Lalande Plumbing Closing Store After 70 Years in Business

Krystine Therriault – Seaway News

Lalande Plumbing was opened in 1954 by Jacques and Rita Lalande. The couple started the business from their home at 36 Marlborough Street North and nearly seven decades later the business is still thriving as three generations of Lalandes have served the sanitary needs of Cornwall and the surrounding area.

“It started in the early ’50s with my mom and dad. That was our home, so the part you see there is the kitchen/living room, the bedrooms upstairs and the front part of it here was the shop, that’s what it was then,” current owner Claude Lalande explained when he pointing out different areas of the showroom: “Over the years we’ve grown and added, we’ve built and we’ve expanded as the store got a bit busier and bigger.”

Claude works in the same place as his childhood home and has many fond memories over the years.

“Well, I remember growing up here, it was our neighborhood. Back when there were heavy storms, my mom put on our bathing suits and we ran up and down here on the sidewalk,” he recalled.

Despite all the fond memories, Claude shared that he’ll be a little relieved after the store closes.

“The thing is, at the age where I’m in the last quarter of my life, I want to do something different… that’s why I took the initiative to close it down. I’ve been talking about it for the last three four years and this year, if you want to call it that, I pulled the plug, relatively speaking, because of our bathtubs,” he said with a smile.

“I have to say I want to thank the community and surrounding areas for all the support we have received over the years. We’ve built numerous beautiful bathrooms in this city and served a tremendous number of customers,” he said. “Our motto here was, if we don’t have it, I’ll look elsewhere. We were known for unusual parts and customer care.”

Customers will be pleased to hear that despite the store being closed, Lalande Plumbing is far from finished. Claude’s son Pierre, who is a licensed plumber, will keep the company name and phone number and continue to carry out complete bathroom renovations for the people of Cornwall and the surrounding area.

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