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Backwater & Backflow Valve Installation Services

During heavy rain, the sewers can become overloaded. It is essential that homeowners take appropriate action to reduce the risk of basement flooding.

Owners of a single-family, duplex or triplex residential home can apply online for a subsidy of up to $3,400 per property to install flood protection devices. Eligible work includes: installation of a backwater valve; installation of a sump pump; severance and capping of a home’s storm sewer or external weeping tile connection. Disconnecting the downspouts from your property’s eavestrough system is not eligible for a subsidy.


Experienced  Installation in Toronto surrounding areas for Backwater and backflow installations. . Many older homes in Toronto GTA areas were built on hills. Those that have basements below grade are sometimes prone to basement flooding, which is why people need sump pump installation services in Toronto. If your sump pump stops working, water can quickly accumulate. We have been serving the Toronto areas with quality sump pump replacement services for over 20 years. Why choose us for a new sump pump: Family-owned and -operated business Qualified, highly trained plumbers 24/7 emergency repair services Serving the local community for over 20 years Many happy, repeat customers Our company founder has over 30 years of experience in the trades, and we are proud of our team of professionals. We believe in treating every customer as a customer for life, and we will not leave the job until you’re happy. 

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Sump pump

  • Installation or replacement of sump pump.
  • Installation of alarm for sump pump.
  • Installation of back-up power for sump pump.

The City of Toronto offers a subsidy of up to 80% of the invoiced cost, up to a maximum of $1,750, to help offset the cost of installing a sump pump. This subsidy is regardless of the number of devices installed at the property, including eligible labour, materials and taxes.

Be sure to maintain basement flooding protection devices according to manufacturer instructions. Keeping these devices in good working order is an important step in protecting your home against basement flooding.

About sump pumps

Install a properly-sized sump pump to help pump water collected by the weeping tile system to an area outside. Make sure the sump pump empties onto a permeable surface at least two metres from the foundation wall.

Sump pumps can lose power during severe storms, so you may wish to consider a battery back-up. They also need to be inspected and maintained according to product specifications to ensure optimal performance.

The City offers a subsidy of up to 80% of the invoiced cost, up to a maximum of $1,750, to help offset the cost of installing a sump pump.

Foundation drain (weeping tile) pipe severance and capping

  • Disconnection of foundation drains (weeping tiles) from the City’s sewer system by severing and capping the underground sewer connection.

The City offers a subsidy of up to 80% of the invoiced cost, up to a maximum of $400 including eligible labour, materials and taxes, to help offset the cost of installing a sump pump.



With increasingly frequent severe weather events, it is essential that homeowners take appropriate action to reduce the risk of basement flooding.

The City offers owners of single-family, duplex and triplex residential homes a subsidy of up to $3,400 per property to install flood protection devices. Eligible work includes:

  • Installation of a backwater valve.

  • Installation of a sump pump.

  • Severance and capping of a home’s storm sewer or external weeping tile connection.

Disconnecting the downspouts from your property’s eavestrough system is not eligible for a subsidy


If you have water in your Toronto basement from sewage, burst pipes, or heavy rains, making sure your sump pump is working properly is essential. Getting it clean and dry again is not something that can be put off, and you need to call usright away. Signs your sump pump needs to be replaced: Sump pump fails to turn on Lous noise from the sump pump. Pump continually runs Cycles on and off irregularly Standing water in your basement If your sump pump is experiencing any of these problems, you need to get it repaired quickly. The average life of a sump pump is around seven years, and if yours is around this age, it’s probably time for a replacement. Many things can affect the life of a pump, including heavy usage and whether it has been maintained properly. If it’s time for a new one, it’s good to know that you have a local Toronto company you can trust. Sump Pump Replacement Plumbers Schedule Sump Pump Installation Service If you need a new sump pump can help. We offer fast, reliable service at an affordable price. We will respond quickly, and our we can diagnose the problem in no time. Call us if you have water in your basement or if you see signs of sump pump repairs or other problems, and we will send someone out to you as quick as possible.


