City Plumbing & Drains

One morning in February 2016, my wife noticed one of our kitchen sinks was leaking. Upon investigation, I found out the fittings, due to age and use, was corroded with rusts causing the leak.

Initially contacted our roofing contractor friend who thought if it was a simple job he could do it himself for us. Upon seeing the plumbing fixtures underneath the sink, he told me he could not do the job as he didn't have the skills and tools to do it. However, he took pictures of the broken sink fittings and copper plumbing (with his mobile device) and after briefly speaking with Gus, sent them to the latter. Gus happened to be an old friend.

That night, I gave Gus a call as to when he could possibly come over to our place and take a look at plumbing problems. While he received the pictures from his roofing contractor friend, he would like to see the problem himself.

The following morning, before going to his scheduled job assignment, Gus dropped by our place early. After assessing the problems, he told me (who also knows a little about plumbing) that it's difficult to attached the fittings of new sinks unto the existing copper pipes without too much work and time required. Instead, he recommended to replace the existing copper pipes with customized plastic (?) pipes, which are not only economical but also easy to maintain.

After agreeing with his suggestion, he then removed the existing copper plumbing pipes and replaced them with customized plastic pipes, adaptors, connectors, pea joint, etc.

Being an old East York home (more than 60 years old), Gus had space problems to maneuver working under the sink. But with his plumbing knowledge and experience, he was able to complete the job, cleaned up, and had both sinks up and running in less than two hours, before going to his scheduled client that morning.

When informed of what Gus had done to resolve our kitchen sink problems, our roofing contractor friend was also pleased that Gus gave urgency and consideration attending to our plumbing needs. He also told me that normally it would cost me than I paid Gus which included cost of materials.

I strongly vouch, therefore, for Gus' plumbing skills, friendliness, honesty and being considerate to senior's plumbing needs.