You have a wet concrete smell in your basement. A waterline stain is progressing up the wall. Or, you stepped onto your floor and felt it give a little…hmmm, bad idea.
This is a problem with your weeping tile system. Each week that passes, water is causing more damage to your foundation.
We do weeping tile repair, weeping tile replacement, and weeping tile installation throughout the GTA and southern Ontario. When you have a blocked, collapsed or simply “shot” drainage system, we’ll let you know what is really wrong, and then do it the right way.
Weeping tiles are not tiles; although the name implies otherwise.
A weeping tile system is a network of drainage pipes made of perforated plastic, that are placed around the footing of your home’s foundation. It’s the pipes that remove excess groundwater and direct it away from the structure, typically to a sump pump system or municipal water drain system.
If your weeping tiles aren’t working, water accumulates behind the walls of your foundation. Eventually this pressure can lead to:
Usually the modern systems for weeping tiles installation involve a system of gravel, filter fabric and perforated plastic pipe. Clay weeping tiles are still present in many older homes throughout Ontario, and are likely to crack, collapse or fill with mud and roots over time.
That’s where professional fixing weeping tile services are necessary.
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Many homeowners do not make this link between the symptoms and their drainage system. However, if you are experiencing any of the following, it’s time to take it in for a check-up:
The majority of drainage issues start off gradually, and then become costly emergencies. Early detection of damage could save thousands by means of restoration.
Water Entering The Basement After Rain
The most typical warning sign. Your basement may leak during storms or snow melt which could mean that your drainage system isn’t moving water out quickly enough.
Persistent Damp Or Musty Smell
Mold and mildew can develop in moisture accumulating behind walls of the foundation.
Efflorescence On Basement Walls
The white chalky stuff on the concrete walls is mineral salt which has been left behind because the water has penetrated the wall.
Foundation Cracks
Cracks and shifting in walls can be caused by the hydrostatic pressure that can result from poor drainage.
Sump Pump Running Constantly
When the sump pump continues to run without stopping, it could be that the drainage system is overloaded or the pump’s drain is clogged.
Wet Carpet Or Flooring
Moisture can trickle in over the foundation, and then make its way up to the surface.
Standing Water Around Foundation
If the water is pooling outside of the house, it’s likely that the drainage around the house is not working properly.
If you are experiencing any of these problems, it’s the perfect time to call in the professionals for weeping tile repair before the problem worsens.
We don’t guess. We always camera check the existing drain line prior to any excavation or quote for a number. You can inspect all the content of their root system, soil, broken pipe or complete failure.
Then the repair strategy will depend on what we discover:
Hydro Jetting and Clearing: If the pipe is structurally sound but just blockages such as sediment and/or root intrusion, we can often clear the pipe without excavation. The line is cleaned by high pressure water. Many homeowners are pleased to know that this is an alternative.
Spot Repair: If the damage is limited to a crack or joint failure, we will excavate at this location, replace the damaged area and backfill. Non-destructive to the system.
Complete Replacement of the Weeping Tile: Even if the system is clay tile, the old pipe and systems need to be removed if it is severely collapsed. We dig around the perimeter of the foundation, pull out the old system, replace with modern PVC perforated pipe wrapped in filter fabric and make sure that the pipe has a proper slope and drains to your sump or outlet. A new system, if properly installed, will last many years.
Interior Weeping Tile Installation: In some instances especially when excavation on the exterior of the building would have an impact or would be too expensive an interior drainage path is installed along the interior perimeter of the basement floor. Picks up water at footing and delivers it to the sump pump. It wasn’t the right solution for all the situations, but it was right for some.
We will tell you all this prior to beginning work. You decide.
A licensed plumbing company providing services in Mississauga, Oakville, Hamilton, Milton, Niagara, Cambridge and the GTA area. We are locally staffed, and our trucks carry local products. When you call you are not “on hold” waiting for a dispatch to be handled by three cities.
We’re also a 24 hour plumbing company. We treat basement flooding like a plumbing emergency, especially if water is actively entering into your basement at 11pm on a Wednesday. We have a team of emergency plumbers on call 24 x 7 x 365 days a year.
If the issue is not flooded, but it is an emergency situation and simple to fix, we provide same day plumber service. For calls received prior to noon most get a technician the same day.
Over 80% of our work is done on residential plumbing for single family residences, semis, townhomes and older homes that are past their clay tile system service life.
But we’re also a fully fledged commercial plumber business. There’s no age limit, multi-unit residential and older commercial buildings, or property managers with chronic foundation water issues can all call us. We have weeping tile replacement completely around the property from small retail to large multi-unit housing properties.
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As a property manager, who has received a basement water issue repeatedly, let’s chat. It is virtually certain that there is a drainage system issue under it.
It is a question so frequently asked and the straight answer is: “it depends on what we find.”
A hydro-jet clearing that does nothing to the exterior of a line versus a line full excavation and weeping tile replacement on a 1960s brick house are in stark contrast as far as cost. Without a system, we can’t provide you with a real number.
We don’t promise anything that we haven’t seen in practice: no hidden fees, no upselling, no pressure! If it is your work, we quote it, you approve, we do it! Simple.
Most of our competitors have to offer low prices to be able to get in the door and then discover “unexpected issues.” We don’t work in that manner. Our camera inspection provides us with the whole picture, upfront.
