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5645 E Clinton Ave, Fresno, CA 93727
PDS Plumbing & Air Plumber
Excellent Plumbing contractor, responsive, and quick professional inexpensive service. We had our whole house sewer back up from the front of the house clean out. This should have been a quick job. I tried to call a few companies Thursday between 10:00 pm and1:00 am, only one company responded, and they wanted $500 for immediate service or $275 Friday morning. I said No, and Friday morning rented an auger machine from Home Depot for $75. When I opened the clean out in the front of the house, the water had receded over night, i could see water at the bottom and i saw there was an opening headed away from the house towards the street. I added water to see if it had cleared, no luck. I pushed cable through the line, slowly. When I met an obstruction i backed off let it idle in place to chew on the obstruction before pushing forward. I wasn't making very much progress. My home is only 12 years old, and I have no trees in my front yard. As I worked i kept wondering where all these roots were coming from. My wife came out several times informing me she heard banging in the pipes; I dismissed her concerns telling her it is just echoes, and kept going. After SEVERAL HOURS I had only succeeded in pushing about 50 feet of cable into the system. Still not cleared. I pulled the cable out and found the cable tip was missing. I took the uager back to Home Depot and got a different machine. I started again. Working slowly, feeding the cable, idling, backing up and moving forward. This time i used a large cutting bit. We were in the middle of a heat wave and California was burning down causing smoke to fill the sky, up and down the central valley of the state. My wife brought a fan tower out for me to get cool...a little. After an hour or so I was successful in feeding all 100 feet of 5/8 cable into the system. Still not clear, i called the city, they checked their system and it was clear. I was about 25 feet shy of the manhole. I tried to call American Home Shield but couldn't get through. So I found PDS Plumbing on Yelp; a veteran owned and operated local family business. I spoke with Daniel, explained our situation, and the fact we couldn't use any of our restrooms for the past day and a half (my daughter owns a home around the corner), Daniel said he had a guy he could send out in the next hour. He said because I was retired Law Enforcement as well as a disabled veteran he would provide a great discount and thanked me for my service. José, Daniel and Dan all arrived at the expected time. They all had PPE on, including face masks and were very careful regarding distancing due to the Wuhan virus. They accessed the front of the house clean out and began to work. I explained to them I believed the clean out had a 90 degree end headed towards the street. They quickly ran the cable to the back yard clean out...what? Okay so now they knew it was a 2 way, they pulled the cable back out and cleared the line about 10 feet in front of my house. Daniel scoped my mainline and discovered a sagging line. He further advised me, if I have problems in the future make sure the auger goes through the rear of the house clean out, that way I know I'm going the right direction. But...where is the cable tip that I lost in the system? Lesson learned, my wife is most often right.

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