We work across all of Etobicoke, from Lake Ontario north to Steeles Avenue and from the Humber River west to Etobicoke Creek.
By area
The age of a neighbourhood tells you a lot about its foundations and drains.
Mimico · New Toronto · Long Branch · Humber Bay
Some of the oldest houses in Etobicoke, on narrow lots close to Lake Ontario. Expect block or early poured foundations, clay weeping tile and side yards too tight for a machine — interior systems and hand-dug trenches are common here.
The Kingsway · Sunnylea · Stonegate-Queensway · Islington Village
Brick houses from the 1930s to the 1950s on mature, tree-lined streets near the Humber River and Mimico Creek. Tree roots in the weeping tile and finished basements that need careful opening-up are the usual issues.
Markland Wood · Eatonville · Eringate · Princess-Rosethorn · Alderwood
Bungalows and split-levels built in the 1950s and 1960s along Etobicoke Creek. Poured concrete foundations with shrinkage cracks, original drains at the end of their life, and sump pumps added later without a backup.
Rexdale · Thistletown · Richview · Kingsview Village · Humber Valley Village
Post-war subdivisions on the tableland above the Humber valley. Flat lots where the ground has settled toward the house over sixty years, so surface water runs to the wall instead of away from it.
Water around Etobicoke
The Humber River forms the eastern edge of Etobicoke, Etobicoke Creek the western edge, and Mimico Creek runs between them. All three drain south into Lake Ontario. Streets close to those valleys and to the lakeshore generally sit nearer the water table than the tableland in between.
During Hurricane Hazel in October 1954 the Humber rose over its banks and swept away houses on Raymore Drive. The valley lands were turned into parkland afterwards, which is why so much of the Humber’s edge is green today.
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