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- 51 Years in business
- 1 year warranty
- Upfront pricing, and solutions for any budget
- Locally owned and operated
- Actual Plumbers
- Fast and often same-day repairs
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Our award-winning, family and veteran owned business is here to serve Richmond Hill.
Why Richmond Hill Residents Choose Harris Plumbing Inc.
- Award-Winning Excellence: We’ve been recognized for our outstanding service with awards like HomeStars Best of 2023, Barrie Advance Readers' Choice 2024, and inclusion in the prestigious Baeumler Approved program. We consistently strive to be industry leaders in customer service and quality workmanship.
- 340+ Positive Google Reviews
- 51+ Years of Successful Work: Supporting our community's plumbing needs.
- Actual Plumbers: It shocks us to think this is a relevant thing to boast about, but you’d be surprised what little “licensed and certified plumbers” might mean these days, especially online. You can ask us for our real apprenticeship and journeyman license numbers!
- We’re Local: With plumbers servicing Simcoe County and York Region, we’ve got Richmond Hill covered. We understand plumbing emergencies don’t wait. We respond quickly to your needs. Our fully-stocked service vehicles carry over 10,000 parts, allowing us to handle most repairs on the spot, minimizing disruption to your home or business.
- Upfront Pricing & Transparency: We believe in open communication. Before starting any work, we’ll provide a clear and transparent cost breakdown, allowing you to make informed decisions. Additionally, we offer optional repair recommendations to fit your budget and plumbing needs.
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Call Today (905) 853-8520We Understand Plumbing in Richmond Hill
Similar to other nearby areas, Richmond Hill’s municipal water system is supplied primarily from Lake Ontario, with some groundwater wells. The water is treated with chlorine and phosphates to protect residents from pathogens and lead contamination from existing piping. The water is also moderately hard. This presents some commonly-faced challenges for Richmond Hill residents when it comes to making sure their home plumbing continues to be safe and reliable.
Richmond Hill's water supply
Floods in Richmond Hill are uncommon but possible near rivers and watersheds
In August 1986, Mill Pond, Richmond Heights, Richvale, and Langstaff neighbourhoods experienced flooding. Richmond Hill is vulnerable to flooding from the East Humber River sub watershed during spring thaws. For this reason, we recommend sump pumps and back-up sump pumps to be installed in homes that have been prone to flooding, especially those along the floodplain. On the TRCA’s floodplain map viewer, there are several rivers that flow through Richmond Hill, and some neighbourhoods are particularly at risk of floods.
There are minor lead concerns in Richmond Hill Plumbing
Potential Lead Health Risks
If your home in Richmond Hill was built before 1950, your pipes might have lead components. Up until the 1990s, it was common also to join pipes together using lead. Harris Plumbing can help you identify and resolve lead piping within your home, and replace them with copper or PEX pipes which are durable and much safer to use in the home. We also provide annual home inspections in Richmond Hill to make sure you can trust the critical plumbing systems in your home.
Water quality is great but not perfect in Richmond Hill.
Chlorine, Chloramines, Phosphorus, Fluoride, and Ammonia are added to Richmond Hill’s water.
Richmond Hill residents get water from York Region’s pumps, which are fed from treated water from the City of Toronto and Peel Region. Due to this, Richmond Hill residents can expect chlorine, fluoride, ammonia, and phosphoric acid in their water.
Although these compounds are quite safe on a daily basis to consume and use at the municipal treatment levels, Harris Plumbing recommends further treatments to get the best water for your home and family.
Long-term studies on the impact of long-term exposure to these chemical additives are scant, but there are possible concerns, particularly with by-products of chlorine and chloramines in water.
If you’re looking to reduce your exposure to harmful chlorine, chloramines, and chlorine-related by-products like Trihalomethanes, Harris Plumbing can repair or install top quality whole-home chlorine filters in Richmond Hill.
Especially when taking hot showers or bathing, fumes of chlorine can irritate lungs and exacerbate underlying medical conditions. Chlorine can also irritate eyes, and cause dry skin and scalp. Whether you already experience skin or lung problems, we highly recommend chlorine filtration in Richmond Hill.
Drinking Water Quality in Richmond Hill
Pure, Safe, Drinking Water
For drinking water, Harris Plumbing recommends Reverse Osmosis filters in Richmond Hill for kitchen sinks and refrigerator water and ice dispensers. For us, this is an almost universal recommendation for all municipalities and townships across Southern and South-Central Ontario.
Reverse Osmosis water is the benchmark for clean drinking water because it filters heavy metals, hardness and dissolved minerals, and other impurities like sediments and dissolved gases. For cocktail aficionados and those who love to entertain, this means much cleaner-tasting ice and clearer-looking ice!
Recommended Water Softeners in Richmond Hill
Richmond Hill has moderately hard water.
It sits at around 17 grains per gallon (about 290 mg/L) on average. This is a level of hardness where soap scum can build up around bathroom and kitchen fixtures. Limescale will build up inside espresso machines, dishwashers, hot water tanks, and other water-based appliances. This limits the lifespan of precious appliances, affects the taste of coffee and water in general, and causes extra cleaning duties to get rid of scum build up in showers, tubs, and sinks.
Harris Plumbing carries over 50 years of experience installing and maintaining top-quality water softeners and other water filtration devices. We can help you make an informed choice about water softeners in Richmond Hill.
Prevent Sewage Back-ups with Backwater Valves and Sewer Services in Richmond Hill
Richmond Hill provides a $1500 subsidy to install backwater valves for its residents. These devices help to prevent toxic and damaging sewage backups in the home especially during storms.
If your home is in a low-lying area, or if you’ve experienced basements floods or sewage floods before, a backwater valve is highly recommended. If you own an older home in Richmond Hill, we also highly recommend installing a Backwater Valve in Richmond Hill.
This process involves calling a licensed professional plumbing company in Richmond Hill, like Harris Plumbing. We will guide you through the process of applying for a permit and getting a backwater valve installed.
Serving All Richmond Hill Neighbourhoods, Including:
- Bayview Hill
- Jefferson
- Oak Ridges
- Richvale
- Rouge Woods
- South Richvale
- Westbrook
- Yongehurst