Louisville Drain and Sewer Services

At Jarboe's Plumbing, Heating & Cooling, our licensed drain and sewer technicians perform the following drain services for Louisville area homeowners:

• Drain Clearing
• Sewer Repair
• Sewer Replacement
• Jetting
• Rooter
• Trenchless Pipe Bursting

Poor drainage from plumbing fixtures throughout the home creates frustration for many a Louisville homeowner – you’re forced to flush several times, or it takes a long while for the sink or tub to empty. At best, issues are minor and drains just need to be cleared. At worse, blockages in sewers or damaged sewer pipes result in backed-up sewage and sewer water that comes up through drains across the home.

Treatment for issues affecting drains and sewers can create a mess, but the professional plumbers of Jarboe's Plumbing, Heating & Cooling take great care to protect your home and return it to a pristine state once finished. Our technicians always wear shoe covers in the home and use drop cloths wear necessary, then our work area is cleaned up prior to completion of our work.

It doesn’t matter how major or minor your sewer or drain issue is, Jarboe's Plumbing, Heating & Cooling is always available to our Louisville neighbors. Schedule regular service or contact us 24/7 for emergency drain or sewer repairs. Our staff is on call around the clock to assist you.

Drainage issues are a hassle for homeowners, especially when they seem to reoccur right after one another. As draining pipes collect foreign materials or pipe material begins to wear out over time, you’ll experience slow drainages or stopped-up drains more often. When this occurs, you need to have the pipes cleared.

Jarboe's Plumbing, Heating & Cooling performs complete drain clearing, repair, and replacement services. Before any treatment is recommended, we search for the problem’s location using sewer camera inspection, which also shows us what sort of drain or sewer issue we are up against. These search results allow us to recommend the most effective services to remove a blockage or remedy damage to a pipe.

The main pipes that make up residential sewers collect grease, foreign objects, hair, and other materials over time. These materials as well as intrusions through broken pipes, like dirt, rocks, or tree roots, may fully block the flow of wastewater to the nearby sanitary sewer. Hydro jetting is used to bust up any gathered material and force it out of the pipe. Damage to sewers mean repairs or pipe replacement is often necessary, which now can be done through non-invasive trenchless pipe bursting. Jarboe's Plumbing, Heating & Cooling will find the solution that provides the least disruption for your family.

Sewers and drains are not the same thing. They do work together to form the drainage arm of a home’s plumbing system. All homes have a sanitary sewer system for the removal of wastewater, and some homes may also have storm drains and sewers to handle water on the property.

Each fixture has its own drain, which links to the main drain line running through the home. Outside the structure, this drain pipe meets the sewer line. Also called a lateral drain, the sewer line extends from the home out to the municipal sanitary sewers.  The sanitary sewers carry wastewater to a nearby plant for sewage treatment.

Stormwater and snow melt in high volumes can be damaging to a home’s foundation – storm sewers provide protection for the home while routing untreated water back to natural waterways. Storm drains can include gutter drains as well as floor and trench drains installed on outdoor surfaces such as a patio or driveway. Off the property, storm drains are commonly installed on curbs or in culverts. Storm sewers collect stormwater from private drains and those installed on public property, sending water back to local creeks, streams, and rivers.

Some homeowners’ first instinct is to call a plumber when they notice signs of problems with home sewers or drains. A professional’s help isn’t always needed to solve the problem – Jarboe's Plumbing, Heating & Cooling offers some tips to help you clear up sewer and drain problems on your own. Feel free to try them before you call to schedule service, but if you’re not comfortable doing so, don’t hesitate to contact us.

• If you think it is possible your main sewer line is blocked, it’s important to stop using the home’s plumbing until the problem is fixed. Use the main shutoff valve to turn off water.
  
  
• Check your home’s plumbing fixtures – are all not draining correctly, just one, or just those in one area of the home?
  
  
• If the issue seems isolated to one fixture or one room’s fixtures, the clog may sit in the fixture’s drain line or the pipe run that connects these fixtures to the main drain line. You can try using a plunger to clear these clogs, but if drainage is poor throughout the home, it’s probably a sewer line clog and you need to call a plumber.

• For a toilet clog, heat from hot water can dissolve materials lodged in the drain. Boil a pot of water and hold it at waist height as you pour it into the bowl. Allow it to sit until cooled then flush.
• Clogs in sink drains can sometimes be loosened with soap. A quart of dish soap poured into the drain can lubricate the clog so it slips through the line next time you turn on the faucet.