Drain & Sewer Services in Staten Island

Why Staten Island homes give drains so much trouble

A lot of the housing stock here went up long before anyone worried about what a modern sewer line should look like. Plenty of homes still run on cast iron or clay pipe. Cast iron rusts from the inside and gets rough, so grease and paper catch on the walls instead of sliding past. Clay joints shift and open just enough for tree roots to find their way in.

That is why a drain that gets snaked every spring keeps coming back every spring. The snake punches a hole through whatever is blocking the pipe. It does not take the buildup off the walls, and it does not tell you why the buildup is there.

We work the other way around. Find the cause, tell you what it is in plain language, then fix the thing that is actually wrong.

What working with us looks like

• You call and a real person answers. Not an answering service, not a queue.
• We ask what the drain is doing, which fixtures are affected, and how long it has been going on.
• We give you a window and we keep it. If we are running behind you get a call.
• You get the price before any work starts. That number does not move once we are inside.
• We clean up. Drop cloths down, boots off or covered, area left the way we found it.

What it costs

Straight answer: it depends on which line is blocked and how bad it is. A kitchen sink is not a main line, and a main line full of roots is not the same job as one with a grease ring. Anyone who quotes you a firm number over the phone without knowing which is which is guessing.

What we can promise is that the estimate is free, it comes before the work, and it is the number you pay. No trip surcharge, no discovery fee, no price that doubles once the truck is in your driveway.

Common questions