A basement apartment takes water differently than a unit upstairs. The tenant is often standing in it, the fix usually involves the foundation, and a city subsidy changes what the job should include.
Sealing a wall crack does nothing for a backed up floor drain, so we check all four first.
Where a sump pump or backwater valve is the right fix, the work is scoped to match the City of Toronto's Basement Flooding Protection Subsidy Program, with subsidy eligible items called out separately for the owner's application.
Belongings are moved clear before anything starts, and the tenant is told what will be noisy, what is off limits and for how long.
Photos of the entry point, the repair and the finished wall or floor, the contractor's finding on the cause, and an invoice with the subsidy eligible items listed apart.
The City of Toronto's Basement Flooding Protection Subsidy Program covers a share of the eligible cost of a backwater valve, a sump pump and a few related items, up to a set amount per property. The owner applies; we scope the work to what the program covers.
No. The program lists downspout disconnection as not eligible, even though it is one of the best ways to keep water off the foundation. We quote it separately and say so.
Usually, for a backwater valve or sump pump. Excavation or major foundation work is scoped separately, and you know before booking if the unit has to be cleared.
Yes. Access follows the Act's emergency entry rule rather than a 24 hour notice, and section 20 puts the unit's state of repair on the landlord whichever floor it is on.
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Send the address and when the water appears, and we find which way it gets in before anyone quotes.
