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Kitchen sink that won’t drain? Tub standing in water? Main line backing up into the basement? Golden Rule Plumbing provides same day drain cleaning and sewer camera inspections throughout West Chester and ZIP codes 19380, 19382 and 19383. Our shop is on Pottstown Pike in West Goshen, so for most West Chester addresses we are five to ten minutes away.
You will get a straight answer, a price range over the phone in most cases, and a plumber, not a salesman, at your door. No trip fees and no memberships.
We clear the clogs that plungers and store bought products can’t touch: kitchen sinks slowed by years of grease, bathroom drains bound up with hair and soap, laundry lines, floor drains, and full main sewer clogs. Our plumbers use professional drain machines and augers sized to your pipes, which clears the blockage without chewing up older lines.
We will also tell you honestly whether a clog is a one time event or a symptom of something bigger. Clearing the same drain every six months is not a plan, and in the borough it is often a sign the lateral needs a look.
Before anyone quotes you a sewer excavation, you deserve to see the problem with your own eyes. Our sewer camera inspections send a high resolution camera through your line and show you exactly what is happening underground: root intrusion, a bellied section, a cracked joint, or just a stubborn blockage. We locate the trouble spot from above ground, so if a repair is needed, we dig in the right place the first time.
If you are buying one of the older homes in the borough, a camera inspection before settlement is some of the cheapest insurance you can get. Recurring clogs in a house that is 80 or 100 years old are the other best reason to book one.
West Chester has every plumbing era in one town. The borough’s brick rowhomes and Victorians along Gay, Market, Church and High Streets and the blocks around the university were built from the 1800s into the 1920s, and many still have cast iron drains inside and terra cotta or Orangeburg sewer laterals outside. Cast iron builds up scale that catches grease and hair; clay joints shift and let roots in. The post-war neighborhoods in West Goshen and East Goshen are at the age where original cast iron and galvanized lines start to fail. The newer developments in Westtown and East Bradford mostly have PVC, where clogs are usually about what went down the drain rather than the pipe itself.
Rentals near West Chester University get more than their share of kitchen grease and bathroom clogs, and we work with plenty of borough landlords who want a drain cleared the same day a tenant calls.
A single slow drain is almost always a local clog we can clear the same day. When multiple fixtures slow down at once, the lowest drain in the house backs up, or the same line keeps clogging, the problem is usually in the main line. That’s when we recommend a camera inspection, and if the line needs work, our West Chester sewer and water line repair page explains how we handle it with our own excavation equipment, including the borough’s sidewalk and street permits.
If you are dealing with a backup right now, call 610-701-3371 and we will get to you as quickly as we can.
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At Golden Rule Plumbing, our name is our philosophy. We treat every Chester County homeowner the way we would want to be treated, which means no membership fees, no salesman pushing services you don’t need, and a straight answer about what your drain actually needs.
We quote drain cleaning by the job, not the hour, and in most cases we can give you a price range over the phone before we schedule. A simple sink or tub clog costs far less than a main line clog, so tell us what’s draining slowly and we’ll give you a realistic number. No trip fees, no memberships.
Usually, yes. Backups and urgent clogs get priority in our schedule, and our shop is right on Pottstown Pike in West Goshen, so call 610-701-3371 as early as you can and we will do our best to be out the same day.
We’d skip it. Store bought drain chemicals rarely clear a real clog, they can damage older cast iron and the seals in your traps, and they make the job less safe for whoever opens the line next. A plunger is fine to try. If that doesn’t do it, give us a call.
Almost always. If the same drain keeps clogging, something inside the line is causing it, and a camera inspection finds the cause for far less than the cost of repeated service calls or an unnecessary excavation. For the borough’s older homes we recommend one before buying, too.
One slow fixture is usually a local clog. Several fixtures slowing down together, gurgling from the toilet when the tub drains, or water backing up at a floor drain or basement fixture points to the main line. We can clear a main line clog the same day, and if the camera shows damage, our West Chester sewer line page explains the repair options.
Yes. We work with a number of West Chester landlords and property managers. Tell us the address and the best way to reach the tenant, and we can schedule directly with them and send the invoice to you.