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The kitchen sink drains slowly
Grease built up on the pipe wall. Cabled, and if it is years of it, jetted.
Lake Sherwood · Drain cleaning
Drain cleaning
in Lake Sherwood
Drain cleaning in Lake Sherwood, ten minutes, over the hill from the shop in Westlake Village. A slow drain is a small job and a backed-up main is an urgent one. Both get cleared the same day where we can, and both come with a straight answer about whether it will happen again.
Call (805) 330-3111
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Danny picks up when he can, and calls back the same day. You get the price before we start, and nobody here is on commission. Monday to Friday, 9am – 5pm.
Licensed
CSLB #339618
Insured
Bonded and insured
Since 1977
49 years, two generations
On Google
5.0 stars
In Lake Sherwood
What this job looks like
in Lake Sherwood
Drain work at Lake Sherwood is mostly the older lakeside houses, where the plumbing has been added to by a long succession of people and a slow drain can be a vent problem as easily as a clog. We clear it, camera it if it has happened before, and tell you what is down there.
Streets and pockets we work in: Sherwood Country Club, the lake, the Hidden Valley edge, the older lakeside streets.
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The job
How it goes
We clear drains with a cable machine sized to the line. A small machine for sinks, tubs and showers, and a drum machine with a cutting head for the main line out to the street. Where the house has a cleanout we run from there, so nothing goes through your toilet or across your floor. After the line is clear we run water for a while and watch it, because a drain that only half cleared will be back in a month.
Grease is the usual reason for a kitchen line and hair for a tub. The main line is different. Roots find the joints in old clay pipe, cast iron scales up on the inside, and a section can settle into a low spot that holds water. If your main has backed up more than once in a year, cabling it again only resets the clock. We put a camera down the line and show you what is there, and then you decide.
Hydro jetting is water at high pressure through a nozzle that scours the inside of the pipe. It is the right tool for grease, scale and root hair, and the wrong tool for a pipe that is already broken, which is why we camera an older line before we jet it.
Call if
What you notice,
and what it usually is
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The tub or shower stands in water
Hair and soap at the trap or just past it. A short job.
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The toilet gurgles when the washer drains
The main line. Everything shares it, and it is partly blocked.
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Water comes up in the shower or a floor drain
The main is blocked. Stop running water and call. This is the one to move on today.
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It backs up every few months
Roots or a broken section. A camera tells you which, and what it will take to stop it.
How it goes
Four steps, and you have the price at step three
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You call
Danny picks up when he can, and calls back the same day. Tell him what it is doing and where.
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We look
We come out, find the cause and show you. In plain words, with the part in our hand where there is one.
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You get a price
Before anything starts. Repairs are our time plus parts, and the bigger jobs get a written bid. Nobody here is on commission.
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We do the work
Small repairs are usually done the same visit. Bigger jobs get a start date and a number of days, and we hold to it. Done to code, permitted where it needs it, the house left the way we found it.
Common questions
Drain cleaning in Lake Sherwood: things people ask
- Do you go through the gate at Sherwood?
- Yes. We call ahead with the truck and the name so the gate is expecting us. If you have an estate manager, they can set it up with us directly.
- How fast can you get to Lake Sherwood?
- Ten minutes over the hill from Westlake Village, so same day is usually realistic. For planned work on a large house we come out first and walk it.
- Should I try a chemical drain cleaner first?
- No. On a full blockage it sits in the pipe on top of the clog, and whoever opens the trap next gets it on their hands. It also eats older pipe. Hot water and a plunger are fine to try. After that, call.
- Why does my main line keep backing up?
- Because clearing it removes the blockage and leaves the cause. Roots grow back, a low spot refills, a crack keeps catching paper. A camera inspection shows which one you have.
- Do you do hydro jetting?
- Yes, for grease, scale and roots in a pipe that is still sound. On an older line we camera it first, because jetting a broken pipe makes it worse.
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What people say
5.0 ★★★★★ 5 reviews on Google
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“Dan is consistent. Professional, on time, only does what is needed, experienced, easy to work with, clean, and smart.”
★★★★★
“Dan's Plumbing did excellent job for us replacing our broken water pressure regulator. Quick response, good price, great quality of work. Will hire them again.”
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Drain cleaning · Lake Sherwood
Tell Danny what
it’s doing
Describe the symptom and you will usually have an answer in two minutes. You get the price before any work starts. Ten minutes, over the hill from the shop. Monday to Friday, 9am – 5pm.