Edmonton Backwater Valve Installation & Repair

Are you located in Edmonton, with a home built before 1989?

Is your home in a neighbourhood prone to flooding?

Have you experienced sewer backups yourself?

Is your home separately serviced? (Single family home or duplex)

You may be eligible for up to $800 in rebates!

What is a Backwater Valve?

And do I have one?

A backwater valve is a device that prevents sewer water from coming into your home. When the city sewer is full, due to rain or heavy use, the sewer drain attached to your home may become full of communal sewer water, and without a backwater valve, may even back up into your home.

Homes built after 1989 are required to have a backwater valve, so if your home is newer than that, chances are very good you do have one. If your home is older and you do not have one currently installed in your home you may be eligible for up to $800 in rebates if you make the decision to have one installed in your home!

Application Process

Easy as 1-2-3!

Get a free pre-approval. This part is entirely done with EPCOR, who we are not affiliated with. Please see www.epcor.com for current details.
Once you get approval from the advisor call us here at 780-717-3743 so that one of our professional plumbers can install the backwater valve.
Please follow up with them as far as when you need to return the application to still qualify. Our invoice will include all the details you need to complete the application.

Subsidy conditions:

You are required to pay for the backwater valve in full then submit the application for the subsidy to be reimbursed.
The subsidy, up to $800, will be paid FROM EPCOR/THE CITY OF EDMONTON to the homeowner, payable by cheque.
Subsidies are subject to available funding and are provided on a first-come, first-served basis.
There are no guarantees to receive a subsidy, although we have never seen someone not receive it.
See the EPCOR website for more details.

What to Expect During Install

There are a few situations that need to be present in order to install your backwater valve to code, so this situation might be much different than yours, as yours might require much more excavation, depending on your individual plumbing situation. The following is an example of a very basic install. Always refer to what the journeyman and inspector are saying.

Breaking through a basement floor to reach the main sewer during a backwater valve install

Step 1

Locate your main sewer and remove the concrete above it.

The main sewer exposed in the opened floor, ready for the backwater valve

Step 2

Cut away a section of your main sewer and install the backwater valve.

The backwater valve installed in the sewer line, wrapped for protection before new concrete is poured

Step 3

As seen installed right before it gets new concrete on top.

Why are we Edmonton's best choice for backwater valve installation?

There are 5 main reasons we are the best choice for backwater valve installation:

We have installed hundreds of backwater valves and we are confident we are perhaps the fastest in town.
We are referred by several main sewer companies to install backwater valves as they trust our quality, price, and speed.
We have been subcontracted by other plumbing companies to do backwater valves on their behalf — hiring us cuts out the middle man.
We are confident we are among the lowest price in town for this service.
We are a family owned business and offer excellent customer service.