Nashville drain cleaning
Most Nashville homes will need a drain cleaning at some point. Best to have a name in your phone before you do. Most of our work comes from neighbors of past customers. That's the only marketing we trust.
Talk to a tech: (800) 555-1024
Drain Cleaning in Nashville — what's typical here
Around here, the most common calls we run come from older homes near the city center and newer subdivisions on the fringe — different problems, same crews.
That said, newer construction in Nashville has its own set of typical issues. We see both.
A recent drain cleaning call
A Nashville customer in their 1950s home had been chasing sewage backing into the basement drain after rain for weeks before calling. Clay tile lateral cracked at 42 feet, root mass invading was the actual cause. We hydro-jet + chemical root treatment, scheduled trenchless burst; everything stable since. About $754 all in.
What this service includes
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.
Fair pricing for this work
For drain cleaning jobs in the Nashville area:
- Kitchen sink cable: $135 – $315
- Toilet auger: $165 – $240
- Main sewer line cable: $220 – $495
- Hydro-jet + video camera inspection: $440 – $875
- Camera-only inspection: $165 – $260