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A SwiftPro plumber at the drain of a stainless kitchen sink, with the pull-down faucet in view, in a Northern Virginia home

Drain Cleaning in Northern Virginia

Clearing one clogged drain runs $200 to $800, and cleaning the main sewer line to the street runs $550 to $1,650, by cable or water jetter. A sink clogged at the trap is $99 with our offer. A plumbing diagnosis visit is $49, or $250 after hours. Call SwiftPro, rated 5.0 stars across 1,138 reviews, at (703) 997-9757, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, anywhere in Northern Virginia.

Sewage coming up a floor drain or the tub? Stop running water anywhere in the house: no flushing, no laundry, no dishwasher. Every gallon upstairs comes out at that drain. Then call.

  • Sinks, tubs, showers, toilets and floor drains
  • Main sewer lines by cable or water jetter
  • A sewer camera, on the screen with you

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Licensed and insuredVirginia Class A contractor #2705192276

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Which drain is it

What the clog is,
and what to try first

The drain calls we get, what they usually turn out to be, and what you can do before anyone comes out.

The kitchen sink backs up, or both sides fill

Grease and food scraps go down warm, cool in the line and stick, a layer at a time, usually past the trap where the pipe runs into the wall. If the dishwasher drains through the sink, it backs up there too.

A sink clogged at the trap is our $99 sink drain clearing. Past the trap, it’s one drain cleared, $200 to $800. Grease that comes right back after a cable is a job for a water jetter.

A bathroom sink, tub or shower draining slowly

Hair and soap, nearly always in the first foot or two of pipe under the drain.

Pull the stopper or the strainer and clean it first. That fixes a lot of them: how to unclog a shower drain. Still slow, and it’s one drain cleared, $200 to $800.

The toilet is clogged and the plunger isn’t doing it

Something stuck in the trap inside the porcelain: wipes, a toy, too much paper in one flush. A toilet that clogs with normal use can be the line past it.

How to unclog a toilet, the right plunger first. When that fails, a toilet augered is one drain cleared, $200 to $800.

The basement floor drain is backing up

The floor drain is usually the lowest opening on the main line, so when the main blocks, the water shows up there first.

That’s the main line, not the floor drain. Main sewer line cleaning runs $550 to $1,650.

More than one drain is slow, or the tub gurgles when you flush

Two fixtures acting up together means the pipe they share, usually the main line to the street. Roots, grease or a low spot in the line.

Main line cleaning, $550 to $1,650, and a camera down the line for $89 added to the visit shows you why it blocked. What a gurgling toilet is telling you.

Cable, jetter or camera

The machine follows
what’s in the pipe

  • A cable clears most clogs. A drain machine feeds a spinning cable through hair, wipes, paper or a toy, in one drain or the main line.
  • Water at pressure is for grease and roots. A cable bores a hole through grease and the line closes back up. A water jetter scours the pipe wall clean, and cuts roots back to the joint.
  • The camera shows why. When a line keeps blocking, a camera down it shows roots, a broken joint or a low spot. $89 added to a visit: when a camera earns its keep.
  • No cleanout means more time, not no service. A cleanout is the capped fitting that lets the machine straight into the main line. Without one we go in through a toilet or the roof vent. Where your sewer cleanout is.
  • When the pipe itself is failing, cleaning it again is renting a fix. The camera tells you if it can be lined without a trench.

What drain cleaning costs

Drain cleaning prices
in Northern Virginia

Our own prices, not a national average. Yours is written down before any work starts.

Plumbing diagnosis visit

$49

A plumber at the house to find where the clog is and price clearing it. $250 after hours.

Sink drain clearing, the $99 offer

$99

A clogged kitchen or bathroom sink cleared up to the P-trap. Deeper drain or main sewer line work is a separate service, priced before we start. All our offers.

One drain cleared

$200 to $800

Kitchen sink past the trap, bathroom sink, tub, shower, floor drain, or a toilet augered. Which drain it is barely changes the work.

Main sewer line cleaning

$550 to $1,650

The pipe carrying the whole house to the street, by cable or water jetter. How far down the blockage sits decides the price.

Sewer camera, added to a visit

$89

When we’re already there clearing the line. You watch the screen with us.

Sewer camera on its own

$500 to $1,700

A camera visit booked by itself. The line often has to be cleared first so the camera can see anything.

Prices checked .

How the call goes

Four steps, and you
approve the third one

We answer day or night, and we will tell you honestly when we can get there. We run 24/7 emergency service.

