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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.
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Drain cleaning
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
Request a visit
Danny picks up when he can, and calls back the same day. Say what it is doing and you will usually have a rough answer, and a price, in two minutes.
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.
Say what it is doing when you call. Most of these get narrowed down in two minutes on the phone.
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
Things people ask about drain cleaning
- 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.
- Is the clearing guaranteed?
- Thirty days on the line we cleared. If the problem is the cause and the clog was only the symptom, we tell you that at the time and what fixing it would take.
Google reviews
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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Where we do this
Close to the shop
The shop is in Westlake Village. Everything we cover is about ten minutes from it, so same day is often realistic.
- Drain cleaning in Westlake Village
- Drain cleaning in Thousand Oaks
- Drain cleaning in Agoura Hills
- Drain cleaning in Oak Park
- Drain cleaning in Lake Sherwood
Zip codes 91361, 91362, 91301, 91377. Just outside? Call and ask.
Often goes with this
Related work
- Sewer camera inspection & sewer repair A camera down the line shows what is there before anyone digs. Then a spot repair, a new cleanout, or a new run.
- Plumbing repairs Running toilets, dripping faucets, disposals, angle stops, hose bibs, shower valves. Priced before we start and usually done in one visit.
- Leak detection & repair Finding where the water is coming from before anything is opened up. Walls, ceilings, floors, slabs and yards.
Request a visit
Leave your details, and Danny calls you back
Your name, your number and a line about what it is doing. It goes straight to Danny's phone and he calls back to set a time, usually the same day. If it is leaking right now, skip the form and call (805) 330-3111.
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Drain cleaning
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. Monday to Friday, 9am – 5pm.