Downtown Core (Central Toronto) Alexandra Park The Annex Baldwin Village Cabbagetown CityPlace Chinatown Church and Wellesley Corktown Discovery District Distillery District Entertainment District East Bayfront Fashion District Financial District Garden District Grange Park Harbord Village Harbourfront Kensington Market Little Japan (within the former First Chinatown within what was once The Ward) Moss Park Old Town Quayside (future planned neighbourhood) Queen Street West Regent Park South Core St. James Town St. Lawrence Toronto Islands Trefann Court University (includes Huron–Sussex) Yorkville



East Toronto The Beaches (also known as The Beach) East Chinatown East Danforth Gerrard Street East (Gerrard India Bazaar or Little India) Greektown (also known as The Danforth after the street it is on) Leslieville Main Square Playter Estates Port Lands Riverdale Upper Beaches Villiers Island (future planned neighbourhood on an artificial island at the mouths of the Don River in the Port Lands)



North End Toronto Bedford Park Casa Loma Chaplin Estates Davisville Village Deer Park (Yonge and St. Clair) Forest Hill (and Forest Hill Village and Upper Village) Lawrence Park Lytton Park Midtown Moore Park North Toronto Rosedale South Hill (includes Rathnelly) Summerhill Uptown Wanless Park Wychwood Park Yonge–Eglinton (considered centre of Midtown Toronto) 


Toronto West End Beaconsfield Village Bloor West Village Bracondale Hill Brockton Village Carleton Village Corso Italia Davenport Dovercourt Park Dufferin Grove Earlscourt Fort York High Park The Junction (formerly West Toronto; a short section on Dundas Street also contains Little Malta) Junction Triangle Koreatown Liberty Village Little Italy Little Portugal Little Tibet Mirvish Village Niagara Ordinance Triangle Palmerston Parkdale Queen Street West Regal Heights Roncesvalles Runnymede Seaton Village Swansea Trinity–Bellwoods Wallace Emerson 



EAST YORK TORONTO AN AUTONOMOUS URBAN BOROUGH UNTIL 1997, EAST YORK IS LOCATED NORTH OF DANFORTH AVENUE BETWEEN THE DON RIVER TO THE WEST AND VICTORIA PARK AVENUE. EAST YORK WAS AN EXCLAVE OF YORK FROM 1922 TO 1924. EAST YORK DEVELOPED CONTEMPORANEOUSLY WITH THE WEST END OF OLD TORONTO, AND IT IS SIMILAR IN FORM AND CHARACTER. IN 1967, EAST YORK WAS EXPANDED TO INCLUDE THE TOWN OF LEASIDE. SINCE THE 1998 AMALGAMATION, IT IS ADMINISTERED TOGETHER WITH OLD TORONTO, AND SEPARATE FROM SCARBOROUGH, NORTH YORK, AND ETOBICOKE-YORK, BY THE "TORONTO AND EAST YORK NEIGHBOURHOOD COUNCIL". EAST YORK ITSELF IS COMMONLY DIVIDED INTO TWO ZONES WITH MAINLY EDWARDIAN URBAN NEIGHBOURHOODS SITUATED SOUTH OF TAYLOR-MASSEY CREEK AND REFERRED TO AS OLD EAST YORK. OLD EAST YORK BROADVIEW NORTH CRESCENT TOWN EAST DANFORTH PAPE VILLAGE WOODBINE HEIGHTS SUBURBAN EAST YORK BERMONDSEY GOVERNOR'S BRIDGE LEASIDE O'CONNOR–PARKVIEW THORNCLIFFE PARK


ETOBICOKE IS ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE HUMBER RIVER. BEFORE THE 1967 AMALGAMATION, LONG BRANCH, NEW TORONTO, AND MIMICO WERE VILLAGES INDEPENDENT OF ETOBICOKE. IT WAS A SEPARATE CITY UNTIL THE 1998 AMALGAMATION. SINCE THEN, ETOBICOKE IS OFTEN ADMINISTERED WITH YORK AS A SINGLE COMMUNITY COUNCIL WITHIN THE AMALGAMATED CITY OF TORONTO. ETOBICOKE IS OFTEN DIVIDED INTO THREE ZONES: NORTH, CENTRAL, AND SOUTH, ROUGHLY APPROXIMATE TO THAT OF THE ELECTORAL DISTRICTS OF ALL THREE LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT. ALDERWOOD CENTENNIAL PARK CLAIRVILLE EATONVILLE (ETOBICOKE WEST MALL) THE ELMS ERINGATE HUMBER BAY HUMBER HEIGHTS-WESTMOUNT HUMBER VALLEY VILLAGE HUMBERWOOD ISLINGTON-CITY CENTRE WEST KINGSVIEW VILLAGE (THE WESTWAY) THE KINGSWAY LONG BRANCH MARKLAND WOOD MIMICO NEW TORONTO PRINCESS GARDENS REXDALE RICHVIEW SMITHFIELD STONEGATE-QUEENSWAY SUNNYLEA THISTLETOWN THORNCREST VILLAGE WEST HUMBER-CLAIRVILLE WEST DEANE PARK WILLOWRIDGE



