Drain Cleaning La Puente, California | Postwar Homes, Back Units and Hacienda Boulevard

Most La Puente homes were built in the 1950s on small lots, and many have since added a back house, a converted garage or extra bedrooms and bathrooms for extended family. All of that new plumbing ties into the original lateral, which was sized for a two or three bedroom home. When the lateral cannot keep up, the back unit or the farthest bathroom backs up first, often again and again. We clear it, film it and explain whether the line needs a repair or just regular service.

The original laterals are mostly clay, and seventy years of root growth has found its way into many of the joints. The walnut and citrus trees left from the ranch days, and the parkway trees planted with the tracts, are the usual sources. Cutting restores flow, and lining stops the cycle for good.

Cast iron drains under the slab have narrowed with scale over the decades, and some homes still have Orangeburg sections that have softened and flattened. A camera inspection names the pipe material for each section, which matters when you are deciding what to repair.

La Puente families cook at home a lot, and holiday gatherings can bring dozens of people into a small house at once. Kitchen lines fill with grease over the years, and a big gathering is when a weak line usually gives out. A cleaning before the holidays is much cheaper than an emergency call on the day.

The restaurants, taquerias and markets along Hacienda Boulevard, Amar Road and Valley Boulevard need grease traps pumped and lines jetted on a schedule, and we work before opening or after close so the doors stay open.

Many La Puente homes have been in the same family for two or three generations, and over that time the plumbing has been changed by many different hands. A bathroom added in the 1970s, a kitchen remodel in the 1990s and a back unit added later can each tie into the line in a different way. When we film a line like that, we point out each connection so the family understands why one fixture behaves differently from the rest.