Oakridge Plumbing Services

As one of the longest-running, full-service plumbing companies in Vancouver, KCs Plumbing and Heating has been a well known service provider in Oakridge for years. We provide plumbing and heating services including installation, maintenance and repairs. Call now to book a professional Oakridge plumber.

Oakridge Plumbing Services

Leaks of any kind, toilet repair and installation, hot water tanks, on-demand water heaters, boilers and radiators are some of the many items our plumbers look after. Our plumbers are also familiar with building construction contract work, from town-homes to high-rises.

The Oakridge Neighborhood

Oakridge is a bustling area, a mix of residential neighborhoods, a busy shopping mall, and Langara College. This area is also a hub for the city's Jewish community. For almost a century, Langara Golf Course has drawn golfers to the area. Oakridge is in south-central Vancouver, south of the gorgeous VanDusen Botanical Gardens.

Although neighboring Marpole and Kerrisdale experienced steady growth between 1908 and 1929, the community of Oakridge remained in its natural state until the early 1950s, when the CPR developed its land holdings for residential and commercial use.

History

The Oakridge area was one of the last parts of Vancouver to be left in its natural state, with the exception of a golf course built near West 49th and Cambie in 1926 and some institutional construction including hospitals and boarding schools prior to World War II.

It was after the war that development began to expand into the wooded areas of Oakridge. The city's Jewish community moved south along Oak Street in the post-war years (the Jewish Community Centre was built at the intersection of West 41st and Oak), and the Canadian Pacific Railway opened its lands in the area to development that erupted in the 1950s. Much of the area was built with single-family homes, and the Oakridge Centre shopping mall, constructed in 1959 at West 41st and Cambie, provided a centrepoint for the residential boom.

Because of its later development, Oakridge is perhaps the least historic part of Vancouver. It was dominated by bungalow homes constructed in the 1950s and 1960s, however in the last 10 years many of these smaller houses have been torn down, and have been replaced by larger multi-level residences.

Oakridge is a rectangular section of Vancouver bordered by the major thoroughfare Granville Street on the west and the busy multicultural route of Main Street on the east. West 41st Avenue marks the north border, with West 57th Avenue as the southern edge of the neighbourhood. Oak Street and Cambie Street, both among Vancouver's busiest roads, also run north-south through Oakridge, making for plenty of traffic during morning and evening rush hours. In total, Oakridge encompasses 401 hectares.

Postal Code: V6P, V6M, V5Z, V5Y, V5W