Where most stop
A standard plumber
Handles the fixtures inside your walls.
Most plumbing calls stop where you can see them — at the tap, the toilet, the supply line. Important work, but it ends at the fixture.
Stops at the fixture.
Toronto drain specialists since 1972
When the drain backs up, we trace the source.
Second-generation Toronto & GTA drain specialists. We clear what others can't — at a price we quote up front.
Licensed & insuredFamily owned since 1972Serving Toronto & the GTA
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ServingToronto & the GTA
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- On the line since
- 1972
- Family owned
- 2nd gen
- Master license
- #P19120
- Service area
- GTA
Over 50 years tracing and clearing Toronto's drains — second-generation, family-owned.
Still run by the family that started it — the name on the truck answers the phone.
Fully licensed and insured for master plumbing and drain work.
Toronto and across the GTA — Scarborough, Brampton, Mississauga and beyond.
Licensed master plumbing & drain contractor · serving Toronto & the GTA since 1972.
What we do
Three things we know cold
From an everyday blocked sink to a main line you can't reach, we bring the right tool for the job — and the honest price to go with it.
Drains & sewers
Drain services
Blocked drains cleared, sewer video inspections, and underground line location — we find the cause, not just the symptom.
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Backflow & sumps
Flood prevention
Backwater valves and sump systems installed, repaired, and maintained — so sewer backflow never reaches your basement.
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Heating & flow
Power flushing
Grease and sludge cleared from pipes and heating systems — the fix for slow heat, cold spots, and cloudy tap water.
Learn morePlumber vs. technician
Not every plumber runs the main line
Most plumbing problems stop at a faucet or a fixture. Backed-up drains start underground — and that takes a different trade, different training, and the right machines down the line.
This is us
A drain technician
Traces and clears the main line, underground.
When the blockage is past the fixture and down the main, it takes a camera, a locator, and a hydro-jet — plus the training to read what's down there.
- Blocked and collapsed main drains
- Sewer camera inspection of the line
- Power snaking and hydro-jetting
- Backwater valves and flood prevention
Keeps going down the main.
Our story
They called him “Bill the Drain Man.”
Bill Barber came over from England as a plumber. He noticed the real, demanding work was down in the drains — so he built a company around it. Contractors across the GTA started asking for “Bill the Drain Man,” and the name stuck.
That was 1972. Today his son John and the rest of the family run it, carrying the same hands-on, honest values into a second generation.
Family ownedSecond generationNo depositsRates up front
Backed up, flooding, or just not sure?
Tell us what's happening and we'll figure out the right fix — with our rates up front, not at the front door. No deposits, ever.