Drain Cleaning and Plumbing Services Near You in Delaware County, PA

Advanced Drains and Underground Solutions is the drain and sewer contractor serving Delaware County, Pennsylvania — every township, borough, and community from the city line at Darby to the Chester County border at Newtown Square. If you are looking for drain cleaning, sewer repair, or emergency plumbing near you in Delco, this is the right page. We are based in Delaware County and respond to calls seven days a week.

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Drain Cleanout Service Near Me — Delaware County

A drain cleanout is the access point on your sewer lateral that allows a camera or cleaning cable to enter the underground pipe without going through a drain fixture. Most Delaware County homes built before 1980 have a cleanout fitting near the foundation, usually in the basement utility area or just outside the foundation wall. Some older homes — particularly those built before 1940 — may not have a cleanout installed, in which case one can be added at the time of service.

When you call us for drain cleaning near you in Delaware County, we locate the cleanout first. We run a camera through it before we cable or jet so we know what we are clearing — a camera inspection takes three to five minutes and prevents us from cleaning the wrong thing. A backup affecting multiple fixtures is almost always a blocked main lateral, not a problem on a single branch line, and the cleanout is the right access point for main lateral work.

We clear drain cleanouts for residential and light commercial properties throughout Delco: Upper Darby, Havertown, Springfield, Drexel Hill, Media, Swarthmore, Newtown Square, Ridley Park, Aston, Boothwyn, Marcus Hook, Lansdowne, Norwood, Glenolden, and every other community in the county.

Emergency Drain Service Near Me — Delaware County

We provide 24-hour emergency drain service across Delaware County. Sewer backups do not wait for business hours — a floor drain backup at midnight or a main line stoppage on a Saturday afternoon gets the same response as a daytime call. We dispatch a technician, not a phone queue.

Common emergency drain calls we respond to in Delaware County:

• Main sewer line backup — sewage or black water rising from a basement floor drain or first-floor toilet when another fixture runs. This is a main line blockage and will affect every drain in the house until cleared.
• Kitchen drain backup into the basement — a blocked kitchen drain line or a main lateral that has run out of capacity. The camera distinguishes between a branch-line clog and a main line problem before any cleaning starts.
• Floor drain backup during heavy rain — if your floor drain backs up during or after heavy rainfall, the likely cause is a blockage between your cleanout and the public main, or an offset joint in the lateral that has become impassable with groundwater inflow added to normal drain flow.
• No drainage anywhere in the house — a complete stoppage affecting all fixtures is a main lateral failure. This is an emergency that needs same-day service.

Delaware County Housing and Pipe History

Delaware County developed in waves, each leaving its own pipe infrastructure underground. River boroughs like Chester and Marcus Hook were built in the late 19th and early 20th century with vitrified clay laterals now well over a century old. The inner suburbs — Upper Darby, Lansdowne, Yeadon — followed in the 1910s–1930s. The postwar wave from 1945 to 1965 filled the outer townships with the clay tile laterals and cast iron soil stacks most in need of service today.

Orangeburg pipe — a bitumen-fiber composite used in the late 1940s and early 1950s — is found throughout postwar Delaware County housing. It deforms underground and cannot be cleaned back to function; it needs lining or replacement. A camera inspection identifies Orangeburg before any repair decision is made, whether the homeowner already suspects it or not.

Frequently Asked Questions — Drain and Sewer Service Near Me in Delaware County

How do I find my sewer cleanout?
In most Delaware County homes, the cleanout is a capped pipe fitting about 3 to 4 inches in diameter located in the basement utility area near where the main drain line exits through the foundation wall, or just outside the foundation at grade. Older homes may have it under a poured concrete floor. If you cannot locate it, we will find it when we arrive — we locate cleanouts routinely on service calls.

Do I need a permit for sewer line repair in Delaware County?
Requirements vary by municipality. Some townships require a permit for lateral excavation or replacement; others do not require one for trenchless work on the private lateral. We pull required permits when applicable and are familiar with the requirements in each Delaware County municipality we serve regularly. We handle the permit side — you do not need to navigate that yourself.

Can you do a sewer inspection before I buy a house in Delaware County?
Yes — pre-purchase sewer camera inspections are common in Delaware County given the age of the housing stock. We run a camera through the lateral, record the footage, and give you a written report on pipe condition, root intrusion, and any structural defects before you close. Most inspections are completed within two to three business days of scheduling.

Advanced Drains and Underground Solutions — your local drain and sewer contractor near you in Delaware County, PA. 1-855-DONT-DIG