Drain cleaning · Yakima
Drain Cleaning in Yakima, WA
Kitchen, bathroom, floor drain and main sewer line clearing.
Chapter 01
What the symptom is telling you
A slow kitchen sink can be a local blockage. Several fixtures backing up together can point to the main sewer line. Gurgling from a toilet when the tub drains, sewage odor, or water rising in a shower or tub are signs the restriction sits further down the line than the fixture you are looking at.
If a sewer backup is happening right now, stop using the affected sinks, toilets, showers and appliances. Additional water can make the backup worse. Then call CSR Plumbing on a weekday at (509) 480-2536 with the service address and a short description of what the drains are doing.
Two sewer cleanout caps set in bark mulch beside a house, the access point for a backed-up line.
Cable work for roots, grease and buildup
Professional cable equipment can remove common restrictions such as buildup, debris and roots. CSR clears kitchen and bathroom sinks, showers, tubs and floor drains, toilets and branch drain lines, main sewer lines and accessible cleanouts, and commercial kitchen and restroom drains across Yakima.
The likely restriction is located from the drainage pattern and from where a cleanout or fixture gives access. The cable goes in through the closest accessible opening, so clear the area around the affected fixture or cleanout before the visit when it is safe to do so.
Chapter 03
Clear it, test it, then say what the cable found
After the line is cleared, CSR tests drainage and explains any conditions that may need repair. Recurring clogs can come from grease, roots, scale, poor slope or damaged pipe, and roots or soil coming back on the cable mean a recurring clog is not treated like a one-time clog.
One Yakima homeowner called thinking a clog was in the pipe. Sal found that the septic tank needed pumping and that a baffle looked like it had failed, explained both, and the rest of the work waited until the system was cleared. That is the order: clear the line, then tell you the next practical step.
“They had our drain cleared in no time at all.” Jerred Weis, Google review
Drain questions