Drain Cleaning services in New Orleans
Honestly, most drain cleaning questions can be answered over the phone. Save yourself the dispatch fee — call first, ask second. Plain-spoken estimates, written quotes, no surprise add-ons mid-job. That's the whole pitch.
What we cover
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.
Drain Cleaning in New Orleans — what's typical here
Our techs know the New Orleans area: housing stock, soil, water main configurations, the parts that usually fail first.
On bigger jobs we'll bring two techs. On simpler ones, just one — fewer hands, faster billing.
One we ran last year
A New Orleans customer in their 1980s 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 $496 all in.
Price expectations
Kitchen sink cable runs $135 – $315. Toilet auger runs $165 – $240. Main sewer line cable runs $220 – $495. Hydro-jet + video camera inspection runs $440 – $875. Camera-only inspection runs $165 – $260.
Other things we handle locally
- Sewer Line Repair & Replacement in New Orleans
- Gas Line Repair in New Orleans
- Water Heater Repair & Replacement in New Orleans
- Toilet Repair & Installation in New Orleans
- Slab Leak Detection & Repair in New Orleans