Drain cleaning and sewer service in Kamloops

Kamloops sits where the North and South Thompson rivers meet, and the city has grown outward and upward from that junction for well over a century.

That history is written into the sewer lines. The older river-flat neighbourhoods were serviced first, and a lot of what is buried under them is clay or early concrete pipe laid in short lengths with mortared joints. Those joints move, they open, and roots from the mature trees that make those streets pleasant find their way in. It is the single most common cause of a repeat blockage in this city.

The newer development on the benches and hillsides has newer pipe, which brings a different problem set: longer runs, steeper grades, and lines that were laid quickly during a build and are not always where the drawings say they are.

Between the two, there is the commercial and industrial work. Kitchens and food premises grease their lines quickly. Industrial sites often have no drawings at all, which turns every job into a locate before it becomes a cleaning.