Drain Cleaning services in Tampa
We've been the after-hours number for Tampa-area homeowners and a few local property managers since 2019. Calls go to a real person. What you get with us: licensed work, upfront pricing, a tech who can read what's wrong before opening up a wall.
Talk to a tech: (800) 555-1024
Notes on Tampa housing stock
Most weeks we run 12–18 calls inside Tampa alone. Different houses, similar fixes — we've seen yours before.
Most of our Tampa drain cleaning jobs come from older neighborhoods, where the housing stock just has more failure points.
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.
What it costs
For drain cleaning jobs in the Tampa 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
From the books — a recent Tampa job
A Tampa customer in their 1970s 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.