Drain Cleaning Long Beach, California | Belmont Shore, Bixby Knolls and Downtown

Bixby Knolls and California Heights were built in the 1920s and 1930s, and many of those homes still have their original clay sewer laterals running under big street trees. Roots enter at the joints and slowly close the pipe, and the lowest drain in the house is the first to back up. We cut the roots, film the line to the main and show you each joint, so you can decide between cutting on a schedule and lining the lateral.

Belmont Shore and Naples are a different world. Small lots, alleys, sand from the beach and a high water table near the canals mean laterals sit in damp, sandy soil and outdoor showers send sand into the drains. Jetting flushes sand out of low spots that a cable would push past, and we plan parking and access before we arrive on the narrow streets.

Downtown and Alamitos Beach have dense apartment buildings, some from the 1920s, with shared stacks and building mains, plus a busy restaurant scene along Pine Avenue and the East Village. A clog in a shared line can affect several units at once. We clear building mains, film them to show where the blockage started and work with property managers on cleaning schedules.

Long Beach Water operates the city’s sewer mains, and the homeowner generally owns the lateral up to the main. When a backup happens, our camera shows which side of that line the blockage is on before you pay for anything beyond the visit. If it is in the main, you get footage to share with the utility.