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Drain Snaking & Clog Removal

Slow drains, backed-up sinks, and main line clogs cleared by snaking the line.

• Kitchen, bath, and floor drains
• Main sewer line clogs
• Backed-up sinks and tubs
• Repeat clogs looked at properly

A drain that clogs repeatedly is telling you something. Rather than snaking the same line every few months, we look at why it keeps happening and tell you plainly what we find.

We snake the line, confirm it runs, and clean up after ourselves.

How to tell how bad it is

• One fixture draining slowly — usually a branch, and usually the smaller job.
• Two or more fixtures slow at once — that points further down the line.
• Gurgling from a nearby drain when you run the sink or flush.
• Water rising in the lowest fixture in the building. Stop running water and call.
• The same line blocking every few months.

What happens when we come out

1. We ask which fixtures are affected — that alone says branch or main.
2. The line is snaked from the nearest sensible access point.
3. We run water until it is clear, not merely moving again.
4. If we think it will come back, we say so, and why.

Questions about drain snaking

Why does the same drain keep blocking?

A line that blocks again and again normally has a reason — a shallow fall, a partial collapse, roots at a joint, or a build-up on the pipe wall leaving less room every year. Snaking clears the blockage; it does not change the cause. We would rather tell you that than book you in again in three months.

Should I try a chemical drain cleaner first?

We would rather you did not. They frequently fail on a full blockage, and then a caustic liquid is standing in the pipe for whoever opens it next — which may well be us.

Water is coming up in the basement. What now?

Stop running water anywhere in the building and call. When waste surfaces at the lowest fixture, the blockage is usually downstream of everything else, and every flush upstairs is adding to it.

Where we do this work

The Bronx, Manhattan, Queens, Nassau County, Suffolk County, Westchester County and Bergen County. What differs by area is on the service areas page.