Drain Cleaning services in Raleigh
Sometimes the call is genuinely an emergency. Sometimes it's a Monday morning fix. We'll be honest about which one yours is. We carry our own insurance, pull our own permits, and service everything we install. Same shop, all the way through.
Notes on Raleigh housing stock
We dispatch from a shop near the city limits, so Raleigh runs are quick. Suburbs and outlying towns run longer.
Sample job
A Raleigh customer in their 1980s home had been chasing slow kitchen drain that kept clogging every six weeks for weeks before calling. 15 years of grease + calcium buildup in a 1960s galvanized line was the actual cause. We hydro-jetted the line and recommended yearly maintenance; everything stable since. About $262 all in.
What you're paying for
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.
Typical investment
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.