Drain Cleaning
Done Right.

What We Handle

Everyday drain calls in the Columbia, SC area:

• Kitchen drains — slow sinks, standing water, garbage disposal backups. Grease and food buildup are the usual culprits.
• Bathroom drains — sinks, tubs, and showers. Hair and soap buildup live here.
• Toilets — from simple auger jobs to pulling the toilet to reach a deeper clog in the branch line.
• Mainline backups — sewage in the yard, multiple fixtures failing at once, whole-house drainage failure. These are the ones you can't put off.
• Recurring clogs — same drain, same problem, second or third time this year. Underneath a recurring clog there's always a reason.

We handle residential, commercial, and multi-unit buildings. Restaurants and property managers with recurring lines usually end up on a jetting maintenance schedule — cheaper than treating each backup individually.

Cable, Camera, or Jet?

Not every drain call needs the same tool:

• Cable (snake) — the workhorse. Fast, affordable, effective for firm blockages. Most everyday clogs get cleared this way.
• Camera — when a line keeps clogging back up, or when the clog was harder to clear than expected, we run a camera to see what's going on. Camera is FREE when bundled with the service call.
• Hydro jet — when the camera shows grease, scale, or root buildup coating the pipe wall, jetting cleans the wall instead of just punching through the blockage. See our hydro jetting page for details.

Why the Camera Matters

Here's the honest version: a lot of drain-cleaning outfits cable your line, take your money, and leave. Six weeks later you're calling someone else. That happens because cabling a recurring clog doesn't fix the underlying cause — roots in the mainline, a cracked branch line, a belly where waste pools. A camera inspection at the same visit reveals whether the clog is a one-off or a symptom, and gives you the information you need to decide what to do next.

We don't upsell trenchless work off of drain calls. If the camera shows a healthy line, we say so. If it shows a real structural problem, we give you a written quote for the fix and let you decide.

Please, Not the Drano

Two minutes of unsolicited advice: chemical drain cleaners don't fix real clogs. They mostly sit on top of the blockage, and they make our job harder (and more expensive) when we do come out — we're now working around caustic chemicals in your P-trap. If a plunger doesn't clear the drain, save yourself the trip to the hardware store and call. It'll be cheaper.

Pricing

Kitchen and bathroom drain clogs in Columbia, SC typically run $185 to $425 depending on severity, access, and whether chemicals have been used. Mainline backups start around $415 with an accessible outdoor cleanout because they need bigger equipment. Every quote is written before we start. For an interactive range on your specific situation, use our estimator.

Related Services

• Sewer Camera Inspection — free when bundled with drain service.
• Hydro Jetting — the deeper-clean option for recurring or grease-heavy lines.
• Trenchless Pipe Lining — when the camera shows the line needs structural repair, not just cleaning.