Drain Cleaning & Clog Removal

A slow drain is a warning, not an inconvenience. By the time a kitchen sink takes a minute to clear or a tub holds an inch of standing water, the line has usually been narrowing for months with grease, soap scale, hair and food waste. Guardian Plumbing clears residential drains throughout Gladstone and the Northland — kitchen and bath fixtures, laundry standpipes, floor drains and main sewer lines — and we clear them at the blockage rather than just poking a hole through it.

We match the tool to the line. A small handheld auger handles a lavatory or tub trap; a drum machine with the right cutter head works a kitchen branch or a main run through the cleanout. Where the problem keeps coming back, a camera inspection tells us whether we're dealing with accumulated buildup, a belly in the line, root intrusion at a joint, or a section of old pipe that's collapsing — four problems that look identical from the sink and need completely different answers.

What we won't do is sell you a repipe because your drain is slow. Most Northland clogs are exactly what they look like and get cleared in a single visit. If the camera shows something structural, we'll show you the footage, explain what it means for the next few years, and give you a real number. Before we leave we'll also point out the two or three habits that caused it — grease down the sink, "flushable" wipes, no strainer in the shower — so you're not calling us back in six weeks.