Drain Cleaning in Englewood, CO

Clearing the clog is easy. Finding out why it came back is the job

A single slow drain is often grease, hair or soap in the trap arm, and a cable clears it in one visit. The drain that matters is the one that backs up in the same place every few weeks, because a clog that keeps returning is usually the pipe, not what went down it. In Englewood's older homes that means cast iron drains that have scaled and roughened inside, or a kitchen line packed with years of cooled grease.

We clear the stoppage first so you have your sink or shower back, then, if it is a repeat, we look at the pipe itself with a camera rather than selling you the same cabling again in a month.

Cable, jet, or camera

A cable is the right tool for a fresh soft clog. When the line is coated in grease and scale, or has roots at a joint, a cable punches a hole through the middle and the drain closes back up quickly, and that is where hydro jetting earns its keep by scouring the pipe wall clean. A camera run tells us which situation we are actually in, and on a recurring main-line problem it usually points at the sewer lateral.

The grease problem is a Front Range kitchen problem

Fats poured warm down a kitchen sink cool fast in an older, uninsulated basement line and set on the pipe wall like candle wax. Over a couple of winters that narrows the drain until it stops passing water. Keeping grease, coffee grounds and starchy scraps out of the sink does more to prevent a repeat than any product poured after the fact.

When a drain problem is really a sewer problem

If more than one fixture backs up at once, or the lowest drain in the house gurgles when you run the washer, the blockage is downstream in the main. That is a different job, and we move from clearing branches to diagnosing the lateral. If a backup has already spilled onto a finished floor, we can dry it through water damage restoration at the same time.

Keeping the drain clear after we leave

Once a drain is flowing again, a few habits keep it that way, and they matter more in Englewood's older, uninsulated basement lines where grease sets fast. Keep fats, oils and coffee grounds out of the kitchen sink, catch hair in the tub and shower drains, and run plenty of hot water after the sink sees anything greasy. For a line with a known root or scale problem, a periodic professional cleaning on a sensible schedule beats waiting for the next backup. We will tell you honestly whether your drain is a one-time fix or one worth putting on a maintenance rhythm.

Questions we hear about drain cleaning