NORTH YORK IS LOCATED NORTH OF YORK, OLD TORONTO, AND EAST YORK. IT WAS A SEPARATE CITY UNTIL THE 1998 AMALGAMATION. NORTH YORK IS SOMETIMES DIVIDED TO TWO SECTIONS BY YONGE STREET: AN EAST SECTION AND A WEST SECTION. AMESBURY ARMOUR HEIGHTS BATHURST MANOR BAYVIEW VILLAGE BAYVIEW WOODS-STEELES BERMONDSEY BLACK CREEK THE BRIDLE PATH CLANTON PARK (WILSON HEIGHTS) DON MILLS DON VALLEY VILLAGE DOWNSVIEW FLEMINGDON PARK GLEN PARK (YORKDALE – GLEN PARK; ENGLEMOUNT; MARLEE VILLAGE) HENRY FARM HILLCREST VILLAGE HOGGS HOLLOW HUMBER SUMMIT HUMBERMEDE (EMERY) JANE AND FINCH (UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS; ELIA) LANSING LAWRENCE HEIGHTS LAWRENCE MANOR LEDBURY PARK MAPLE LEAF NEWTONBROOK NORTH YORK CITY CENTRE PARKWAY FOREST PARKWOODS THE PEANUT     PELMO PARK-HUMBERLEA PLEASANT VIEW UPTOWN TORONTO VICTORIA VILLAGE WESTMINSTER–BRANSON WILLOWDALE YORK MILLS YORK UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS (VILLAGE AT YORK)


Scarborough Scarborough is on the east side of Victoria Park Avenue. It was a separate city until the 1998 amalgamation. West Rouge was transferred from Pickering to Scarborough in 1974 as part of the establishment of Durham Region. It was also the largest former municipality by area. Agincourt Armadale Bendale (Cedarbrae) Birch Cliff Birch Cliff Heights Brown's Corners (historical) Clairlea Cliffside Cliffcrest Dorset Park Eglinton East Golden Mile Guildwood Highland Creek Ionview L'Amoreaux Malvern Maryvale Milliken (also in Markham) Morningside Morningside Heights Oakridge Port Union (Centennial Scarborough) Rouge Scarborough City Centre Scarborough Junction Scarborough Village Steeles Tam O'Shanter-Sullivan West Hill West Rouge Wexford Woburn.

  York is situated between Old Toronto and North York, west of Bathurst Street (aside from the neighbourhood of Tichester at the southeasternmost corner of the former city, which extends as far east as Walmer Road and includes much of St. Clair West station). Weston was independent of York until 1967. York was a separate city until the 1998 amalgamation. Since then, York is often administered with Etobicoke as a single community council within the amalgamated city of Toronto. York is often divided to two sections: a western section and an eastern section; often, GO Transit's Barrie rail line divides the former city in two sections. Briar Hill–Belgravia Fairbank (Caledonia–Fairbank) Humewood–Cedarvale (includes Upper Village (also part of Forest Hill)) Lambton–Baby Point Little Jamaica (Eglinton West) Mount Dennis Oakwood Village (includes Five Points and Northcliffe; formerly known as Oakwood–Vaughan) Old Mill Rockcliffe–Smythe Silverthorn (Keelesdale) Tichester Weston





During heavy rain, the sewers can become overloaded. It is essential that homeowners take appropriate action to reduce the risk of basement flooding.
Owners of a single-family, duplex or triplex residential home can apply online for a subsidy of up to $3,400 per property to install flood protection devices. Eligible work includes: installation of a backwater valve; installation of a sump pump; severance and capping of a home’s storm sewer or external weeping tile connection. Disconnecting the downspouts from your property’s eavestrough system is not eligible for a subsidy.
Before proceeding to the online application, please review all sections below so that you can confirm that your application meets the program criteria.