Drain Cleaning & Clogged Drains in San Jose, CA
Drain cleaning is for when one sink, tub or shower is slow or stopped, and everything else in the house drains fine. That points to the branch line serving that one fixture.
Signs you need this
One drain, or all of them
Run water in a second fixture before you call. If only the one sink or tub is slow, the clog is in its branch line: hair and soap in a bathroom, food and grease in a kitchen. If the toilets gurgle, or water comes up in the tub when the washer drains, it is past the branches and in the main line, and that is a main line stoppage.
A clog that comes back a few months after it was cabled usually means grease or roots coating the pipe wall. The cable opened a hole through it and left the rest. Hydro jetting scours it off.
Run water in a second fixture before you call. It tells you which job this is.
Before we open the trap
If you already poured chemical drain cleaner down it, tell us when you call. It is still in the water standing in that pipe, and it can burn the skin and eyes of whoever opens the trap.
When we clear a line, we tell you what came out and why it collected there. If you want to see inside the pipe yourself, the free sewer camera inspection with any drain clearing on our Specials page applies, with a full price drain clearing.
How the job runs
- 1Find out which fixture and how far the water backs up
- 2Clear the line from the trap or the nearest cleanout
- 3Run water through every fixture on that line to confirm it drains
- 4Tell you what caused it and whether it needs more than a clear
Questions people ask
Is it one clogged drain or the main line?
Run water in a second fixture. If only the one sink or tub is slow, the clog is in its branch line. If the toilets gurgle, or water comes up in the tub when the washer drains, it is in the main line, and that is a main line stoppage.
Why does my drain keep clogging after it was snaked?
A clog that comes back a few months after cabling usually means grease or roots coating the pipe wall. The cable opened a hole through it and left the rest. Hydro jetting scours it off.
Should I pour chemical drain cleaner in first?
If you already did, tell us when you call. It is still in the water standing in that pipe, and it can burn the skin and eyes of whoever opens the trap.
Do you include a camera inspection with drain cleaning?
With a full price drain clearing, the sewer camera inspection is free on our Specials page, so you can see inside the pipe yourself. We also tell you what came out and why it collected there.
Water where it should not be?
Call and describe what you are seeing. If it can wait until morning, we will say so.
Related work
Sewer Line Repair & Replacement
A failed lateral dug and replaced, or repaired in place when the camera says that is enough.
Pipe Bursting & Trenchless Sewer
A new line pulled through the path of the old one, without trenching the length of the yard.
Sewer Camera Inspection
See the inside of the pipe before anyone quotes a repair on it.