Who we are
About Burlington Plumbing Company
A Burlington plumbing outfit whose working hours go to kneeling below vanities, reaching into sump pits and at the bottom of sewer cleanouts.
- A person answers the phone
- Residential and commercial plumbing
- Burlington, Aldershot and Waterdown
- The plan explained before work starts
Calls only · a person answers
- 24 hResponse
- 28 areasAreas
- 28 servicesServices
- Licensed & insuredTrust
How a visit goes
Ring us, describe what is happening, and we take it from there. We ask a few questions, agree on a time and send a plumber. On site, the plumber looks first, explains what they found in ordinary language, and tells you what the fix involves before starting. If the job grows once a wall or floor is open, we stop and talk again rather than carrying on and surprising you at the end.
Key point
A Burlington plumbing outfit whose working hours go to kneeling below vanities, reaching into sump pits and at the bottom of sewer cleanouts.
The houses we know
Burlington's housing tells the story of its growth: older homes near downtown and along the lake, post-war bungalows in neighbourhoods like Dynes and Elizabeth Gardens, 1970s and 1980s subdivisions above the QEW, and newer streets in Alton Village. Each era came with its own materials, from cast iron and clay to copper, polybutylene and PEX. Knowing what is likely behind the drywall helps us plan the job and avoid needless digging.
Have this ready when you call
- Which fixture, which floor
- Whether the main is closed
- Rough age of the house and heater
- Any past floods or drain work
What we will not do
- Nobody here will steer you toward a new fixture or heater if a fix will do the job.
- No figure gets quoted we have not worked out for your house.
- We will not leave a mess, and we will tell you if a permit or inspection applies.
Questions about how we work? Call (365) 464-5184.
First move in a leak
Close the main shut-off, open a low tap to drain pressure, then call (365) 464-5184.
What the van carries
A plumber who has to leave for parts loses half a morning, so the van is stocked for the common Burlington jobs: cable augers in two sizes and a push camera for laterals, a stack of P-traps and closet flanges, toilet rebuild kits, pressure-balance cartridges, sump pumps and check valves, copper and PEX fittings with the crimp and press tools, ball valves, relief valves and expansion tanks. Water heaters and backwater valves come on a second trip once the size is confirmed.
How the houses shape the work
Lakeside streets in Shoreacres and Roseland often sit on clay laterals with maple roots in the joints, so those calls tend to end with a camera and a cutting head. The postwar grids around Dynes and Tansley carry original copper and cast-iron stacks that crack along the seams. The north end mixes newer subdivisions with wells and septic beds around Carlisle and Kilbride, where a pressure problem can be a well pump rather than a pipe. Knowing that before the van door opens decides which tools come in first.