Drain Cleaning Brooklyn
Drain cleaning from Plumber Brooklyn Crew clears kitchen sinks, tubs, floor drains and main sewer lines in Brooklyn. Our plumbers cable the line, flush it, and put a camera in when the clog keeps coming back. It is one of the most requested parts of our Brooklyn plumbing service.
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Drain Cleaning Plumbers in Brooklyn, NY
A slow drain is a partial clog. Chemical openers burn a hole through the middle and leave the rest on the pipe wall - the drain runs for a month, then stops again. A plumber's cable scrapes the full width of the pipe. In older Brooklyn buildings that pipe is usually cast iron, rough inside after eighty years of use, and it grabs grease and hair like Velcro. In many row houses the kitchen sink drains through a long flat run under the floor to a stack at the back, and that flat run is where grease settles.
Included in your service
- Kitchen, tub and shower drains
- Floor and yard drains
- Main sewer line cabling
- Hydro jetting and camera checks
How Our Plumbers Clean Brooklyn Drains
Kitchen and Bathroom Drain Cleaning
Kitchen lines clog with grease and coffee grounds. Bathroom lines clog with hair and soap. A hand snake clears the trap and a few feet past it, and our drum machines run 75 feet or more. Two fixtures backing up together - the kitchen sink filling the tub is the classic - means the clog sits in a shared branch, further down than a plunger can push. Tubs in prewar apartments often drain through a drum trap, a round lead or brass can under the floor that a small snake just coils up inside.
Main Sewer Line Drain Cleaning
Every drain in the house empties into one house sewer that runs under the front yard to the city sewer. Most main line jobs start at the house trap, a U-shaped fitting near the front wall with two cleanout plugs. Tree roots enter old clay pipe at the joints. A sewer machine with a cutting head clears them, and hydro jetting washes out the grease the blades leave behind. Roots grow back. A line that needs cutting every year is a candidate for sewer line repair.
When a Clogged Drain Is a Plumbing Emergency
Sewage coming up through a basement floor drain cannot wait. Stop using water, report it to 311 - NYC DEP checks the city sewer - and call an emergency plumber. A clogged toilet in a one-bathroom apartment is urgent too. It starts as toilet repair and ends as drain cleaning more often than tenants expect.
Keeping Brooklyn Drains Clear
Grease goes in the trash, never the sink. Running hot water after the dishes only moves grease as far as the cold pipe in the basement, where it sets. Wipes do not break down, whatever the package says. A strainer in the tub drain catches most of the hair. Buildings with a history of root trouble do well with a camera check once a year.
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