Drain Cleaning

A whole house losing drainage speed is a main line closing in, and it's a lot better dealt with on a scheduled visit than at midnight during a backup.

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When this becomes an emergency

Fixtures throughout the house draining more slowly than they did last year.
A gurgle from the basement whenever an upstairs toilet is flushed.
Recurring clogs that come back a few weeks after each clearing.

What a pro does

Preventive drain work is where the camera earns its money, because a line that's still flowing is a line you can inspect properly. The plumber runs it from a cleanout and reads the interior of the pipe. In this river valley the findings cluster in familiar ways. Iron drains that have thinned along the bottom channel. Clay laterals with roots at the joints, fed by the mature street trees planted across Crescent Hill and Clifton generations ago. On the Indiana side there's another factor, because the ground around New Albany, Sellersburg and Georgetown sits on limestone that dissolves and settles, and a lateral crossing settled soil ends up with a low spot that holds water. Cleaning gets chosen to fit. Jetting scours grease and scale off sound pipe and gives back the full bore. Root cutting handles intrusion but doesn't repair the joint that let them in, which is a point worth being straight about. If the camera shows pipe that's structurally gone, cleaning is a delay tactic and the conversation should move to lining or replacement.

Frequently asked questions

How often should an older house get drains cleaned?

There's no fixed interval that fits every house. What drives it is the pipe material, the trees over the lateral, and the history. A home that's had roots found once will keep having them, so those properties benefit from a rhythm, while a house with newer plastic drains usually doesn't need one.

Does cutting roots solve the problem?

It restores flow, which is the immediate need. It doesn't close the crack or the open joint they entered through, so they grow back. Root cutting is maintenance on a defect, and the camera is what tells you how bad that defect actually is.

Can drain cleaning damage old pipe?

It can, if the method doesn't match the pipe. Cast iron that's rusted paper-thin along the bottom won't take aggressive work, which is exactly why an inspection comes before a tool goes in rather than after something gives way.

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