Clay Or Concrete Tile Systems:
Some homes constructed prior to approximately 1985 will have clay or concrete tile systems. They worked well for 40 years, but soil pressure, root intrusion and freeze-thaw movement are a thing of the past. We replace most of these.
Root-Blocked Perforated Pipe:
Even the latest in PVC pipe can be root blocked by large trees. The pipe slows down as it goes through the filter sock, but eventually the roots get into the sock. Most of these can be removed by hydro jetting.
Improperly Sloped Pipe:
Sometimes the original weeping tile installation was allowed to be installed without a proper slope to the outlet. Water does not flow out of the pipe. This is seen with DIY installs and in some contractor installs from the 1990s. If it is a problem, it needs to be fixed with re-grading the pipe; typically, you will need to dig up the pipe at specific places.
Filter Fabric Is Disconnected Or Missing:
The filter fabric must be connected to the perforated pipe so that it does not let finer soil particles get in and clog the perforations. It’s not usually found in older systems. The perforations fill up with sediment over time and it becomes ineffective. This typically calls for full replacement.
Failed Connection To Sump Pit:
If the pipe is fine, but it just isn’t connected to the sump pit, the failure is said to be due to a failed connection to the sump pit. Water makes it to the end of the line and then backs up. This is one of the more basic solutions if that is all it is.
Most people think of the “outside” pipe part of a weeping tile installation being laid in the ground at the foundation’s base on the outside, capturing water from the ground before it gets to the foundation.
It’s a different story with interior systems. They are located within the basement, beneath the slab and inside the footing. Any water that does get in through the wall or up the floor is caught at this location and pumped out to a sump pump.
Both work. The key is the right decision depending on your situation, the amount of access you have to the exterior of your home, landscaping and grading around your home and budget.
When your plumbing system has a working sump pump but the weeping tile connected to it has failed, the sump pump will run dry and your basement will get wet. Not only do we diagnose the individual parts, but the whole chain!
By taking a few simple steps to prevent future foundation water damage and weeping tile repairs, the current condition of the weeping tiles can be improved.
The majority of major drainage failures begin with minor warning signs. Early detection will help fixing weeping tile system repair more affordable and convenient.
Not every drainage issue requires full weeping tile replacement.
Repair Makes Sense When:
Replacement Is Usually Better When:
An inspection with a camera can give a better idea to know if the problem can be resolved through a targeted weeping tile repair or if it is better to replace the entire weeping tile.
When you’ve been looking for plumbers near me you’re probably trying to solve some sort of emergency in your subsoil and you’ve come to the right spot.
BOS Plumbing and Drains is a reputable plumbing service across the entire GTA area, offering professional plumbing repair, drainage, and emergency services for homes, condos and commercial property. We are not a call centre sending out random crews, we are local plumbers that work in these systems on a daily basis.
Plumbers in Mississauga and a plumber in Oakville Ontario with experience working in clay rich soil which can affect an older drainage system. As a plumber in Hamilton, we are familiar with the problems associated with older postwar homes and aging pipes. We are also a plumber in Milton, plumber in Niagara and plumber in Cambridge and can handle a variety of situations, municipal configurations and property types throughout Southern Ontario.
We realize that weeping tile systems and underground drainage is not something that is just a simple repair job. Correct work includes grading of soil, installation of filter layers, system design and connection to sump systems or municipal drainage systems.
It’s for this reason that BOS Plumbing and Drains prioritizes doing things right the first time.
Clients trust our team for:
Timing is truly an important part of weeping tile repair. A partially blocked system that’s still working will be only a small part of the cost of foundation waterproofing after a couple of years of unchecked water infiltration.
As a plumber in Oakville Ontario, Mississauga, Hamilton, Milton, Cambridge or Niagara, you’re no stranger to the challenges clay soil poses to drainage systems in Ontario. These homes are also older than expected and many of the weeping tile systems are beyond their anticipated life.
Give our plumbing service team a call. A licensed plumber will come to evaluate your system and provide you with a straight (and dirty) answer. NO Pressure, NO Vague Estimates, NO Surprises on Incoming Invoices.
We have service hours of 24 hours a day and are ready to handle plumbing emergencies. No Wait Times for non-emergency calls. And we’re local. The plumber that shows up at your door is a resident of your community and works in your community.
Central air conditioner installation on a home with existing ductwork is typically completed in one day. Mini split installation for a single zone takes 3–5 hours. Multi-zone ductless ac installation may require a full day depending on the number of indoor units and complexity of line set routing.
For most central air conditioner installation work involving electrical connections, a permit is required. BOS manages permit requirements as part of our service, keeping you fully code-compliant without the administrative headache.
Home depot ac installation services are typically coordinated through third-party subcontractors. BOS is a direct-service, licensed HVAC and plumbing company with 20+ years of GTA experience and full accountability for every job. You work with us from quote to completion.
Mini splits AC don’t require ductwork and allow room-level temperature control. Central air conditioner installation delivers whole-home cooling through existing ducts from a single system. The right choice depends on your home’s layout, existing infrastructure, and how you want to manage cooling across different spaces.
Sometimes, system components need to be matched properly for efficiency and reliability. Our technicians will assess compatibility between existing indoor components and a new outdoor unit before recommending partial versus full system replacement.
We cover our installations with a workmanship warranty. If an issue develops that’s related to the installation, we return and resolve it at no charge. Call us directly, no third-party warranty service centres, no runaround.
