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Drain Cleaning

If waste water is standing in the lowest fixture in the house, keep everything off that line and get it cleared before it comes over the rim.

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What a pro does

A drain cleaning visit is a diagnosis first and a machine second. The plumber wants to know what the pipe is made of before pushing anything into it, since a cutting head that works beautifully in modern plastic can damage a thin walled cast iron drain in a house built for mill workers in Union or Newberry. So the job starts at the cleanout with a look and often a camera. Two things dominate the results in South Carolina. Grease, which builds a hard collar on the pipe wall and narrows it steadily, and roots, which get in wherever a joint has opened. Live oak and water oak send fine roots a long way toward a leaking pipe, and in the sandy Midlands ground around Camden and Orangeburg those roots move easily. Cabling cuts a channel. Jetting takes the pipe back to something close to its real diameter, and it's the better choice on grease. Afterward the camera goes in again, because a line that looks clean and a line that has no defects aren't the same finding.

Frequently asked questions

Usually because the cleaning cut through the blockage instead of removing what caused it. A cable bores a hole in a grease collar and leaves the rest on the pipe wall, so it closes back up. Jetting removes the buildup, and a camera afterward shows whether a crack or a root is still feeding the problem.
They exploit openings rather than drilling through good pipe. An old clay joint, a cracked cast iron section, a poorly sealed connection at a cleanout, all of them leak a little moisture into the soil, and in warm ground that moisture attracts roots year round. Once inside, the root thickens and catches everything that passes.
It depends on what the camera shows. On sound pipe of any material it is the most thorough option available. On a badly deteriorated cast iron line with holes already, a plumber will say so and talk about repair rather than cleaning, because washing out a failing pipe does not make it carry waste any better.
Only as often as its own condition demands, which varies enormously. A modern lateral with good fall may never need it. A shallow older line under mature trees, or a kitchen branch in a house where a lot of cooking happens, may want attention on a regular rhythm, and a plumber who has seen your camera footage can suggest one.

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