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Something’s Backing Up. We’ll Find Out Why.

Drain, sewer and septic service from Barre, across Washington County. John has done this for 25 years, and he will tell you what went wrong before anyone pulls anything apart.

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What We Do

Drains, Sewer and Septic Across Vermont

Most calls start with a mess on the floor and no idea what caused it. John's first job is to explain that. His second is to fix it, with a cable, a jet, or a camera down the line before anyone starts digging.

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  • Drain Cleaning

    Sinks, tubs, toilets and main lines. A cable down the line clears most of them, and what comes back on it tells us what caused it.

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  • Hydro Jetting

    High-pressure water for grease, roots and scale a cable only punches through. The right tool for a kitchen line that blocks on a schedule.

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  • Camera & Locating

    A camera down the line shows you what is wrong, and a locator marks on the surface where it is and how deep.

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  • Pump Stations

    Repair, maintenance and replacement for sewage pump stations and grinder pumps, from a stuck float to a whole new pump.

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Why People Call Back

It’s Your Home. You Should Know What Went Wrong.

A drain backing up is rarely just a drain. Something has usually been building for months, and by the time you notice it you are standing in it. That is a bad position to make decisions from, so we start by telling you what is going on and what it means.

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  • You Get an Explanation

    You hear what we found and what it will take to fix, in plain terms. No one adds work you do not need.

  • 25+ Years in Vermont

    Service technician work, pump truck, jetting, camera and locating, all of it in Vermont. There is not much down there John has not seen before.

  • Insured, Proof Available

    Fully insured and jet pre-treatment certified. Ask for the paperwork before we start and you will get it.

  • Same Person, Start to Finish

    John answers the phone, John shows up, and John does the work. No one gets handed off to a crew that has not heard the story.

Feeding a drain cable up through a ceiling access on a commercial job
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Drain Cleaning and Hydro Jetting

Most blocked drains open up with a cable. We feed it down the line, break the blockage apart and pull it back, and in a lot of houses that is the whole job.

Where a cable will not do it, for grease that has set hard, roots, or years of buildup, we jet instead. High-pressure water scrubs the pipe wall clean rather than punching a hole through the middle of the clog, which is why a jetted line stays clear a lot longer than an augered one.

If we cannot tell what we are dealing with from the top, a camera goes down first and a locator marks the spot, so no one digs on a hunch.

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Looking down into a pump station wet well at the floats and cables
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Pump Stations, Sewer and Everything Between

Sewage pump stations and grinder pumps repaired, maintained and replaced. Then the line from the house to the station and the line out to the sewer or the field, because when something backs up indoors the cause is often outdoors, and the whole run gets treated as one system rather than two separate service calls.

John has spent twenty-five years on this in Vermont, on a pump truck and off it, for homes and businesses across Washington County. He is the one on the phone, at the door and in the hole.

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Everything Else We Get Called For

Not everything is a blocked main. These come up often enough to list, and most of them get done on the first visit.

  • Clogged Drains

    Sinks, tubs, showers and floor drains. The most common call we get, and usually the quickest to clear.

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  • Main Line Backups

    When water comes up somewhere else in the house, the blockage is in the main. That is a different job from a slow sink.

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  • Toilets

    Pulled, cleared and reset when a plunger will not do it, including the ones that have been set badly for years.

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  • Garbage Disposals

    Jammed, leaking or backing up into the other side of the sink. Repaired where that makes sense, replaced where it does not.

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  • Grease Lines

    Commercial kitchen lines that an auger only punches a hole through. These want jetting to scrub the pipe wall clean.

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  • Sump Pumps

    Vermont basements and the Vermont spring melt. We check the pump, the float and the line it discharges into.

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  • Outside Drains

    Roof, yard and footing drains that have silted up or been crushed. Excavation and replacement where they cannot be cleared.

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  • Minor Plumbing Repairs

    The small repairs that show up once a drain is open: traps, couplings, a length of line that has given out.

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Contact Us

Tell us what it’s doing. We’ll tell you what it is.

Weekdays 8 to 4, and the same number reaches John after hours and on weekends. Call or text and describe what is happening.

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