Fast, Fair, and Reliable Service in Lake Country. 100% Guarantee
A Family Owned Canadian Business
Fast, Fair, and Reliable Service in Lake Country. 100% Guarantee
Our Story
From a pick, a shovel and a streetcar pass in 1956 to a fleet serving Lake Country and communities across Western Canada — here is how Milani got here.
A thirteen-year-old Dimitrio Milani arrives in Vancouver from Italy, on his own, working whatever jobs he can find to send money back to his family.
Demetrio — known to everyone as "the Chief" — and his wife Linda go into the drainage business with a pick, a shovel and a canvas bag, riding the streetcars from job to job.
Vern Milani, who had worked alongside his father since he was a boy, buys the company and begins building the fleet out across the Lower Mainland.
As the work grows from drainage into full plumbing and heating service, the business becomes Milani Plumbing, Heating & Air Conditioning.
The fleet passes one hundred service vehicles, with dozens of licensed, bonded technicians handling repairs, replacements and retrofits across Metro Vancouver.
Milani opens in Kelowna, bringing the same family-run service — and the same 100% guarantee — to homeowners across the Okanagan.
Seventy years on, Milani serves homes and businesses across British Columbia and Alberta — with the same promise the Chief started with: show up, do it right, and stand behind the work.
Our Promise
We explain options clearly, respect your property, and stand behind our work.
Talk to our Lake Country team