Drain, sewer and rooter help across Oregon
One number that reaches the licensed pros we connect you with, from the Portland metro and the Willamette Valley to Central and Southern Oregon and the coast. Describe the problem and you get a pro who works your area — and a straight answer about whether you need one at all.
- Ask about license and insurance details
- Confirm visit charges before scheduling
- Request the written scope before approving work
- Ask to keep the camera footage
Referral line
26 Oregon cities
24 hours a day
Ten kinds of work, each with a page that tells you when not to buy it
Every service page explains what the work involves, what makes it harder, and the situations where it is the wrong answer — including the ones where nobody needs to attend.
Drain Cleaning
A single slow sink is a nuisance.
Hydro Jetting
A cable bores a hole through the clog.
Sewer Camera Inspection
A sewer scope is the cheapest insurance in real estate and the only defensible basis for an excavation quote.
Sewer Line Repair & Replacement
Sewer replacement is the largest unexpected bill most Oregon homeowners ever face on their plumbing.
24/7 Emergency Drain & Sewer Service
If sewage is entering your home right now, stop reading and call.
Rooter Service & Tree Root Removal
Roots do not break into a healthy pipe.
Water Heater Repair & Replacement
Most water heater calls split cleanly into two groups: a $200 part on a tank worth keeping, and a tank that has already failed and is quietly ruining the floor.
Tankless Water Heater Installation
Tankless is a genuinely better appliance for the right house and a frustrating, expensive mistake in the wrong one.
Sump Pump Installation & Repair
A sump pump is the only appliance in your house whose failure you discover at the worst possible moment, in the dark, during a storm, usually after the power has already gone out.
Water Service Line Replacement
The water service line is the pipe carrying potable water from the meter to your house.
Four things worth demanding from whoever ends up at your door
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A diagnosis before anything is dug
You should be told whether this is a fixture clog or a main-line failure before a tool comes off the truck. Nothing on a sewer should be priced, and no ground opened, until a camera has been in the line and the run has been located.
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The footage, in your hands
A camera inspection produces a video file, footage marks on each defect and a surface locate with depth. Ask the connected pro for that file whether or not you go ahead with the repair — it is what lets you get a competing bid, and a contractor who will not hand it over is not protecting you.
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The smallest fix that actually works
Spot repairs resolve far more sewer problems than the industry tends to lead with. If you have been told the whole lateral has to come out, an independent camera scope is how you find out whether that recommendation holds up.
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Work that should be refused
Orangeburg, badly corroded cast iron and cracked clay should never be hydro-jetted — pressure turns a leak into a collapse. Anyone willing to put a jetter down one of those without a camera first is telling you something about how they work.
What happens between your phone call and a working drain
Describe what is happening
Say which fixtures are affected and how they interact — one slow sink is a different job from every drain in the house backing up. That single fact decides whether this is a same-day emergency or something that can wait for a cheaper weekday slot, and you should be told which before anyone is sent.
You are connected with a pro who works your area
The call reaches the licensed pros we connect you with, already working in your city and familiar with what is in the ground there. Confirm availability, the visit charge and the scope with that pro directly — nobody on this page can price your job, and nobody should try to over the phone.
Cleared, then verified under volume
The right machine and the right cutter head, run until the line flows at full bore. A line that passes a cable but fails under a full tub draining is not fixed, so ask the connected pro to prove it under load before the visit ends.
Find out what comes next
If the cable hung on a joint or pulled back roots, that is worth a camera and a straight explanation rather than a scare pitch. Ask for the footage, the footage marks and a written scope of anything being recommended.
Covering 26 Oregon cities, from Portland to the coast
Each city page covers the housing stock, likely pipe materials and the failure modes that actually turn up there — a Bend problem and a Florence problem have almost nothing in common. Confirm coverage for your exact address on the call.
Portland Metro
Willamette Valley
Central Oregon
Southern Oregon
Oregon Coast
Work out what you need before you call
Four calculators that run entirely in your browser. No email, no signup, nothing stored or sent anywhere. They will sometimes tell you that you do not need to pay anyone at all.
Cost estimator
Most Oregon price guides quote one national number.
Clog diagnostic
The difference between a fixture clog and a main line failure is a factor of three in price and the difference between "book it next week" and "stop using water now".
Jetting vs snaking
Snaking costs less and jetting lasts longer, but that is not the real decision.
Water heater sizing
Almost every disappointed tankless owner in Oregon was sized off a manufacturer's summer-condition table.
A cable opens a channel. A jetter removes the coating.
The left frame is a cast iron line coated in years of grease, bore narrowed to a fraction of its diameter. The right is the same pipe after jetting, scoured back to bare wall.
A cable machine bores through the middle of that coating and leaves the coating in place. That is why the interval between your clogs keeps getting shorter — and why a camera pass before and after is worth asking for, so you can see which one you actually paid for.
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Common questions
What affects the cost of drain cleaning?
Four things, in order: whether it is a single fixture or the main line, whether there is an accessible exterior cleanout or a toilet has to be pulled, what is in the line — soft blockage, heavy roots or a hard obstruction — and whether the call is during business hours. Knowing the age of the building and finding your cleanout before the visit are the two things that genuinely shorten the job.
Is same-day and emergency help available?
Yes, around the clock and on holidays, though same-day availability is tightest during heavy-rain weeks in the valley when groundwater infiltration drives call volume up sharply. Confirm the actual arrival window with the connected pro rather than assuming one. If the problem can safely wait until morning at standard rates, you should be told that too.
What areas of Oregon does this cover?
Twenty-six cities statewide: the Portland metro, the Willamette Valley from Woodburn to Cottage Grove, Central Oregon around Bend and Redmond, Southern Oregon from Roseburg to Ashland, and the coast at Florence, Coos Bay and Newport. Response windows are longer in remote and Eastern Oregon locations. Confirm coverage for your exact address on the call.
Do I need a camera inspection or just a cleaning?
A first clog that clears easily needs no camera. Get one if this is the third clog in the same line within two years, if the cable stops hard at the same footage every time, if there is a sewage smell or a soggy strip in the yard, or if you are buying a home built before 1980. Ask whether the inspection fee is credited against a repair, and ask to keep the video either way.
How do I check a contractor before work starts?
Ask for the Oregon CCB number and look it up on the Construction Contractors Board website, which is free and takes about a minute. It shows current registration status, bond and liability insurance, and any complaint history. Ask for proof of insurance directly as well. Verifying licence and insurance before work begins is your responsibility as the homeowner, and it is worth the minute it takes.
Do I have to fill in a form?
No. There is no form anywhere on this site, no signup and no email gate. Call the number and you speak to a person. The tools here run entirely in your browser and do not ask for your details either.