DrainFast Plumbing of Toronto

Company Facts

DrainFast Plumbing of Toronto at a Glance

By the numbers

Google rating

4.9out of 5

Customer reviews

110on Google

Rating and review count pulled from Google on September 27, 2026.

What We Like

• 4.9 from 110 reviews on its Google Business Profile, read September 27, 2026
• Published hours of 6am to 11pm every day, including weekends
• Clear specialism in drain cleaning, clogged drains and sewer backups
• Covers Toronto plus Mississauga, Vaughan, Etobicoke, North York, Richmond Hill, Pickering, Burlington and Oshawa
• Online booking form as well as a direct phone line
• Takes both residential and commercial work

Things to Consider

• Website copy names Scarborough in places while the listing gives a York address, so confirm your area is covered
• No pricing, call-out fee or after-hours rate is published
• Nothing on the site describes excavation, trenchless lining or backwater valve installation
• Minimal social presence beyond a single YouTube video, so little public portfolio to review

Google rating

4.9

Based on 110 Google reviews

Review data updated September 27, 2026

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Rating Distribution

• 5 stars97%
• 2 stars1%
• 1 star2%

Drain work sits at the centre of what DrainFast Plumbing of Toronto sells, and the company's own material leans that way hard: drain cleaning for sinks, tubs, showers, floor drains, kitchen lines and main drains, plus sewer backup diagnosis and clogged drain call-outs. Around that core it lists general plumbing repairs, leaking pipes, dripping faucets, broken fixtures, low water pressure, water line repair, kitchen and bathroom plumbing, basement plumbing and gas line services. That mix reads like a company built for the phone call that starts with water where it should not be, rather than one chasing bathroom renovation contracts.

Toronto makes drain specialists busy for reasons that have little to do with plumbing skill and a lot to do with age. Large parts of the old city, York included, were built with clay tile sewer laterals, and clay joints are where tree roots get in. Mature maples and Norway spruces on streets around Oakwood and St Clair sit directly over those lines. Add cast iron stacks that have been scaling for eighty years, basement floor drains with dried-out traps, and combined sewers that back up during the kind of summer downpour that hits the city most years, and you get the classic Toronto call: a basement drain gurgling, then flooding. An auger or a jetter clears the immediate blockage. A camera tells you whether the pipe itself is failing. It is worth asking whether a camera inspection is included with a main drain clearing or billed separately, because the answer changes what you learn for your money.

Who is this a good fit for? Homeowners and small commercial tenants with a drainage problem that needs attention today or tomorrow. Published hours of 6am to 11pm, seven days, suggest real flexibility for people who cannot take a weekday afternoon off, and the online booking form gives you a written record of what you asked for. The Google profile rating of 4.9 from 110 reviews, read on September 27, 2026, is a decent volume of feedback for a company of this size and it points to consistent service on the bread-and-butter jobs.

Who should look elsewhere? Anyone planning a whole-house repipe, a full bathroom gut, a boiler replacement or an underground lateral dig-and-replace. None of that is ruled out, but the site does not describe excavation, trenchless lining, backwater valve installation or drain subsidy work, and those are jobs where you want to see a firm's specific track record. If you are applying for Toronto's basement flooding protection subsidy, confirm before booking that the contractor can supply the documentation the city expects.

On the practical side, ask the questions that separate a fair drain bill from an unpleasant one. Is there a call-out or diagnostic fee, and does it come off the repair if you proceed? Are evening and weekend rates different from daytime rates, given the long published day? Is the quote fixed or hourly, and what happens if a snaking job turns into a broken pipe? For any gas line work, confirm the technician holds the appropriate Ontario gas fitter certification, and for anything touching the sewer lateral or a backwater valve, confirm who pulls the plumbing permit with the city. The company describes itself as a local firm focused on quick response and explaining options before starting, which is the right posture, though none of those claims are independently verified here.

Compared with the alternatives in this market, the choice in Toronto usually comes down to three kinds of company: the large branded outfits with dispatch centres, flat-rate books and heavy advertising; the one-van independent who is excellent and impossible to reach in a storm; and mid-sized local firms like this one that cover a wide service area with longer hours. The large players tend to be pricier but predictable. Independents can be cheaper and slower. DrainFast Plumbing of Toronto sits in between, with a service list that spans most of the GTA and hours that stretch from early morning to late evening.

One caveat on geography. The site's boilerplate names Scarborough in places while the Google listing gives a York address and the service pages cover the whole region, so if you are on the edge of the map, confirm coverage and any travel charge when you book. Worth noting too that the only social link is a single YouTube video, so there is little in the way of a public work portfolio to review beyond the reviews themselves.

About This Business Profile

Last reviewed

September 2026

Profile last updated

September 27, 2026

Google review data updated

September 27, 2026

Reviewed by

Dana Whitfield, Senior editor, home services

Sources checked

Google Business Profile, Company website

Sponsorship status

No commercial relationship