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Pacifica, San Francisco, Burlingame, CA · Serving the Bay
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A yard that ponds, a garage that takes water at the door, a driveway drain that overflows instead of draining. Storm systems silt up quietly and then fail in the first real rain. We clear and camera storm drains across Pacifica, San Francisco, and Burlingame, ideally before the season starts.
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Storm drains fail differently from sewer lines. They are not under constant use, so nothing tells you they are clogged until it rains hard, and by then you are managing water rather than fixing pipe. What accumulates is silt, leaf litter, grit washed off paving, and root growth at joints, all settling in the low points until the effective diameter is a fraction of what was installed.
On this coast the consequences are more than inconvenience. Water that cannot get to the drain finds the next lowest route, which is often against a foundation, into a garage, or under a driveway slab where it undermines the base. Ponding against a footing is the expensive version of a blocked yard drain.
We jet the silt out, camera the run to check for crushed sections or root intrusion, and confirm the system carries water at volume rather than just at a trickle. Book a free estimate any time, no obligation.
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.
Deomen L., San Mateo, Google review
Every storm drain job 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.
Clear your storm drains in early autumn rather than after the first storm. Grates and catch basins fill with leaf litter exactly when the rain arrives, and a system that was fine in July can be effectively blocked by November. Lifting the grates and pulling the debris out by hand takes twenty minutes and prevents most of the calls we get in December.
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No, and they should never be connected. A sanitary sewer carries waste from inside the house to the sewer main and on to treatment. A storm system carries rainwater from roofs, yards, and paving to a storm outfall or a soakaway. They are separate systems with separate rules, and cross-connecting them is a code violation that can put sewage into surface water. If we find them joined, we will tell you.
Early autumn is the right window, before the first significant rain and after most leaf fall. If your property has mature trees, or you have had ponding in previous winters, an annual clear is a reasonable maintenance item. Properties that have never had them cleared and are more than a couple of decades old are usually the ones where we find the pipe half full of compacted silt.
Usually because the pipe downstream of it is silted, crushed, or root blocked, so the inlet has nowhere to send water. Sometimes the discharge point itself has been buried or paved over during past landscaping, which we find more often than you would think. Occasionally the fall on the line is simply too shallow. The camera tells us which, and that determines whether it is a clean or a repair.
Yes, and it is the reason we treat this as more than a nuisance. Water ponding against a foundation saturates the soil supporting it, and saturated soil moves and loses bearing capacity. Under a driveway or patio slab it washes out the base and the slab cracks. Getting surface water into a drain and away from the building is genuinely structural protection, not just convenience.
Yes, and there is no obligation attached to it. We come out, diagnose the actual fault, and give you one flat price covering parts and labor before any work starts. If you decide not to book, you owe nothing and we will not chase you with follow-up calls. We would rather you had an honest number to compare than feel cornered into a decision at the door.
Yes. Works Plumbing holds California contractor license #982663, carries full bonding and liability insurance, and is accredited with an A+ rating from the Better Business Bureau. Every technician who comes to your door is background checked and drug tested, and arrives in a marked Works van in uniform. If you want to verify the license before booking, you can look it up on the California Contractors State License Board website.
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.
“I had a backed up kitchen drain and David from Works Plumbing came out and cleared the line in a matter of minutes. Very professional and very knowledgeable. Definitely recommend!”
“Great professional and quick service! Shamir was friendly, efficient, and professional. He fixed the leaking problem in my sink and garbage disposal in under an hour. Highly recommend!”
“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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