Drain Cleaning & Plumbing Services in Delaware County, PA

Advanced Drains and Underground Solutions serves every borough and township in Delaware County, Pennsylvania — from the river towns along the Delaware to the older railroad suburbs along the Main Line edge. Our work is almost entirely drain and sewer: cleaning, camera inspection, trenchless lining, pipe bursting, and lateral replacement. We also cover water line service, water heater repair, and emergency plumbing calls for the same households and businesses we handle underground work for. One company for the pipe from the water meter to the street.

Services We Provide Across Delaware County

• Drain cleaning: Cable (snake) and hydro jetting for blocked kitchen, bathroom, floor drain, and main line clogs. We run a camera first on any backup that involves more than one fixture to rule out a main line failure before we clean.
• Sewer camera inspection: Push-rod cameras with locating capability for real-time depth and map coordinates. Used for pre-purchase inspections, periodic maintenance, and diagnosing unexplained odors or slow drains.
• Trenchless sewer repair: CIPP (cured-in-place pipe lining) for cracked or root-infiltrated laterals that still have structural integrity, and pipe bursting for full replacements where the old pipe has deformed or collapsed.
• Water line service: Trenchless water line replacement for failing galvanized, lead, or corroded copper service lines. Delco has housing stock old enough to still have lead or galvanized supply lines between the curb stop and the foundation.
• Water heater repair and replacement: Tank and tankless, gas and electric, including T&P valve, anode, sediment flush, and full replacement.
• Emergency plumbing: 24-hour dispatch for sewer backups, main line breaks, and failed water heaters. We serve all of Delaware County after hours.

Delaware County Housing and Pipe History

Delaware County developed in concentrated waves. The boroughs along the Delaware River — Chester, Marcus Hook, Eddystone — were built in the late 19th and early 20th century, with cast iron soil pipe and vitrified clay in the ground. The inner suburbs — Upper Darby, Lansdowne, Yeadon, Darby — followed in the 1910s through 1930s. The post-WWII wave filled in Springfield Township, Haverford Township, Marple Township, and Newtown Township with Cape Cods, split-levels, and twins through the 1940s and 1960s. Each era brought its own pipe material.

Homes built between 1945 and 1960 are the ones generating the most sewer calls today. Orangeburg pipe — a pressed bituminous fiber material used when metal was scarce — was common in this period and is now well past its service life across Delco. It deforms from round to oval underground, which is why camera-first diagnosis matters: a clog in an oval Orangeburg bore responds differently than a clog in a round clay pipe.

Clay tile remained the dominant material through the 1960s. Bell-and-spigot clay joints collect roots; the joints fail before the pipe body does in most cases. PVC began replacing clay in new construction in the 1980s and is what most renovated laterals use today.

Sewer Ownership in Delaware County

In Delaware County, the homeowner is responsible for the sewer lateral from the house to the point of connection with the municipal main — which is typically at the curb line or property line, depending on the municipality. The main line under the street is the responsibility of the municipal authority or DELCORA (the Delaware County Regional Water Quality Control Authority), depending on whether the municipality operates its own sewer system or contracts with the regional interceptor system. When your lateral backs up, the problem is almost always in the homeowner-owned section. When the entire street backs up, it is the authority’s problem. A camera inspection confirms which side of the line the failure sits on.

Service Area

We cover all of Delaware County including Springfield, Drexel Hill, Havertown, Upper Darby, Media, Aston, Brookhaven, Ridley Park, Ridley Township, Chester, Marcus Hook, Boothwyn, Newtown Square, Broomall, Swarthmore, Lansdowne, Yeadon, Darby, Collingdale, Glenolden, Norwood, and all surrounding communities. If you are in Delaware County or on the Main Line edge in Lower Merion Township, we cover you.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who owns the sewer lateral in Delaware County?

In every Delaware County municipality we are aware of, the homeowner owns and is responsible for the lateral from the foundation wall to the connection with the public main. The public main is the responsibility of the municipal sewer authority or DELCORA. If a camera shows the failure is at or past the connection point, we notify you and advise on contacting the authority.

Are drain cleaning services available the same day?

For main line backups and active sewer emergencies, yes. We dispatch same-day on emergency calls. For non-emergency drain cleaning (periodic maintenance, slow drain, pre-sale inspection), we schedule within the week in most cases. Call 1-855-DONT-DIG to get on the schedule.

What is the difference between hydro jetting and snaking?

A cable (snake) uses mechanical rotation to cut through or drag out blockages. A hydro jet uses a high-pressure water stream delivered through a nozzle that cuts roots and flushes grease and scale from the pipe wall. For a fully grease-choked kitchen line or a root mass in a clay joint, jetting is more thorough. For a simple paper or object clog, a cable is faster and causes less wear on older pipe. We assess which is appropriate after a camera pass.

To schedule service anywhere in Delaware County, call 1-855-DONT-DIG or use our online booking form.