Plumbers for Stouffville

Main Street and new subdivisions

The town of Whitchurch-Stouffville lies east of Aurora. Its centre, Stouffville proper, has a traditional Main Street lined with older brick buildings, and the residential streets around it include homes built from the late 1800s onward. Since the early 2000s, large new subdivisions have grown to the north, south and west of the old village, roughly doubling the town's size.

For us, that means two very different kinds of call. In the older blocks we deal with tired cast iron, galvanized remnants and basements dug out long after the house was built. In the new neighbourhoods, the systems are modern but young, and owners are learning them for the first time.

Rural wells

Stouffville's town centre and subdivisions are on municipal water. Outside them, homes across the countryside generally rely on private wells and septic systems. Rural households call us about pressure tank trouble, pumps that cycle too often, sediment in the water, or a fixture that suddenly runs dry. We work on the plumbing side of those systems and will tell you plainly if the problem is in the well itself, which calls for a licensed well contractor.

Water heaters

Homes in the first wave of new subdivisions are now old enough that original water heaters give out. Typical signs include rusty hot water, a rumbling tank and puddles near the base. Many of these heaters are rentals, so check your bill before calling; your rental provider may handle the replacement. If you own the tank, you have a free hand to pick a new tank, a high-efficiency model or a tankless unit.

Sump pumps

Much of Stouffville sits on clay, and new subdivisions often have high water tables in spring. Sump pumps work hard here. Testing the pump twice a year and keeping the discharge clear are the best ways to avoid a wet basement. A backup pump is worth considering if yours runs often.

Older pipe and renovations

Homes from the 1980s and early 1990s on the edges of the old village may have polybutylene supply lines. Our polybutylene pipe replacement page explains how we swap it out. Kitchen renovations are also frequent in older Stouffville homes, and they often reveal undersized drains and missing shutoffs. Our kitchen plumbing page lists what we look at when the cabinets come out.

Planning a project that moves drains or adds fixtures? Our guide to plumbing permits covers how permits generally work in York Region towns, though Whitchurch-Stouffville issues its own. The hamlet of Gormley, a little to the south, is covered on our Gormley page.