Standpipe Plumbing Services
Drain clearing, one fixture at a time
A slow sink or tub is our kind of job. When several drains back up together, that is a different kind of company.
Rooms this covers
One drain or the whole house?
Run the sink furthest from the kitchen and watch the tub. If only one fixture is slow, it is a local clog and we can clear it. If several back up together, the main line is blocked.
What we do
Clear the trap, cable the line from the fixture and check that it runs freely. We pull the trap rather than pour a chemical down it.
What we do not do
A main sewer backup needs a camera, a jetter and a crew that does only that. We tell you that straight away rather than try and fail.
The washer standpipe
The vertical pipe behind a washing machine is called a standpipe. When it overflows the clog is below it. We clear it and check the box.
- Fixture: bathroom sink. Slow since last week
- Trap pulled and cleaned, line cabled
- Runs freely, tested for two minutes
- Tub drain slow as well: noted, not done
Questions
Short answers
Should I use a chemical drain cleaner?
We would rather you did not. It can damage older pipe and is hard on whoever opens the trap next.
What if the toilet and shower both back up?
That points to the main line. Stop using the water and call a drain and sewer company.
Standpipe Plumbing
Tell us what is going on
A person reads every request and replies with a time. If water is coming in right now, call.