Drain Cleaning San Bernardino, California | Downtown, Del Rosa, Verdemont and the North End

The oldest San Bernardino neighborhoods, near downtown and on the streets north of Base Line, have homes from the early 1900s through the 1940s. Their laterals are mostly clay with many short joints, and the cast iron drains inside have scaled for generations. Some lines have been patched with three or four different materials over the years. A camera inspection names each section and shows exactly where the trouble is, so you only repair what needs it.

Inland Empire water is hard, and San Bernardino is no exception. Minerals build up inside cast iron and galvanized drains year after year, narrowing them until grease and paper catch on the rough walls. A drain that slows a little more every year is often scaled rather than clogged. Descaling restores the pipe close to its original size without breaking out a slab.

The postwar tracts that fill the middle of the city, from Del Rosa to the west side, are now around seventy years old. Clay laterals have roots from parkway and backyard trees, and some homes have Orangeburg sections that have softened and flattened. When a drain clears and then clogs again a few months later, the camera usually shows why.

Santa Ana winds and the fire seasons in the foothills bring a lot of debris down into yards on the north end and in Verdemont. Leaves, ash and soil wash into yard drains and roof drains, and a blocked yard drain in the first big storm can send water toward the house. Clearing them in the fall is simple and cheap.

Downtown, the hospital and university areas and the commercial corridors along E Street, Highland Avenue and Waterman Avenue have restaurants and businesses with commercial drains. The warehouses near the airport have trench drains and interceptors. We service all of them, before opening, after close or around shifts.