Drain Cleaning In Grand Rapids

Sewer & Drain Cleaning In Grand Rapids, MI?

If you need drain cleaning in Grand Rapids at affordable rates for your clogged drains like a grease trap, floor drain, pop machine drain, sewer, bar sink, sewer, toilet, plumbing, septic tank, bathtub, kitchen sink, janitors closet drain, trench drain, pipes, bathroom sink, washer machine drain, utility sink, storm drains, cooler drain & plumbing. Drain Monkeys offers cheap rates to unclog your drains 24/7. We have 24 years of drain cleaning experiencing in Grand Rapids, you can count on Drain Moneys to get the the job done right for cheap rates. Drain Monkeys is an honest drain cleaning company that prides themselves on customer care & high quality workmanship for your backed up drains. The owner of Drain Monkeys started cleaning drains in 1996 & has cleaned hundreds of drains in the Grand Rapids, MI area. You will find that Drain Monkeys rates are cheaper than most of their major competitors day or night & weekends. We stand behind our work 100% that is why we give a 30 day guarantee on workmanship, some restrictions do apply just ask for details. We are here for all your drain & sewer cleaning needs in Grand Rapids, because we care for our customers & we know clogged drains can happen at any time of day or night.

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Drain Monkeys services:

locate & find sewer, pipes, drains under ground.
TV camera inspections for sewer & drain pipes.
High pressure water jet (hydro jet) 4,000 PSI.
Cable rodding.

If you have a drain cleaning emergency please call (269) 366-8087 & will dispatch a drain technician to unclog your drain today because we are here for 24/7.

When Drain Monkeys cleans your clogged drain or drains they will always clean the entire drain pipe not leaving any of the drain pipe uncleaned unless your plumbing has been compromised such as broken pipes or sometimes offset joints.

When we are drain cleaning a clogged kitchen sink in Grand Rapids, MI. We will clean the entire drain pipe to the sewer (main drain) inside your home. Most kitchen sinks drain pipes will have a run of 50 feet or less. The drain cleaning machine we use is the Ridgid K-3800 which will have 75 feet of cable to unclog your kitchen sink drain pipe. In all the years of cleaning kitchen sink drain in Grand Rapids, Michigan we have never encountered a situation where this machine hasn’t got the job done. While we are cleaning the drain pipe for your kitchen sink we like to run a lot of hot water as this will help clean out the grease build up inside the drain. Most kitchen sink drain lines will have a build up of grease that comes from many years of food partials being washed down the drain that will eventually cause the clog.

Sometime your kitchen sink drain line can tie into a floor drain before it ties into your sewer pipe. If you are running water & it backs up through the floor drain then you know it is tie into the floor drain. Drain Monkeys service technician will clean the kitchen sink line to the floor drain & then from the floor drain to the main sewer pipe. This will ensure the plumbing for your kitchen sink is cleaned completely not leaving any of the plumbing uncleaned. This will also ensure a long lasting drain as well.

There are some kitchen sink drain pipes that will also share the same plumbing with your washer machine drain. If you are washing clothes & you notice a gurgling noise coming from the kitchen sink more than likely the will share the same drain pipe (plumbing) but it is possible the gurgling can be coming from a roof vent as well. The roof vent will tie into your kitchen sink it is the starting point so to speak for all your plumbing. I can count on one hand how many roof vents that were clogged since cleaning drains in Grand Rapids since 1996. It is rare to have a clogged roof vent but not impossible.

Our drain cleaning service for your clogged toilet in Grand Rapids, MI. we will use our shop vac to suck out the water out of the bowl & use our drain snake auger to unclog the trap of your toilet. Sometimes it may be necessary to pull the toilet. If we have to pull the toilet then we will also suck the water out of the tank & remove the toilet setting it off to the side. We will auger the bottom of the toilet pushing the clog back up through the top side of the toilet. After we have removed the obstruction we will reset the toilet using a new wax ring to ensure the toilet is sealed properly so the toilet wont leak at the base where it mounts to the toilet flange. Once we have rest the toilet we will check your parts inside the tank to ensure they are working properly. We will check the fill-valve to ensure the water level is correct for maximum flush & we will check the flush valve to make sure it is functioning properly.

If you need our drain cleaning service for your clogged washer machine drain in Grand Rapids, MI. You can rest easy because we will always be sure to clean your washer machine drain removing the clog such as lint, scale, grease from the drain pipe. usually we will use the Ridigid K-3800 drain cleaning machine or the General Super Vee to unclog your washer machine drain, depending on how far the drain pipe runs until tying into the sewer main. The plumbing (drain pipe) for a washer machine drain only have a foot run before tying into a sewer or it can have 50 feet. Some washer machine drains can also share the same plumbing as the floor drain or it can drain directly into a floor drain in some cases.

When we are using our drain snake machine we will usually run water while we are unclogging your washer machine drain after we have cleared the clog as this will help clean the drain line much better. Most washer drain will clog up with lint from years of washing cloths & those many years of your washer machine discharging water with lint in it collecting inside the pipe will cause it to clog up with the lint deposits. As we are cleaning your plumbing for your washer drain the lint will wrap itself around our cable as it spins inside the drain pipe removing all the lint & sclae build-up out of the pipe.

