Should I try a chemical drain cleaner first?

No. It sits on the clog until someone opens the trap and gets it on their hands, and it eats older pipe. Try hot water and a plunger, then call.

Why does my main line keep backing up?

Clearing removes the clog and leaves the cause, like roots, a low spot or a crack that catches paper. A camera shows which.

Do you have to go through my toilet?

Not if there's a cleanout. We run the cable from there, and if you don't have one, we can add one.

Malibu · Drain cleaning

Drain cleaning
in Malibu

Drain cleaning in Malibu, about thirty minutes from the shop in Westlake Village. A slow drain is a small job and a backed-up main is an urgent one. We can often clear either one the same day.

Call (805) 330-3111 Request a visit

Dan picks up when he can and calls back the same day. You get the price before we start. Monday to Friday, 9am – 5pm.

Licensed CSLB #339618

Insured Bonded and insured

Since 1977 49 years, two generations

On Google 5.0 stars

From the shop About thirty minutes

Permits City of Malibu Building Safety. Malibou Lake and Cornell go through LA County.

Guarantee One year on our labor. Thirty days on drain clearing.

ZIP codes 90265

Around here

In Malibu

Drain cleaning in Malibu starts with a question most towns don't have: is it the house line or the septic? Most of the city is on septic, so we clear the house side and run a camera to see where the trouble is. On the beach, sump basins fill with sand and seaweed. In September 2026 we dug one out under a deck and put in a sewage ejector pump with a new check valve.

Neighborhoods: Point Dume, the streets above Zuma, Broad Beach and Trancas, Malibu Colony, Malibu Road, Serra Retreat, Sweetwater Mesa.

Every drain in the house is slow

Drain lines & cleanouts

It could be the house line or the septic system. We clear the line and run a camera so you know before anybody digs.

Call about any of these (805) 330-3111 Mon–Fri 9–5 Request a visit →

The job

How it goes

We use a cable machine: a small one for sinks, tubs and showers, and a drum machine with a cutting head for the main. If there's a cleanout we run from there, so nothing goes through your toilet or across your floor.

Grease clogs kitchen lines and hair clogs tubs. Once it's clear we run water and watch it, since a half-cleared drain is back in a month.

Main lines are different. Roots get into old clay joints, cast iron scales up, and sagging sections hold water. If your main has backed up more than once in a year, we'll put a camera down it and show you what's there.

Call if

What you notice,
and what it usually is

The kitchen sink drains slowly

Grease on the pipe wall.

The tub or shower stands in water

Hair and soap near the trap. A short job.

The toilet gurgles when the washer drains

A partly blocked main line.

Water comes up in the shower or a floor drain

The main is blocked. Stop running water and call us today.

It backs up every few months

Roots or a broken section. A camera shows which.

Work in Malibu

Recent jobs

September 2026

A sump basin full of seaweed and sand

Under a deck by the beach. We dug the seaweed and sand out of the basin, put in a sewage ejector pump with a new check valve, ran the discharge to the high point so it drains toward the beach, and sealed off the old gravity inlet so sand can't wash back in.
September 2026

Area drains packed with roots and dirt

We snaked the patio area drains in both directions and pulled out the roots, then cleaned the four drain basins along the driveway before the rain.

Four steps

How a job goes

01
You call

Dan picks up when he can and calls back the same day. Tell him what it's doing.
02
We look

We come out, find the cause and show you, with the old part in hand when there is one.
03
You get a price

Before anything starts. Repairs are time plus parts. Bigger jobs get a written bid.
04
We do the work

Small repairs usually get done the same visit. Bigger jobs get a start date we keep. Permitted where needed, and the house left clean.

Common questions