by Morty Smolash | Jun 8, 2023 | Customer Testimonials, Home Maintenance, Interviews, Ontario, Service Line Responsibilities, Testimonials, Water
Mike H. of Ottawa, Ontario had finished the chore of putting a load of laundry in the washing machine, just as he does every Saturday evening. However, this time, when he turned around to head back upstairs, he heard an unusual gurgling sound. He followed the noise to...
by Elise Dostal | Apr 21, 2023 | Cares, Infrastructure, Ontario, Service Line Responsibilities, Water
The day Pamela moved into new home in Hamilton, Ontario, she noticed an odd smell – a faint odor of sewage – but she couldn’t pin down where it was coming from. “I noticed it the day I moved into the house,” she said. Later, her sewer backed up. “The flooding in the...
by Service Line Warranties of Canada | Apr 12, 2023 | Case Studies, Customer Testimonials, Infrastructure, Water
The city of Windsor, Ontario had seen quite a bit of rain during a week in mid-September. So, when resident and homeowner Jennifer P. heard her sump pump running the day following a heavy downpour, she didn’t think much of it. But after an additional 48 hours, the...
by Morty Smolash | Mar 6, 2023 | Infrastructure, Water
Stella S. and her family hadn’t even been in their new home for a year when plumbing problems arose. Luckily, they had a HomeServe repair plan. It all started with a strange gurgling noise in the sink. Stella and her family purchased their new Park Forest,...
by Jeff Olson | Feb 6, 2023 | Financial Shock, Infrastructure, Service Line Responsibilities, Water
More than $20 billion. That’s the estimate for the repair and replacement of aging water systems in Canada, according to the Canadian Infrastructure Report Card. The report card has rated a third of Canada’s water infrastructure as only fair, poor, or very poor, and...
by Morty Smolash | Jan 20, 2023 | Infrastructure, Water
Although 2022 did not meet the unfortunate weather event benchmarks set by 2021, the year still included an outsized number of extreme weather events, including hurricanes in Atlantic Canada; a derecho in Ontario and Quebec; hail storms in Saskatchewan and Alberta;...