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Plumber in Longueuil

Longueuil is the largest city on the South Shore and, from a plumbing standpoint, one of the most demanding. More than half of its housing stock predates 1980, which means a great deal of original piping at or past the end of its useful life.

There is also a particularity the City documents itself: part of Longueuil’s sewer network is still combined, meaning stormwater and wastewater eventually meet in the same pipe. That is precisely why certain basements back up during violent storms.

We serve the whole territory, including the Saint-Hubert and Greenfield Park boroughs.

Plomberie Boucherville does not have an office in Longueuil. We travel there from Boucherville.

Worth knowing in Longueuil

  • A partly combined sewer network

    The City of Longueuil explains that despite modernising certain sections, storm and sanitary pipes “eventually meet in a combined network downstream”. When intense rain saturates that network, pressure can travel back toward private connections — and surface through the lowest floor drain in the house.

    Source: Ville de Longueuil — Au fil de l’eau
  • Record rainfall of 13 September 2022

    Nearly 70 mm of rain fell on Longueuil in under an hour. In several sectors the municipal network was overwhelmed and water entered homes, businesses and schools.

    Source: La Presse
  • Heavy-rain resilience strategy 2025-2027

    Longueuil has adopted an official heavy-rain resilience strategy, one pillar of which covers prevention on private property — which includes protection against sewer backups.

    Source: Ville de Longueuil
  • 56% of housing built before 1980

    According to CMM territorial portraits, 6% of Longueuil dwellings predate 1950, 23% are from 1950-1969 and 27% from the 1970s. That range corresponds to copper and cast-iron systems reaching the end of their useful life.

    Source: CMM — Portraits territoriaux (MAMH, rôles fonciers 2021)

Frequently asked questions in Longueuil

Why does my basement back up during storms in Longueuil?
Because part of the network is still combined. The City explains that despite modernising certain sections, storm and sanitary pipes “eventually meet in a combined network downstream”. When heavy rain saturates it, pressure travels back toward private connections and surfaces through the lowest floor drain.
Does this only affect older homes?
Not only, but the risk is concentrated there: 56% of Longueuil's housing stock predates 1980, the range where cast-iron drains and water services reach the end of their useful life. A newer home on an older connection is still exposed.
Do you serve Saint-Hubert and Greenfield Park?
Yes. Both are boroughs of Longueuil rather than separate municipalities, and we cover the whole territory, including Vieux-Longueuil. Same team and same number, whichever borough you are in.
Is the City doing anything about backups?
Yes — Longueuil adopted a 2025-2027 heavy-rain resilience strategy after the record rainfall of 13 September 2022, when nearly 70 mm fell in under an hour. That work targets the municipal network; protecting your own basement remains on the private side.

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