Toronto Basement Flooding Subsidy: Protect Your Home Now

Basement flooding protection Subsidy program in Toronto

The City of Toronto is actively enhancing its extensive network of underground pipes, sewers, and catchbasins. However, these improvements alone are not sufficient to fully safeguard homes against basement flooding, especially as climate change increases the frequency of severe storms.

Homeowners are encouraged to proactively reduce their risk of basement flooding. In support of this, the City offers the Basement Flooding Protection Subsidy Program. Under this program, owners of single-family, duplex, or triplex residential homes can access a financial subsidy of up to $3,200 per property. This subsidy can be used towards the installation of flood protection measures such as back-water valves, sump pumps, and the severance and capping of the home’s storm sewer connection, among other interventions. These measures are crucial in enhancing home safety and resilience against flooding events.

Back-water valve. Available subsidy =80% of the invoices cost up to a maximum of $1,250 including eligible labour, materials, permit and taxes.

Sump pump Available subsidy =80% of the invoiced cost up to a maximum of $1,750 including eligible labour, materials and taxes.

Back-water valve + sump pump Available subsidy =80% of the invoiced cost up to a maximum of $2,800 including eligible labour, materials and taxes.

Pipe severance and capping Available subsidy = a maximum of $400 including eligible labour, materials and taxes.

Back-water valve

What is the purpose to install back water valve?

Flooding can lead to a concerning issue where sewage from sanitary sewer lines backs up into homes through drainpipes. This not only results in damage that is both challenging and expensive to repair, but it also poses significant health hazards. One effective measure to prevent such sewage backups is the installation of backflow valves. These valves are specifically designed to block sewage from flowing back into the house, providing a critical line of defense against this unpleasant and dangerous problem.

Toronto Basement Flooding Protection Subsidy Program

How to find out do I need back water valve installed or not?

Anta Plumbing has the solution to any of your drain issues, whether it is roots in drains, sewer backup, blocked drain, floor drain, sump pump problems, or whatever plumbing service you require. We offer the following drain services:

New construction. Back Water Valve must be installed.

Existing houses. Municipal Building Codes require you to have a backwater valve if your plumbing fixtures are below the top of the first upstream manhole (1) on picture on your street.

Home (A) does not need a backwater valve. This home should never experience a flooded basement due to a sewer backup because all plumbing fixtures and drain are located higher compared with the first upstream manhole on the street.

Drains on the first floor of Home (B) might be safe as it is slightly higher (must be at least 24″ higher) than the first upstream sanitary sewer manhole cover. When the second floor living space is installed, it is adwisable to install a back water valve. Drain fixture in the basement of Home (B) would be below the level of the first upstream manhole and sewage backups could occur without a backwater valve. It is recommended to install back water valve

Drain in Home (C) would be located below the level of the first upstream sewer manhole cover. This home would require the installation of a backwater valve.

Where back water valve has to be installed and how does it work?

A backwater valve is an essential fixture installed on the sewer line in the basement of a home, designed specifically to prevent sewer backflows. It operates on a one-way system, allowing sewage to exit but preventing it from flowing back into the home.

In the Province of Ontario, the Mainline Fullport Backwater Valve is distinguished as the only backwater valve approved for home installation on the main sanitary sewer lateral. This approval highlights its effectiveness and reliability in safeguarding homes against the risks associated with sewer backflows.

Back water valve maintenance

Annually check valve for free movement of all moving parts. Clean away any debris.

Who can install back water valve?

Licensed Plumbing Company.

Anta Plumbing Inc. is licensed plumbing company. We install back water valves, prepare the permit for installation, provide you with all information for BACK WATER VALVE INSTALLATION SUBSIDY PROGRAM.

Sump Pump

A sump pump is a pump used to remove water that has accumulated in a sump pit. A sump pit, commonly found in the home basement, is simply a hole to collect water.

Used sump pump The water may enter via the perimeter drains of a basement waterproofing system, funneling into the pit, or may arrive because of rain or because of natural ground water, if the basement is below the water table level.

In some cases, a sump pump is used when a lower floor is below the municipal sewer lines, to pump grey water or black water waste from that floor to the sewer lines

We’ve got interesting emergency call with “strange noises coming up from sump pump“. When we reached the place, we found sump pump installed without back flow preventer. What does it mean? In outdoor plumbing, any supply line must be fitted with a device known as a back flow preventer. Back flow preventer ensure that contaminated water is never siphoned back into household plumbing system by a sudden drop in pressure, such as might occur if a supply main ruptures.

Sump pumps are installed particularly where basement flooding is seen as a problem, but are also used to ameliorate dampness where the water table is normally above the foundation of a home. Sump pumps send water away from a house to any place where it no longer presents a problem, such as a municipal storm drain or a dry well. Older properties may have their sump pumps connected to the sanitary sewer, but this is frowned upon now (and may be against the plumbing code) because it can overwhelm the municipal sewage treatment system.

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Basement flooding protection Subsidy Program in Toronto