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Local drain clearing, rooter, camera inspection and sewer-line repair for Troy's older homes — same-day service Mon–Fri, licensed and insured since 2006.
Local drain & sewer, done right
Troy is one of the oldest housing markets in the Capital Region — the median home was built in 1938, and more than half of the city’s housing stock (about 55%) went up before 1940. In Lansingburgh, South Troy, the Central Troy Historic District, the Pottery District and along the Sycaway and Mount Ida slopes, that means clay sewer laterals and cast-iron drain stacks that have been in the ground for the better part of a century. When they scale shut, crack or fill with roots, you get slow drains, gurgling toilets and backups that no amount of store-bought drain cleaner will fix.
That’s the work we do every week here: power-rodding a clogged kitchen or main line, running a sewer camera to find exactly where a clay lateral has failed, and repairing or replacing the line — open-cut or trenchless — instead of guessing. We’ve been licensed and insured since 2006, and a Troy crew can usually be out the same day Monday through Friday.
Troy also has a sewer system that punishes neglected drains harder than most: roughly 80% of the city is on a combined sewer (one pipe carries both storm runoff and sanitary waste), so a heavy rain can surcharge the public main and push water back toward low basements. That’s why we don’t just clear the clog — we look at whether your home needs a backwater valve or a properly sized sump to keep the next storm out of your basement.
What we handle
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Drain Clearing
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Rooter Service
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Camera Inspection
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Sewer Line Repair
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Trenchless & CIPP Lining
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Plumbing
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Where we serve
We dispatch to Troy from our shop in Nassau on US-20. Real address, real phone, no fake storefront. Nassau is our licensed home base. Troy is part of our service area, dispatched same-day across the surrounding Capital Region.
Recent work · Troy neighbors
Representative work in the Troy neighborhoods we serve. Photos and exact addresses are added as our Troy clients approve them.
Lansingburgh (12182): a homeowner near 5th Avenue was snaking the main line every couple of months. We camera'd the lateral and found a cracked clay joint full of maple roots about 22 feet out near the sidewalk tree lawn. Hydro-jetted the line clean, cut the roots, and quoted a spot lateral replacement at the failed joint so it stops coming back.
South Troy: after a heavy spring rain, a brick rowhouse off 4th Street took sewage backup into a low basement when the combined main surcharged. We cleared the line, then installed a backwater valve on the main lateral and added a battery-backup sump to protect the basement on the next storm.
Central Troy Historic District: a 1900s townhouse with the original cast-iron stack had a slow, gurgling kitchen drain and recurring clogs on the second floor. Camera showed heavy interior scale on the cast iron. We hydro-jetted the stack back to full diameter and walked the owner through replacing the worst vertical section.
Sycaway (12180): a two-family off Hoosick Street had slow drains on both floors and water backing up into the first-floor tub whenever the upstairs unit ran laundry. We camera'd the main and found a bellied section of old Orangeburg pipe about 15 feet past the cleanout that was holding water and trapping waste. We jetted the line clear to get them running, then quoted replacing the sagging Orangeburg run with PVC so the low spot stops collecting and backing up.
From a quick repair to a full replacement, book online or call. We answer Monday through Friday and dispatch same-day across Troy.
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Good to know
In most older Troy neighborhoods the sewer lateral is vitrified clay, and the joints crack with age and let tree roots in. Snaking shears the roots off for a few weeks, then they grow back. We run a sewer camera to find the bad joint, then recommend either root cutting plus a hydro-jet or, if the clay is failing, a spot or full lateral replacement so it actually stops.
About 80% of Troy is on a combined sewer, so storm runoff and sanitary waste share one pipe. In a heavy rain the public main can surcharge and push water back toward the lowest basements — especially in South Troy and near the Poesten and Wynants Kills. A properly installed backwater valve on your main lateral, often paired with a battery-backup sump pump, is the standard fix to keep that water out.
Yes. On any recurring backup or suspected line failure we run a sewer camera so you can see exactly where and why the line failed instead of paying for guesswork. That tells us whether it’s a one-time root cut and jetting or a clay-lateral repair, and lets us give you a fixed scope before any digging.
In Troy, you own the lateral that runs from your house out to where it ties into the city main, which usually extends to about the middle of the street. The city owns and maintains the main line itself. We handle everything on your side up to that connection, and if the camera shows the problem is actually in the city’s portion, we’ll document it with footage so you can make the case to the DPW instead of paying for work that isn’t yours.
It depends on what the camera shows. If the pipe is generally sound and there’s one failed joint, root intrusion at a single spot, or a short bellied section, a spot repair is usually the honest fix and a lot cheaper than a full replacement. If we see the whole run is old Orangeburg or clay that’s cracking in several places, patching one spot just means we’ll be back — in that case we’ll tell you straight that replacing the line is the better long-term money.
Across the area
We also handle drain and sewer work across Rensselaer County, including nearby East Greenbush and Nassau, plus the surrounding Capital Region towns.
