Débouchage Québec Urgence
Urgent drain clearing is the focus here, with sewer backup prevention also offered, and the service is open 24 hours a day.
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Basement flooding and sewer backup in Québec City
Plumbers for backwater valves, sump pumps and drains.
13 pros in Québec City
These plumbers and drainage contractors say on their own websites that they install backwater valves, sump pumps or French drains in Québec City or Lévis. In the city, by-law R.V.Q. 2978 requires every building to have the backwater valves the plumbing code calls for, kept accessible and in working order. The City also refunds an eligible valve and its installation, up to 350 $ for a mechanical valve or 1 500 $ for an electro-pneumatic one, when an RBQ-licensed plumbing contractor does the work.
Excavation Québec Nord-Sud | Entrepreneur Excavation à Québec
Its core is excavation for drainage systems, with sanitary and stormwater French drains and foundation excavation in Québec City.
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Plombier Beauport
Open at all hours, every day, the business covers drain cleaning and sewer backup prevention across Québec.
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Plombier Charlesbourg
Open around the clock, the firm handles French drain repair and foundation crack repairs in Québec.
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Plombier Lévis
Serving Québec and Lévis, the company installs backwater valves and French drains and also does drain cleaning.
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SOS Drainage
Focused on French drain work and foundation crack repair in Québec City, the firm offers a 10-year warranty and financing is available.
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Plomberie Jeff Gagné inc.
Drawing on 18 years of plumbing work, the firm handles French drains and drain cleaning in Québec City, and estimates are free.
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Plomberie Solutions MJ Inc.
Running every day around the clock, the company fits backwater valves and handles drain cleaning and sewer backup prevention in Québec City.
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Drainexc
Digging near foundations is its core work, covering French drain installation and repair in Québec along with foundation crack repair. Emergency service is also offered.
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Plomberie Bernier
Backwater valve installation and drain cleaning are the jobs here, for residential and commercial work in Levis and Québec.
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Plomberie Fortin
Family-owned since 1969, the company installs backwater valves and sump pumps in Québec, with service around the clock.
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Plomberie Orléans
With more than 17 years of work behind it, the company handles backwater valves and drain cleaning.
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Systèmes Sous-sol Québec
A lifetime warranty applies to its work, which includes basement waterproofing and sump pumps, in Quebec City, Laval and Joliette.
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Before you hire
Québec City requires the backwater valves the plumbing code calls for, each easy to reach and kept in working order.
The City refunds an eligible backwater device and its installation, up to $350 for a mechanical valve; the plumber must hold the right RBQ licence.
Sump pumps, backups included, may not run on water-main pressure: in an outage they must run on a generator or a battery.
Questions about hiring in Québec City
What licence should the plumber have?
In Québec, plumbing work is done by a contractor whose RBQ licence includes the plumbing subclass. Québec City's own subsidy for backwater devices only covers work by a plumbing contractor holding the appropriate RBQ licence. Ask for the licence number and look it up in the RBQ register before you sign; every business listed here passed that check. Ville de Québec (source, opens in a new tab)
Is there help with the cost of a backwater valve in Québec City?
Yes. The City refunds the purchase and installation of an eligible device, taxes included, up to 350 $ for a mechanical valve or 1 500 $ for an electro-pneumatic device, at most 1 500 $ per building. It applies to single-family, semi-detached and row houses on the roll before 1 February 2015. Keep the plumber's invoice for the application; funds are granted in order of receipt. Ville de Québec (source, opens in a new tab)
If I have a backwater valve, do I still need a sump pump?
Often, yes. A valve stops sewer water from coming back in, but water collected by the foundation drain still has to be pumped out, or it can seep through cracks and the slab. Ask the contractor where the pump will discharge, whether a backwater valve sits downstream of it, and how it will run in a power outage: on a generator or a backup battery. Ville de Québec (source, opens in a new tab)
My basement flooded from the sewer. What should I do first?
Stay out of the water without protection, call your insurer and take photos and videos. Québec City asks you to report a sewer backup through 311 so its crews can check the municipal side. If you think the City is responsible, your notice of claim must reach it within fifteen calendar days of the event, or it may be refused. Ville de Québec (source, opens in a new tab)