Drain cleaning and water heater repair in Mounds View, MN 55112

In a typical Mounds View rambler, every fixture drains to one main line under the basement floor, which leaves the house as a single lateral to the street. When that line slows, the floor drain near the laundry is usually where water shows up first. Grease, wipes and decades of scale all narrow the pipe, and mature trees in the yard add roots at the joints.

We clear the main with a cable machine sized for the pipe, then run a camera to see what caused the clog. If roots are coming in through a cracked joint, you'll see it on the screen with us. From there you can decide between routine clearing, a spot repair, or lining the line without tearing up the yard.

Homes built in Mounds View in the 1950s often went in with galvanized steel supply pipe, while houses from the following decade more often used copper. Galvanized rusts from the inside, so pressure fades at the far fixtures and you may notice brownish water after the lines sit. Copper holds up longer but can pinhole where the water is aggressive or the pipe was poorly grounded.

We'll check pressure, look at the condition of exposed runs and tell you honestly whether spot repairs still make sense. When a house is ready, we repipe in PEX or copper and replace the old gate valves at the main and under sinks. Those original valves often refuse to close all the way when you need them most.

Many ramblers here have the furnace and water heater side by side in a small utility area, sharing a chimney or vent. When the furnace is upgraded to a high-efficiency model, the old water heater can be left alone in an oversized chimney, which affects how well it drafts. That's worth checking any time a heater is replaced.

We look at venting, gas supply and the drain path before setting a new tank. If the chimney no longer suits a standard heater, a power-vent model can be a better fit. We pull the city permit, haul away the old unit and test the relief valve so you're set for the next ten years or more.