  1. 1

    You call, we tell you when

    A person answers, day or night, and gives you a real arrival window and a call when the plumber is on the way.

  2. 2

    Diagnosis, $49

    The plumber finds where the clog is, one drain or the main line, and prices clearing it.

  3. 3

    The price, in writing

    Before anything is cut, opened up or ordered. Approve it or don’t, and nobody makes a no awkward.

  4. 4

    Cleared and tested

    Water run through every drain we touched, and the main line tested with flushes upstairs before we leave.

What customers said

Clogged drains, in our
customers’ own words

5.0 stars across 1,138 reviews. These three are about clogged drains.

Nii is the best. … a badly clogged kitchen line that wouldn’t budge with my snake and a good bit of effort. Super nice guy, very skilled, fair, calm, etc. Exactly what you want in a plumber.

Patrick Kane, Google review

Plumber showed up on time and fixed my drain clog without issue. Very reasonably priced as well. Highly recommended.

Jim Gravina, Google review

New tenants in the rental property had a problem with their drain. Property manager sent their plumber said they snakeed the drain and could not solve the clog. … James Milligan solve the problem in 15 minutes saving me hundreds of dollars.

Evan Owen, Google review

Shown as written on Google, cut to the part about the job. Read them all.

Who turns up at the door

Licensed plumbers from Chantilly,
not a call center

SwiftPro is family owned and based on Lafayette Center Drive in Chantilly, and every plumber who comes to your house works for us.

  • A dedicated plumbing team. Our plumbers do plumbing every day, and our heating and cooling team is a separate team. When a gas line feeds a furnace, both trades are in the same company.
  • Virginia Class A contractor license #2705192276.
  • Fully insured. BBB Accredited with an A rating.
  • 5.0 stars across 1,138 reviews, and you can read them all.
  • More about the people: about SwiftPro.
The SwiftPro plumbing team in front of three wrapped SwiftPro vans in Northern Virginia, with their RIDGID FlexShaft drain machine, SeeSnake sewer camera and KJ-3100 water jetter

The SwiftPro plumbing team in front of our wrapped vans, with the drain machine, sewer camera and water jetter they bring to the job.

Asked on the phone

Drain cleaning questions,
answered straight

How much does drain cleaning cost in Northern Virginia?

One clogged drain runs $200 to $800 to clear, and the main sewer line to the street runs $550 to $1,650. A plumbing diagnosis visit is $49, or $250 after hours. A sink clogged at the trap is $99 with our offer.

Is the $99 sink clearing the same as drain cleaning?

The $99 covers a clogged kitchen or bathroom sink up to the P-trap, the curved pipe under the sink. Past the trap, in the line through the wall, or in a tub, toilet or floor drain, it’s drain cleaning, $200 to $800, and you get that price before we start.

Is it one drain or the main line?

One slow drain is that drain. Several at once, a floor drain backing up, or a tub that gurgles when the toilet flushes is the main line. How to tell the two apart.

Do you use a snake or a hydro jetter?

Whichever the clog needs. A cable clears most clogs: hair, wipes, paper, a toy. Grease and roots close back around a cable within weeks, so those get water at pressure. Hydro jetting.

Should I pour Drano in first?

We’d skip it. Chemical drain cleaners rarely clear a full clog, and when they don’t, the plumber is working in a pipe full of lye. Is Drano bad for your pipes?

Why does my drain keep clogging?

Grease a cable only punched through, roots growing back into a joint, or a low spot in the line that holds water. A camera shows which, $89 added to the visit.

Can you clear a drain at night or on a holiday?

Yes, we run 24/7 emergency service, and the after-hours diagnosis visit is $250.

Drain backing up?

Call now, or tell us
which drain it is

If sewage is coming up a drain, call. Not urgent? Send the form at the top and the office calls or texts you back.

SwiftPro Heating, Cooling & Plumbing
4230 Lafayette Center Dr N, Chantilly, VA 20151
44679 Endicott Dr, Suite 211, Ashburn, VA 20147
SwiftPro Plumber & Water Heaters
4200 Lafayette Center Dr, Suite N, Chantilly, VA 20151
Virginia Class A contractor license #2705192276

Prices are SwiftPro’s own in Northern Virginia; yours is written down at the house before any work starts, and the diagnosis visit is separate from the repair. The $99 sink drain clearing covers a sink up to the P-trap; deeper drain or main line work is a separate service, priced before we start.

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