pipe shows as water where it shouldn't be — a damp ceiling, a wet wall, water in the basement — sometimes only after the ice thaws and the crack opens. If a frozen tap suddenly starts flowing and you hear water running inside a wall, shut off the main immediately.

You can try to thaw a frozen pipe yourself only if it's fully visible and accessible — a hair dryer or warm towels on an exposed basement line, with the tap open. Never use a torch, heat gun, or space heater against framing, and don't try to thaw a pipe inside a wall or above a garage; that's where a professional pipe thawing service with a thermal camera and electric thawing equipment is the safe option.

For emergency burst pipe repair we're usually at a Scarborough address within the hour, 24/7, from Agincourt and Malvern down to the Bluffs and West Hill. During a major cold snap when calls stack up, we triage active flooding first — so if your pipe has burst, say so when you call and shut off the main while you wait.

Frozen pipe repair in Scarborough starts from about $249 for thawing an accessible line and from $349 when a burst section has to be replaced; a frozen main water line at the service entry starts higher because of the access involved. You get the exact price on site before any work begins, and emergency calls are quoted upfront by phone.

A pipe that freezes every winter is sitting somewhere outside the heated envelope — in an exterior wall, over a garage, through a cantilever — and thawing it fixes the symptom, not the cause. The permanent fixes are self-regulating heat cable on that run, proper insulation, or re-routing the line to an interior wall. We'll tell you which one your pipe needs and what it costs.