Three days ago my tenants had a sewer back up. My management company called Drain King to come out and clean out the sewer line. The technician arrived at 9:30 and could not find the clean out. He looked in the well room and even spent a load of time looking out in the front yard to find the clean out. He continued to work on this until 3:00 in the morning when my tenants finally told him he had to go. They charged me 1 hour at $270 and the additional 5 hours at $260 for a total of $1,570.
Because he couldn't find the clean out he had to do the job from the soil pipe in the laundry room which meant that he had to use another 50 feet of coil and he still couldn't reach the street. Since he couldn't get the job done the night before, he came back again at 9:00 in the morning and had the city blow out the main sewer line. The clog remained, but the city line was clear so he worked on it for another 2 1/2 hours at $128 an hour totaling an additional $320. When they finally got the whole job done the bill came to $1,890. I have had the same job done two times previously for less than $200.00 because the technician was able to find the right clean out and get the job done in about an hour. In their favor, they did realize that $1,890 was a little high for the job so they gave me a 20% discount and the final bill came to $1,527. That was still $1,200 more than it should have been!!!
So, my advice to you is FIND SOMEONE ELSE to do your job. These guys are not only expensive, but the technicians are dumber than a bucket of rocks! In the end, I got my sewer line cleaned and then I got royally reamed myself by the bill!!! I can't believe that they had the audacity to charge me $260 an hour for some dumbbell to waste his time looking for the clean out in the front yard!!! I'm surprised he didn't go over to my neighbor's house to look for it too!!! He was a total loser! Don't use these guys! read more