Drain Cleaning & Sewer Services in Southeastern Wisconsin
From one clogged sink to sewage backing up into the basement, our drain and sewer team is built to handle the whole problem.
We come prepared to restore flow, protect your home, and give you a clear path forward if the line needs more than a basic clearing.
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Same-day drain service available, with the equipment to clear most stoppages in one trip. -
A clear recommendation based on what your drain or sewer line actually needs.
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Drain clearing, camera inspection, and hydro jetting available from the same team.
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Sewer-line repair capability in-house if the problem turns out to be bigger than a clog.
3,000+ 5-Star Google Reviews
“Pete was very professional and explained everything that he was doing as he unclogged our floor drain. Then he did a visual inspection with a camera to ensure that nothing else needed to be done.”
— Jeff Sawatzke, Google Review
What Does Drain Cleaning Cost?
A clogged bathroom sink and a backed-up main sewer are both drain calls.
They are not the same job, so we price and report them separately.
For qualifying completed Austin single-fixture drain-cleaning calls:
About 1 in 4 finished at $260 or less.
Half finished at about $390 or less.
About 3 in 4 finished at about $580 or less.
These are completed Austin visits for problems such as clogged sinks, tubs, showers, and other individual fixture drains.
For qualifying completed Austin main-line drain and sewer cleaning:
About 1 in 4 finished at $380 or less.
Half finished at about $650 or less.
About 3 in 4 finished at about $880 or less.
A main sewer stoppage can involve different access, equipment, line lengths, roots, buildup, and diagnostic work than a single clogged fixture.
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Austin’s historical drain-cleaning pricing falls within normal professional market pricing in the Southeastern Wisconsin area when comparable scope is matched. Current published local pricing varies widely based on whether the number represents one drain, a main sewer, an hourly equipment charge, a starting price, or the completed service visit.
That distinction is important.
Our numbers above are completed Austin job totals. We aren’t comparing them to a low advertised starting price and pretending they represent the same thing.
Sometimes clearing the blockage solves the problem.
Other times the line needs hydro jetting, camera-assisted diagnosis, or the problem turns out to be physical damage to the sewer itself.
Those are different outcomes, and they shouldn’t be buried inside one drain-cleaning average.
The dispatch fee is $99.
If you move forward with the work, we waive it. The fee is also waived for current Club Austin members.
Some drain companies publish a price per drain. That can be useful when that is exactly the work being performed.
We take the transparency a step further.
Where the data supports it, we publish what comparable Austin customers actually paid after the service was completed and check those numbers against the Southeastern Wisconsin market.
The goal isn’t to make the number look low. It’s to make it useful.
Our tradespeople are paid to figure out what the line actually needs and give you a clear recommendation.
You’ll understand what we found, the reasonable next step, and the price before you authorize the work.
Great service. Super friendly and knowledgeable. Had an overflowing floor drain in basement they snaked and cleaned with a jet machine. Fair price
Mathias Strohkirch — Google Review
We Start With What the House Is Telling Us
Which fixtures are affected, what causes the backup, and whether the problem has happened before all help point us in the right direction before we start working the line.
The Equipment Matches the Problem
Fixture stoppages, main sewer lines, camera inspections, and heavy buildup do not all call for the same tool. Our drain team comes prepared for the different kinds of work we actually see.
Opening the Line Isn’t Always the End of the Conversation
If the drain is flowing and there’s no good reason to go farther, that may be all it needs.
If something about the job points to roots, buildup, a low spot, or damaged pipe, we’ll explain what we found and what makes sense from there.
You Can Trust the Recommendation
Our tradespeople are paid to solve the problem and recommend what makes sense for your home. A larger job doesn’t change what they earn.
If the Problem Gets Bigger, the Team Doesn’t Disappear
Drain clearing, camera inspection, hydro jetting, and sewer-line repair are all handled within Austin. You don’t have to start over with another company because the stoppage turned out to be a sewer problem.
We’ll Still Be Here the Next Time You Need Us
Austin has been serving Southeastern Wisconsin since 1939. We’re privately owned, built for the long term, and accountable for the work we put our name on.
What Homeowners Say About Our Drain & Sewer Work
“My bathroom sink was clogged and was made worse by a crystal ‘supposed drain cleaner’. Don removed the cement-like plug caused by the drain cleaner and cleared the drain completely. He cleaned up the area and left no trace of the mess he had to deal with.”
— Diane Schroeder
“We had a back up in our floor drain in the basement. My husband used a plunger to see if he could get the water to recede, which it did eventually. But, we wanted to make sure there wasn’t another further issue, so we called Austin. Keegan took pictures & video & did a thorough job diagnosing any problems.”
— Carol Heim
“Hired Austin plumbing because water was coming up my floor drain when I ran my wash machine. I had a drain company come out first and he couldn’t get the pipes to clear. Darren came out to take a look and found out my 70 year old pipes were the issue. Garrett and Mike came to do all the work, removing and replacing 12 feet of basement pipe and had to do extra work getting the rest of the old pipes to clear.”
— Kimberly Karr
Drain & Sewer Questions
A basement floor drain can back up because the stoppage is in that drain, but it’s often where a larger drain or sewer problem shows itself.
If the floor drain rises when you flush a toilet, run the washing machine, take a shower, or use plumbing somewhere else in the house, the blockage may be farther down the main drain or sewer line.
We see both. We’ll follow the backup to the part of the system that actually needs attention instead of assuming the floor drain itself is the whole problem.
If sewage is actively coming into the house, your toilets and drains can’t be used, or the backup is creating an immediate risk of damage, call us.
A slow sink or an isolated drain that is still usable can usually be handled as a normal service call. A whole-house stoppage or sewage backup deserves faster attention.
If the same drain or sewer line keeps backing up, there may be something in the system making the stoppage more likely to return.
In Austin drain calls, we see repeat problems tied to things like roots, heavy buildup, older cast-iron or galvanized piping, low spots in the line, poor pitch, and damaged pipe.
That doesn’t automatically mean you need a larger repair. Sometimes clearing the line again is reasonable. If the pattern gives us a reason to look farther, we’ll explain what we found and what the next step would accomplish.
For a drain or sewer stoppage, you want someone who can clear the blockage and keep going if the problem turns out to be bigger than the clog.
Our drain team handles fixture and branch-line stoppages, main sewer clearing, camera inspection, and hydro jetting. If the pipe itself needs repair, that stays within Austin too.
That matters when a call that starts as “the basement drain is backing up” turns out to be roots, damaged piping, or another problem farther down the system.
