Drain Cleaning in Beaverton, OR

A clogged drain is not a leak -- nothing is escaping the pipe, something is blocking it -- but it is one of the most common calls we get in Beaverton, often right alongside a leak inspection. Kitchen drains clog with grease that Tualatin Valley Water District's water chemistry keeps from breaking down cleanly, and older cast iron drain laterals under Beaverton's mid-century neighborhoods narrow with decades of scale the same way old copper supply pipe pits with pinhole corrosion.

Kitchen drains clog with grease that binds into a stubborn mass rather than washing through. Bathroom drains clog with hair and soap scum. Older sewer laterals under Cedar Hills, Garden Home, and the Central Beaverton core narrow with decades of buildup until root intrusion or accumulated debris backs the whole line up.

Snaking vs. Hydro Jetting

Most kitchen, bathroom, and single-fixture clogs clear with a drain snake, a flexible cable run down the line to break up or retrieve the blockage. For grease-heavy kitchen lines or a drain that clogs repeatedly, hydro jetting does a more thorough job: high-pressure water scours the full interior of the pipe rather than just punching through the clog, which is why jetted lines tend to stay clear longer than snaked ones.

Mainline and Sewer Lateral Clogs

When more than one drain is slow or several fixtures back up at once, the problem is rarely any single drain -- it is the mainline or sewer lateral leaving the house. We run a sewer camera before recommending a fix on mainline calls, because a mainline clog and a mainline leak look identical from inside the house but need completely different repairs. If the camera shows a genuine leak rather than a clearable blockage, our sewer line leak detection page is the next step. If instead you are seeing water where it should not be, that points toward a leak rather than a clog.

For most drain calls in Beaverton -- particularly in the older neighborhoods of Cedar Hills, Murray Hill, and Five Oaks -- we bring both snaking and jetting equipment on the first visit. Call (503) 974-3329 for same-day scheduling throughout Washington County.

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