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Commercial Backflow Testing

Tested. Filed.Off your list.

We test the devices, complete the report, and file it with your municipality's program. You do not have to do anything except call us.

First device

$275+ HST

Tested, reported and filed

Each additional

$200+ HST

Same visit, same address

Or email [email protected]

  • Licensed Plumbing Contractor
  • $5M Liability Insurance
  • Report + Municipal Filing Included
A brass backflow preventer in a plant room carrying a completed test results tag

What it costs

 

See what testing will cost before you book

Enter the number of devices at this address and see the testing cost immediately. The first device is $275 and each additional device tested during the same visit, at the same address, is $200.

How many devices at this address?

1
First device$275
Total$275 + HST

$275 per device at this address

2
First device$275
1 additional × $200$200
Total$475 + HST

$237.50 per device at this address, instead of $275

3
First device$275
2 additional × $200$400
Total$675 + HST

$225 per device at this address, instead of $275

4
First device$275
3 additional × $200$600
Total$875 + HST

$218.75 per device at this address, instead of $275

5
First device$275
4 additional × $200$800
Total$1,075 + HST

$215 per device at this address, instead of $275

6
First device$275
5 additional × $200$1,000
Total$1,275 + HST

$212.50 per device at this address, instead of $275

7
First device$275
6 additional × $200$1,200
Total$1,475 + HST

$210.71 per device at this address, instead of $275

8
First device$275
7 additional × $200$1,400
Total$1,675 + HST

$209.38 per device at this address, instead of $275

9
First device$275
8 additional × $200$1,600
Total$1,875 + HST

$208.33 per device at this address, instead of $275

10
First device$275
9 additional × $200$1,800
Total$2,075 + HST

$207.50 per device at this address, instead of $275

More than ten devices at one address? Send the count and we will price it back the same day.

The additional-device rate applies within a single address rather than across a portfolio, because a route across several buildings is a different day's work.

Got your count?

Send it and we will confirm the price in writing before anything is booked.

The paperwork

 

The paperwork is part of the price.

We test the device, complete the report and file it with your municipality's program. The filing fee is included.

1

You send the count

The property address and how many devices. That is the whole ask.

2

We test

A certified backflow tester carries out the testing on site.

3

We complete the report

Filled out properly the first time, and you get a copy for your own records.

We file it

Filed to your municipality's cross-connection control program. The item closes.

The filing fee is ours. It is already inside the price you were quoted, and there is no second invoice for it.

Ready to get it filed?

Send the address and the device count. We handle the rest of it.

Qualification

 

Qualified to test it.

Backflow testing is not general plumbing work. It is carried out under a municipal cross-connection control program by someone certified to do it, and the report is only accepted if the contractor filing it is licensed for the work.

  • Certified backflow testerTesting is carried out by a certified backflow tester.
  • City of Kitchener business licence, Contractors classThe licence lists backflow device testing. It is a public record in the company's name.
  • Licensed plumbing contractor, $5 million liabilityInsured and WSIB covered, so your vendor file is complete before we are on site.
Close view of the completed test results tag on the device

A completed test tag on a device we service.

If a device fails

A failed test doesn't automatically mean replacement.

What happens next depends on the device and why it failed. It may need a repair, a rebuild or a replacement. We tell you which and what it costs before we do it.

Failed test

What caused it?

  • RepairQuoted first
  • RebuildQuoted first
  • Replacement$950 to $1,500 + HST

Replacement is supplied and installed. The range depends on the size of the device.

Due for a test, or one already failed?

Send the count and we will price it before anything is scheduled.

Testing requirements

 

Not sure whether your building needs testing?

Requirements depend on the property, the device and the municipality. Testing is commonly required on a recurring schedule, often annually.

  • Restaurants and food service
  • Boilers and mechanical systems
  • Irrigation
  • Car washes
  • Medical and dental offices
  • Industrial sites

Your municipality's cross-connection control program determines what applies to your property.

Not sure where to check? Send us the property address and we can point you at it.

Send the count

 

Send the count. Get the price.

You will see the per-device cost before anything is booked.

To price the testing we need

  • The property address
  • The number of devices
  • Whatever device information you already have
  • Photos, if you have them

That's enough to start. You do not need to go and gather anything you do not already have.

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Einwechter Plumbing & Heating
548-255-2662
Monday to Friday, 7am to 5pm
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Backflow testing

Get the testing off your list.

Send the count and we will price it. You will see the per-device cost before anything is booked. Waterloo Region, Guelph, Milton and Halton Hills.

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