Drain Cleaning in Tempe, 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.
Clearing a stoppage is on the short list of plumbing work Tempe does not require a permit for, so nothing about a drain call waits on a counter at City Hall. Replacing the fixture behind it is a different matter, and that one needs a permit pulled by a licensed contractor.
Why Tempe Drain Lines Close Up
Eighteen percent of Tempe's houses were standing before 1970 and another 24.2 percent went up in the 1970s, so the drain line under a big share of this city is still the original one. Fifty years of kitchen grease and mineral scale build a layer on the inside of a pipe that nobody sees until the sink stops draining, and the narrower the pipe gets, the less it takes to stop it. The newer end of Tempe does not fully escape it either. The city stopped adding subdivisions in the 1970s, so what counts as new construction here is downtown infill and redevelopment, which means a new address in Tempe often means a new building on an old block. That is why the camera matters as much as the cable. One of them opens the line. The other tells you what you are actually dealing with.
More than half of Tempe's occupied homes are rented, 57.7 percent by the Census count, so the person standing in the water is often not the person who owns the house. Owner or tenant, whoever is on the phone hears the price first, and nothing gets started until the person paying approves it.
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 Tempe? 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
Tempe is about 15 to 30 minutes out from our Phoenix office depending on the hour. The $59 diagnostic is the same number on a Tempe call at 2 AM on a Sunday as it is at 2 PM on a Tuesday. There is no after-hours, weekend or holiday surcharge on it.
Because the roots are hunting water and an old line is leaking it. Tempe sits inside the Salt River Project canal network, 131 miles of main canals and around a thousand miles of laterals and ditches, and the trees that thrive in that setting are the ones that chase moisture hardest. University of Arizona extension research measured roots more than 19 feet out from a trunk only six inches across. Mesquite, ficus, mulberry, elm, olive and eucalyptus all grow in Tempe yards and all of them do it.