Drain cleaning is the professional clearing of clogs and buildup from sink, tub, toilet, and main sewer lines using augers, cabling, or high-pressure water jetting.
A slow drain is annoying. A main line backing up into your shower at 6am is a different kind of morning. We clear both — and everything in between — for homeowners across Orlando, seven days a week. Most clogs aren't mysteries: grease, hair, roots, or a cast-iron pipe that's seen better decades. We find which one it is, clear it, and tell you straight whether it's coming back.
Older parts of Orlando — College Park, Pine Hills, Conway, parts of Audubon Park — still run cast-iron and clay sewer laterals. Cast iron scales shut from the inside; clay cracks and lets in roots from the live oaks everybody loves. Add sandy soil that shifts, plus grease from a city full of rentals and short-term stays, and you get backups that a drugstore bottle of gel won't touch. The fix depends on the cause, so we camera the line when it keeps coming back instead of guessing.
Over time, kitchen drains become slow and eventually back up as grease, soaps, fats and detergents build up inside the pipes. Our technicians use the right tools to cut through the clog, remove the debris, and restore your kitchen sink drain to full functionality — without damaging your pipes.
From showers and tubs clogged with hair and soap-scum buildup to sinks filled with toothpaste and grit, bathrooms present plenty of drainage problems. Even toilets can be completely clogged with paper or non-flushable materials. Whatever the challenge, our plumbers have the equipment to address it.
Floor drains in basements, laundry rooms, garages and patios keep excess water from flooding and causing damage. Outdoors, underground sewer pipes are susceptible to clogs from leaves and debris that cause water to back up into your home. We clean downspouts, locate clogs in outdoor plumbing, and handle the sewer and drain cleaning you need — eliminating years of debris buildup.
| Cable / auger | Hydro-jetting | |
|---|---|---|
| Best for | Single soft clogs, hair, paper | Grease, scale, roots, recurring backups |
| How it works | Steel cable bores through the blockage | 3,500+ PSI water scours the full pipe wall |
| Tree roots | Punches a hole through them | Flushes them out and clears the line |
| Cleans pipe walls | No — opens a channel | Yes — restores full diameter |
| Relative cost | $ | $$ |
| Job | Typical range |
|---|---|
| Sink, tub or shower snake | $99–$225 |
| Main line / cleanout snake | $150–$450 |
| Hydro-jetting | $350–$800 |
| Sewer camera inspection | $125–$350 |
Ballpark Orlando-area ranges — your exact price depends on the job, and we give a firm, free quote before any work starts.
Our local plumbers are ready 24/7 for problems large and small. Call (407) 555-0123 for fast service and a free, no-obligation quote.
We handle the rest of the house too — flood protection, toilet replacement, fixing your water heater — for homeowners in Davenport and Ocoee and across the metro. Not sure what's going on? Start with Express Plumbing Orlando and we'll point you the right way.
If only one fixture is slow, it's usually a local clog. If several drains gurgle or back up at once — especially the lowest one, like a tub or floor drain — that points to the main line, and that's worth a camera before anyone starts cabling.
We'd skip it. Those caustic gels rarely clear a real clog, they can sit in the trap and damage older pipe, and they make the eventual snaking job nastier. A plunger or a quick call is the better first move.
Jetting scours the pipe wall clean with high-pressure water instead of poking a hole through the clog. It's the right call for grease, scale, and root intrusion, or any drain that keeps backing up after it's been snaked.
Recurring clogs usually mean something structural — a belly in the line, roots through a cracked joint, or scale in old cast iron. A sewer camera shows which one it is so you fix the cause, not the symptom.
Often, yes. The live oaks everyone loves send roots toward any moisture, and they find the cracked clay or cast-iron joints common in older Orlando neighborhoods. Jetting clears them; a camera shows whether the joint needs repair.
Almost always. The large majority of clogs clear through an existing cleanout with a cable or jetter — no digging. Excavation only comes up if the camera finds a collapsed or badly offset section of pipe.
Grease and cooking oil are the big ones — they cool, harden, and trap everything else. Also skip coffee grounds, fibrous scraps, rice and pasta, and “flushable” wipes, which are the most common cause of main-line backups we see.
A simple sink or tub snake typically runs $99–$225, a main-line clearing $150–$450, and hydro-jetting $350–$800. We give a firm number after we see the situation, and the quote is free.
Yes — backed-up sewage or a drain flooding your home isn't a wait-till-morning problem. We keep plumbers on call 24/7 across Orlando for exactly that.
Our team is available around the clock to better assist you — call now for fast, friendly help.
We cover all of the Orlando, FL area. Here are just a few of the communities we serve every day.