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When it comes to plumbing maintenance, keeping an eye on your floor drains is one task you can’t neglect. Floor drains are often located in basements, garages or beneath hot water heaters, and they provide quick drainage and prevent sewer gases from entering your home. Here’s how to maintain these critical plumbing features. 1. Pour water down them regularly Floor drains actually work to keep sewer gases from seeping into your home. They contain a fill trap mechanism that holds ...

The real estate market is starting to cool off a bit now, and buyers have a bit more leverage than they did over the past couple of years when it comes to buying a house.  The single biggest investment we’re likely to make in our lifetimes. During the red-hot market, it was hard to obtain an inspection amidst the flurry of over asking offers, now it makes sense to protect your investment given the average price is still quite high in most markets. That means performing thorou...

Building a new home or replacing some of the plumbing in your existing home? It’s important to understand the differences in pipes before you attempt doing any plumbing projects. Two of the most common types of pipe used for plumbing systems are Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS) and Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC). While ABS and PVC share some common uses, they also have some key differences. ABS is always black and PVC is white is the easiest way to tell which piping it is. ABS ABS ...

Interested in renovating the plumbing in your bathroom, kitchen or any other part of your home? Before you can begin any work towards improving your property, you need the right permits to ensure compliance with Ontario’s Building Code Act. Failing to pull permits could cause a wide range of problems down the line—from voiding your homeowners’ insurance to making it more difficult to sell your home later on. Read on to learn what you need to know about municipal requirement...

In this week’s second installment of the top trends in plumbing focuses in how these technologies and features can be installed or retrofitted to your kitchen and bathrooms. Last week we touched on how touchless fixtures have continued to evolve and how you can combine these new technologies to increase your savings. Traditionally the bathrooms and kitchens have not been very efficient. Now that these new technologies are proven to provide the same long-term reliability we look for in ...

Technology continues to factor heavily in fixture design as well as installations to have homes and facilities much more functional, economical and stylish. In this first of two--parts, we’ll cover the latest trends in fixtures. Younger homeowners have been driving the demand for “smart” technology in many areas, including the plumbing systems of where they live. The COVID-19 pandemic has contributed to technology and market disruption more than any other recent factor. The...

It’s 2022 and we are all still concerned about the new variants of the COVID-19 virus. Our priority at PipeMasters & Oakridge Plumbing continues to be keeping our customers, staff and their families safe. With another round of restrictions underway in Southern Ontario, we continue to be available for critical plumbing services and repairs during these difficult times. Our commercial team is on standby to minimize any disruption in your operations. For more information on our service...

Our PipeMasters team takes pride in offering discounts to our seniors as a way to give back to the community. We care about our seniors that have been the builders of the society we live in. Without them, our communities would not have succeeded as they have. It is our own small way to show them how much they are respected and acknowledged by our team. We welcome all our seniors to book our services and fix all their plumbing issues. Plumbing services are an essential part of every household...

If you've noticed plumbing issues coming up at your house, you might be tempted to try to resolve the problems yourself. After all, fixing the problem yourself rather than calling in a plumber can save you a lot of money if you know what you're doing. The trouble is, most homeowners don't know what they're doing, so by attempting to repair plumbing problems themselves they might only make matters worse. A professional plumber is capable of taking on just about any plumbing...

Technology weighs heavily in this year's top plumbing industry trends, from growing demand for smart homes to pipes that tell on themselves when they spring a leak. Consumers increasingly ask the plumbing industry for green living products, ways to reduce water usage and recycle water, and for touchless plumbing fixtures. Here's a quick overview of some current trends in the field you should be aware of before taking on any plumbing work. Smart fixtures: As younger generation...