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Basement flooding protection Subsidy Program in Toronto
Back-water valve installation Subsidy Program in Vaughan
Back-water valve
What is the purpose to install back water valve?
Flooding can sometimes cause sewage from sanitary sewer lines to back up into houses through drainpipes.
These backups not only cause damage that is difficult and costly to repair, but they also create health hazards.
A good way to protect against sewage backups is to install backflow valves, which are designed to block flow into the house.
How to find out do I need back water valve installed or not?
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 higher compare to 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 wise 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. 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 a fixture put on a sewer line in the basement of your home to prevent sewer backflows.
A properly installed backwater valve works on a one-way system; sewage can go out, but not back in.
The Mainline Fullport Backwater Valve is currently the only backwater valve approved in the Province of Ontario
for home installation on the main sanitary sewer lateral.
Back water valve maintenance
Plumbers recommend to 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.
City of Toronto is working to make improvements to its complex system of underground pipes, sewers and catchbasins,
but these improvements alone cannot completely protect a home from basement flooding.
With climate change causing severe
storms to occur more frequently, homeowners must also take action to reduce their risk of basement flooding.
The City offers program that can help.
Through the Basement Flooding Protection Subsidy Program, owners of single-family, duplex or triplex residential homes can receive a financial subsidy of
up to $3200,00 per property for implementing flood protection measures such as back-water valves, sump pumps, pipe severance, capping of the home's
strom sewer connection, and more.
-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.
The City of Vaughan will determine the eligibility of properties that meet all the requirements listed below:
- The property must be registered as a single-family residential, duplex or triplex property within City of Vaughan
-The subsidy is available only to existing homes, not new homes in the planning stages or currently under construction
-Eavestrough downspouts must be properly disconnected from City sewer system.
-A plumber or drain contractor, currently licenced by the City of Toronto must be hired to perform the installation of all devices
-The owner must contact the Building Standards Department to obtain a plumbing permit and arrange for the necessary inspection of the back-water valve installation
-The available subsidy is 50% of the invoiced cost of installing an approved back-water valve, up to a maximum of $750,00 including eligible labour, materials, permit and taxes.
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