More Than A Name...It's How We Do Business
Clogged kitchen sink? Tub that drains like it has all day? Main line backing up into the basement? Golden Rule Plumbing provides same day drain cleaning and sewer camera inspections throughout Exton and ZIP code 19341, about 10 minutes up Route 100 from our West Chester shop.
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 buildup, 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 damaging older lines.
We will also tell you honestly whether a clog is a one time event or a symptom of something bigger, because clearing the same drain every six months is not a plan.
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.
Recurring clogs in an Exton home built before the 1990s are the single best reason to book an inspection, and it is far cheaper than guessing.
Most of Exton was built between the 1960s and the 1990s, and that shows up in the drains we clear. The Marchwood and Lionville neighborhoods and the townhome communities off Route 100 and Route 30 are at the age where original cast iron drains have built up scale that catches grease and hair, and where the first sewer laterals are starting to belly or crack. Newer construction around Whiteland Woods and the Main Street at Exton area is mostly PVC, where clogs are usually about what went down the drain rather than the pipe itself. Many Exton homes are also on public sewer with long lateral runs to the street, which means a main line clog can take a while to show itself and then back up hard.
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 Exton sewer and water line repair page explains how we handle it with our own excavation equipment.
We’ve handled about 50 drain calls in Exton since last summer, mostly kitchen sinks, laundry lines and main line backups. Here’s one from this spring:
The slab that wasn’t broken. The washer was backing up into the laundry tub, and a previous plumber had said the line under the basement slab was failing. We cleared the line from the basement access and ran the camera through it. The pipe was sound. No jackhammer, no excavation.
If you are dealing with a backup right now, call 610-701-3371 and we will get to you as quickly as we can.
Also serving Exton: Water Heater Repair & Replacement | Toilet Installation & Repair | Faucets, Sinks & Disposals | Sewer & Water Line Repair, or see everything we do in Exton.
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.
Over the past year, most sink, tub and toilet clogs we cleared in Exton came in between $125 and $375. Main line clogs ran about $225 to $475, and camera inspections $325 to $675. Ask for a range when you call. No trip fees, no memberships.
One slow fixture is usually a local clog. Several fixtures slowing down together, a toilet that gurgles when the tub drains, or water coming up at a floor drain points to the main line. Exton homes from the 1960s through the 80s often have cast iron inside and clay or asbestos-cement pipe out to the street, so if the same line keeps clogging, a camera inspection is cheaper than guessing. If the camera shows damage, our Exton sewer line page explains the repair options.
Yes. We can run a camera through the line and walk you through what it shows. Sometimes the line really does need replacing, and when it does, we dig it ourselves with our own excavator, so there’s no excavation subcontractor in the price. Other times, like the Exton slab line above, the camera shows the pipe is sound.
Yes. Most of Exton is on public sewer, but there are still septic properties in the outlying parts of West Whiteland and Uwchlan. Drain cleaning works the same, but we are careful about what goes into the system and we’ll tell you if a backup looks like a septic issue rather than a plumbing clog, so you can call the right contractor.