Drain cleaning and sewer service in Rockville, MD
Rockville is the county seat, and many of its neighborhoods were built in the 1950s and 1960s. Those houses are solid, but a lot of them still drain through their original pipe. We clean drains, descale cast iron and inspect sewer lines for homes and businesses across Rockville, MD.
Our approach in a house that age is simple: find out what the pipe looks like inside before deciding what to do with it.
What we see most in Rockville
Cast iron is the story in a lot of Rockville homes. After sixty or seventy years, the inside of the pipe is rough with scale and rust, and the drains throughout the house slow down together. Descaling grinds that buildup out and restores the flow, often without opening a wall or the basement slab.
Shower and tub drains backing up are another common call. Sometimes it is hair and soap in that one drain. When the lowest shower in the house backs up while other fixtures run, the problem is in the main line.
Parts of Rockville are served by the City of Rockville for water and sewer rather than WSSC Water. That can matter when we are working near the public connection, and we check which utility serves your street.
Rockville questions
It depends on where you live. Parts of Rockville are served by the City of Rockville and others by WSSC Water. We check before any work near the public connection.
In a Rockville home of that age, it often is. Scale narrows the pipe until everything slows down. A camera look confirms it before we recommend descaling.
The washer sends a lot of water down the main line at once. If the line is partly blocked, that water backs up into the lowest drain, which is often a basement shower.
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Sewer or water line trouble in Rockville?
Backups and broken lines get worse the longer water runs. Call us and tell us what you are seeing. We will tell you what to do right now and what it will take to fix it.
Monday to Friday, 8 AM to 5 PM. Free estimates on every job.