Denver drain cleaning
Here's the deal with drain cleaning in Denver: most of it isn't an emergency. The trick is knowing which part is. We carry our own insurance, pull our own permits, and service everything we install. Same shop, all the way through.
Drain Cleaning in Denver — what's typical here
Our techs know the Denver area: housing stock, soil, water main configurations, the parts that usually fail first.
That said, newer construction in Denver has its own set of typical issues. We see both.
Sample job
Got a call last month from a downtown Denver home — 1990s build. Symptom: a tub that never drained right since they moved in. Cause: a kid's plastic toy lodged 18 inches into the trap arm. Pulled it out with a cable, all done in before lunch, billed flat-rate at $820.
Scope of work
Drain cleaning sits between simple kitchen-sink clogs and full sewer-line replacements. We do everything in between: tub drains, laundry standpipes, kitchen sinks, toilets, and main lines.
First call is always cable (also called snaking). For most kitchen and bath blockages, a cable hits the obstruction and clears it. Cost: $145 to $340 depending on access.
If the cable doesn't clear it — common with grease accumulation in older kitchen lines, or root invasion in main sewer lines — the next step is hydro-jetting at 4,000 PSI. That actually scours the pipe rather than punching a hole through the clog. Cost: $480 to $950, often with a camera inspection thrown in.
The camera tells you whether you have a recurring problem (cracked tile, belly in the line, foreign object) versus a one-off clog. It's worth doing on a third call to the same drain — that's when something structural is usually behind the clog.
Cost range
For drain cleaning jobs in the Denver area:
- Kitchen sink cable: $145 – $340
- Toilet auger: $180 – $260
- Main sewer line cable: $240 – $540
- Hydro-jet + video camera inspection: $480 – $950
- Camera-only inspection: $180 – $280