Drain Cleaning in Sun City, Cleared Same Day on Most Jobs
Slow drain, blocked main line, or a clog that keeps coming back. We clear it same day on most jobs. If we can't clear it, it's free.
15,400 Sun City homes date to the 1970s and another 7,685 to the 1960s. The drain lines went in with them, which puts most of what runs under this community in the ground before 1980.
Why Sun City Drain Lines Are as Old as the Trees Above Them
Sun City went in early. About 87 percent of its 26,626 homes were built in the 1960s and 1970s, 15,400 of them in the 1970s alone, and the drain lines under those houses went in with them. So did the landscaping, which is the part that gets forgotten: a shade tree planted when the house was new has had 45 to 65 years to grow, and University of Arizona Extension puts 20 feet as the safe distance between a large tree and a sewer lateral. Del Webb platted the community in phases, with general plan documents dated July 1972, November 1974, August 1975 and September 1978, so the line under one street is not always the same vintage as the line a block over. EPCOR, which handles both the water and the wastewater here, runs robotic cameras through its own mains and manholes in the Sun Cities as routine maintenance. The line between your house and that main is yours, and a camera is the only way to see inside it.
A cable clears some lines and a jetter is the honest answer for others, and we will say which one we are looking at before we start. If we cannot clear it, the service is free.
Our guarantee: if we can't clear the drain, there's no charge for the attempt. And if clearing isn't the right answer, we say so. Sometimes the honest call is a camera inspection first, so you know what's wrong before you pay anybody to keep snaking it.
Not sure whether your line needs a cable snake or hydro jetting in Sun City? Our hydro jetting vs. snaking guide breaks down which tool fits which problem. Either way, it starts with our $59 diagnostic, the same fee at 2 PM or 2 AM.
Frequently Asked Questions
Underneath that question is usually a different one, which is whether a backed-up drain counts as urgent enough to get a truck today. It can. Sun City is about 22 miles from our Phoenix office, roughly 25 to 35 minutes depending on when you call, and same-day on most jobs is the policy. If we cannot clear the line, the drain cleaning is free, so the drive is our problem and not yours.
Two things, usually. Decades of buildup narrowing an original line, and roots. About 87 percent of Sun City's homes date to those two decades, so the drain lines are the same age as the houses, and the trees planted with them have had just as long to grow. University of Arizona Extension puts 20 feet between a large shade tree and a sewer lateral, which is more room than a lot of these lots actually have.