After the drain technician is done servicing your washer machine drain he will discharge the washer at least 3 times to check his work, this will also ensure that the sewer drain is working properly as well.

Using our drain cleaning service for your clogged bathtub in Grand Rapids, MI. Most bathtub drain pipes will only have a run of 5 feet to 20 feet before tying into the sewer pipe. Our service technician will use the General Super Vee to unclog your plumbing (drain pipe) for your bathtub. This drain snake has 25 feet of cable we use this machine because it works great for unclogging bathtubs. We will always clean it to the main tie in at the sewer. We usually clean the bathtub from the overflow in the bathtub going all the way to the sewer pipe removing the clog like hair, grease & soap scum.

If you have a drum trap then we will clean it to the drum trap & then from the drum trap to your sewer main. Drum traps are usually found in older homes & in most cases are located in a closet with a trap door to the plumbing of your bathtub. Sometimes we can get it to go through the drum trap when we go through the overflow on the bathtub. When we can’t get it to go through the trap then we will have to clean the outlet drain pipe from the drum-trap to unclog the drain. The drum-trap has an inlet pipe that goes in at the bottom of the drum-trap the is 3 inches in diameter & the outlet pipe is on the opposite side of the trap & at the top side of the trap going out to the sewer pipe.

Using our drain cleaning service for your clogged bathroom sink in Grand Rapids, MI. Most bathroom sink will tie into a roof-vent or sewer main & have a run of 20 feet or less. Our service technician will use the General Super Vee with 25 feet of cable to unclog the drain pipe free of hair, grease, scale & soap scum. When our service technician cleans your bathroom sink he will inspect the pop-up assembly & clean off any hair or grease as well as inspect the tail piece from the drain & your P-trap or S-trap. After he has inspected those plumbing parts he will clean the drain pipe from where the tail piece was removed from the wall or at the bottom of the cabinet under you bathroom sink. P-traps will go through the wall & S-traps will go through the bottom of the cabinet under the sink.

How our drain cleaning service cleans your clogged floor drain in Grand Rapids, MI. If you have a clogged floor drain we will start by sucking out the water in the trap of the floor drain because you can get a lot of looses scale at the bottom of the trap. After the water is sucked out we will use either our Ridigid K-3800 drain snake or our General Super Vee to unclog your floor drain depending on far your plumbing runs to the sewer pipe. Some floor drains can have a run of 5 feet or 45 feet. When we clean your floor drain we will remove any lint, scale, hair, grease from inside the drain pipe. After cleaning the the drain we will run plenty of water to ensure that your floor drain is cleared of any obstruction. The drain technician will clean out the trap & clean it from the clean out after removing the clean-out cap located at the side of the floor drain.

Our drain cleaning service can clean out your clogged septic tank in Grand Rapids, MI. If your inlet pipe coming from your home or business is clogged we can clean this drain pipe from a clean out in your basement in your home or business. If you don’t have a clean out we will pull your toilet to gain access to the sewer main so it can be cleaned all the way to your septic tank. Most septic tank will be less than 50 feet from your home or business. The drain Technician will use the Ridgid K-750 to unclog your septic tank drain pipe (main drain) removing things like roots, grease, scale & foreign material.

If your septic tank has a clogged outlet pipe going to a leach field (drain field) or dry well we can clean the outlet pipe with our drain snake cable machine or our hydro jet that has 3,100 PSI to unclog the drain pipes full of grease & sludge from inside your plumbing (outlet pipe). The outlet pipe is located at the back of the septic tank that carries the grey water to the drain field or dry well. If you let you tank get to full before getting it pumped the solids can start to back up into the outlet pipe causing the outlet pipe to clog up. It is best to get your tank pumped every 3-5 years depending on the size septic tank you have & the size family you have.

If you need our drain cleaning service for your clogged sewer in Grand Rapids, MI. We will always clean your plumbing for the sewer pipe to the tie in at the septic or to the middle of the street where it will tie into the city sewer pipe. Most sewer pipes will have a run of 90 feet or less. The service technician will use the Ridgid K-700 to unclog your sewer line free of roots, foreign material, grease & scale. Most sewer pipes will have a clean out on your plumbing to gain access to clean out the sewer pipe. If you don’t have a clean out in your home or business we will have to pull the toilet to gain access to clean out your sewer pipe. We have different size cutter blades that we can use to remove the clog from your sewer pipe, the most common cause of a sewer clog is roots. Roots will enter the sewer system from cracks, bad joints in your plumbing or even broken sewer pipes. When we are cleaning your main drain we will start running water so after the clog is cleared as this will also help clean the sewer much better and washing out any grease that has been broken up by our drain snake machine. After we are certain the sewer has no obstructions left inn the sewer pipe then we like to discharge your washer machine at least 3 times & also run water from your kitchen sink, bathtub & flush the toilet several times as well to check our work to ensure a very long lasting sewer drain.

If you live in Grand Rapids, MI & you need Drain Monkeys to unclog your drains then we are here to help you 24/7 because we understand that when you have a backed up drains they can act up at anytime time of day or night. Our drain Technicians are on standby & ready to take your call!

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