Licensed & Insured · CA LIC #982663
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Pacifica, San Francisco, Burlingame, CA · Serving the Bay
PACIFICA, CA • LIC #982663 • 24/7
We answer the phone day, night, weekends, and holidays, with same-day service across the Peninsula.
Slow sinks, gurgling drains, a shower that backs up when the washing machine runs. We clear kitchen, bathroom, and main line drains across Pacifica, San Francisco, and Burlingame, then put a camera down the line so you can see what caused it rather than guessing.
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Clearing a drain is the easy part. Knowing why it blocked is what stops you calling someone again in three months. A kitchen line that clogs repeatedly is usually lined with hardened grease rather than obstructed by one object. A main line that backs up seasonally is often taking in roots through a joint. A single slow bathroom sink is generally just hair and soap at the trap.
Those are three different jobs. Cabling clears an obstruction and restores flow, which is the right call for a discrete blockage. Hydro jetting scours the pipe wall back to bare material, which is what grease and scale actually need. Root intrusion needs cutting and then a decision about the joint itself, because roots return to the same crack every year.
So we clear the line, then camera it, and show you the footage. If it is a one-off you will hear that and we will not sell you anything else. If there is a structural reason it keeps happening, you will see it on screen rather than take our word for it. Book a free estimate any time, no obligation.
Every drain cleaning comes with upfront pricing, licensed and background-checked technicians, and a 100% satisfaction guarantee. Works Plumbing holds California contractor license #982663, carries full bonding and insurance, and holds an A+ rating with the Better Business Bureau.
We are a plumbing-only shop, which means the tech at your door has spent years on this exact work rather than splitting time across three trades. Our crews are drug tested as well as background checked, and dispatch is staffed by real people around the clock. No surprises, no commission-driven upsells, no pressure, ever.
Stop pouring chemical drain cleaner down a slow line. It rarely clears a real blockage, it sits in the trap eating at the pipe while it waits, and it makes the line genuinely hazardous for whoever opens it next. Hot water and a plunger are safe first attempts. If those do not work, the blockage is far enough down that it needs a cable anyway.
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Yes, on main line work and any drain that has blocked more than once. Clearing without looking tells you nothing about why it happened, and repeat blockages are almost always structural: a belly in the line, a cracked joint taking roots, or grease coating the wall. We show you the footage on site. There is also a current offer covering a free camera inspection with drain cleaning over a set amount, worth asking about when you book.
A cable punches through and pulls out a blockage, restoring flow. It is quick, effective on discrete obstructions and roots, and the right tool most of the time. Hydro jetting uses high-pressure water to scour the full inside diameter of the pipe back to bare wall, which is what grease, scale, and sludge actually require. Cabling a greased line often works for a few weeks. Jetting it fixes the cause.
Almost always hardened fat. Grease goes down warm and liquid, then cools and sets on the pipe wall a little further along, narrowing the bore slightly with every wash. Eventually the bore is small enough that anything solid bridges it. Cabling makes a hole through the middle and buys you weeks. Jetting takes the wall back to clean pipe, and after that keeping fat out of the sink is what keeps it clear.
Yes, and they are one of the most common causes of recurring main line blockages in older neighbourhoods. Roots do not break into sound pipe, they find an existing crack or a joint that has shifted, then thrive on what is inside. Cutting them clears the line, but they grow back to the same defect. If the camera shows root intrusion we will tell you where the joint is and what repairing it properly would involve.
Usually yes. We run stocked trucks out of all three of our locations in Pacifica, San Francisco, and Burlingame, so there is generally a van already working near you rather than one dispatched from across the county. We offer same-day service, and dispatch is staffed 24/7 including weekends and holidays. A real person answers the phone, so you will know within minutes whether we can be there today.
Every job is backed by our 100% satisfaction guarantee. If the same problem returns, call us and we come back out to make it right. We test our work before leaving rather than packing up the moment it looks finished, which is the main reason callbacks are rare. Parts and equipment carry their manufacturer warranty on top of our own guarantee.
Three Peninsula locations put a stocked truck near you, from San Francisco down to Atherton, covering 22+ cities every day.
Combined across our Pacifica, San Francisco, and Burlingame locations.
“Thank you again for another job well done, and thank you for responding right away. I will continue to recommend Works Plumbing because they respond right away and get the job done efficiently.”
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