Drain Cleaning and Clog Removal in Las Vegas

A drain that clogs twice in a year is reporting a problem with the line, not with what went down it. A camera inspection separates a grease clog from a bellied line, root intrusion or a cast iron pipe that has scaled shut, and those three have very different fixes. Cabling it a third time without looking is the wrong answer.

A cable punches through the blockage and gets the water moving again, which is the right call for a one-off stoppage. Hydro jetting scours the pipe wall itself with high pressure water, stripping the grease and scale a cable leaves behind. If a drain has clogged more than once, the cable is treating the symptom and the jetter is treating the cause.

A lot of the valley's older housing still has cast iron drain lines, and cast iron scales inward over decades until the working diameter is a fraction of what the pipe nominally is. There is no amount of cabling that restores that. A camera tells you whether you are looking at scale, a bellied section or roots, and only then is it worth deciding how to put the run right.

Then fitting one is usually the first job. A cleanout is the capped access point that lets a drain line be reached and cleared properly, and a property without one has to be worked through a roof vent or a pulled fixture, which is slower and harder on the plumbing. Installing one is a one-off that makes every future visit quicker.

Las Vegas Valley Water District publishes valley tap water at roughly 291 parts per million, about 17 grains per gallon, and classifies it as very hard, around two and a half times the national norm. The minerals come from the Colorado River through Lake Mead. It is the single biggest reason water heaters, fixture cartridges and dishwashers wear out faster here than their rated life suggests.

Yes. Clark County, the City of Las Vegas and the City of North Las Vegas all require a permit for a replacement as much as for a new installation. Which of the three you deal with depends on your address rather than your mailing city, because a Las Vegas postal address can sit in unincorporated Clark County. We pull the permit and meet the inspector as part of the job.

Yes. Monkey Wrench Contractors LLC holds Nevada State Contractors Board licence 0092999 and trades as Monkey Wrench Plumbing. We are a BBB accredited business with an A plus rating, and every technician is background checked. About thirty minutes before your appointment you get a text with the assigned technician's photo, name, licence number and live ETA.