Laundry Box Replacement
Cut out the old laundry box and its corroded supply lines, set a new box with quarter-turn valves, then closed and finished the wall.
Slow drains or a backed-up main in San Jose? We cable and hydro-jet kitchen, laundry and main sewer lines across the city, same day, with a camera pass before we leave.
The most common drain call we get in San Jose comes from the older core — Willow Glen, the Rose Garden, Naglee Park, Japantown — where the sewer lateral running to the street is still clay tile or cast iron. Clay joints separate and admit roots; cast iron scales inward until the pipe is half its original diameter. Both produce the same symptom: a main line that clears with a cable and backs up again three months later. We cable to open the line, then run a camera so you can see whether you bought a fix or a delay.
Kitchen lines in the 1950s–70s tracts across Blossom Valley, Cambrian and Evergreen are a different job. Those are typically 1.5-inch runs under slab with long horizontal legs and one too many 90-degree turns, and they clog with grease rather than roots. Cabling smears grease; hydro-jetting scours the pipe wall and is what actually resets the line.
We also handle laundry standpipes that overflow, tub and shower lines slowed by hair and soap, and toilets that gurgle when the washer drains — which is almost always a partial main blockage rather than a toilet problem. Same-day appointments across San Jose, and 7 days a week response for active sewage backups.
ZIP codes served: 95110 · 95111 · 95112 · 95116 · 95118 · 95120 · 95123 · 95124 · 95125 · 95126 · 95128 · 95130 · 95136 · 95148
The older core’s original laterals are root magnets. Camera first, decide second — a repeat cabling every quarter costs more than one honest answer.
Jetting, not cabling, is what clears tract-home kitchen runs. We tell you which one your line actually needs.
San Jose’s mature street trees keep working on laterals all year. A fall camera check beats a January backup.
Same-day windows across 95110, 95111, 95112 and the rest of San Jose, with a flat-rate price quoted before any work starts.
Cut out the old laundry box and its corroded supply lines, set a new box with quarter-turn valves, then closed and finished the wall.
New recessed laundry box set flush in the wall with quarter-turn valves and a proper drain connection — wall patched, textured and painted back.
Both trucks stocked with the common failure parts — water heaters, valves, and fittings — so most jobs finish on the first visit.
“Showed me the camera feed instead of just telling me it was roots. Explained the repair options without pushing the expensive one.”
“Main line backed up on a Sunday night and they came out. Cleared it and came back Monday to camera it properly.”
“Licensed, insured, showed the license number without me asking, and the price on the invoice matched the quote exactly.”
Flat-rate pricing quoted before work starts, same-day windows across San Jose, and evening availability until 9PM, 7 days a week. Licensed & insured, CSLB #1160220.