Drain Cleaning · Franklin Square · ZIP 11003, 11010, 11580
Drain Cleaning in Franklin Square, NY1950s Mains, Shared Drains
All Island Plumbing NY clears kitchen, bath, laundry and main drains in Franklin Square (ZIP 11010), Town of Hempstead. Call (516) 360-9493. We answer calls 24/7 and are open Monday through Saturday (closed Sunday).
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Franklin Square went from farms to houses in about a decade, and most of those houses still drain through the line they were built with. See also our Franklin Square page and drain cleaning.
Built all at once
Wikipedia's history says the hamlet's farms were all gone by 1952, replaced by new houses. The Census Bureau's latest survey matches: 45% of homes were built in the 1950s, 17% in the 1940s and 16% before 1940, and only 8% after 1980. When a whole hamlet's house sewers are about the same age, they tend to reach the same problems at about the same time: scale inside cast iron, roots at clay joints, and the occasional broken section.
More fixtures than the builder planned
88% of homes are single-family detached and 9% are two-family, by the survey, and the average owner household is 3.19 people. Many 1950s capes and ranches have since gained a dormer bathroom, a finished basement with a laundry or a second unit. Each one adds flow to a main that was sized for one bathroom and a kitchen. The first sign of trouble is usually the basement: a laundry tub that drains slowly, or a floor drain that gurgles when the washer pumps out.
Two units on one line
In a two-family house, the units almost always share the main. A clog that starts in the upper unit's kitchen line can show up as a backup in the lower unit's tub. When we're called to one unit, we check where the blockage is before clearing it, so the fix holds for both.
What we do
- A single slow fixture: we clear its branch line from the fixture.
- Several fixtures, or the basement drain: we clear the main from its cleanout, usually in the basement near the front wall.
- We bring the cable back and show you what we found: grease, paper, roots or scale.
If roots come back, or the main clogs again within weeks, the pipe needs more than cleaning. Our Franklin Square sewer line page explains the next step.
Water in, water out
The Franklin Square Water District's 2025 report says the district pumped 731.9 million gallons that year, about 2.4% less than in 2024, and reminds residents that a slow drip can waste 15 to 20 gallons a day. A running toilet does more than raise the water bill: it sends a steady flow down the main that carries nothing with it, which is when grease and paper settle out.
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Questions
Drain cleaning in Franklin Square: FAQ
Our dormer bathroom drains slowly but downstairs is fine. Is it the main?
The upstairs unit's kitchen clog backed up into our tub. How?
How often should a 1950s main line be cleaned?
Sources:Wikipedia, "Franklin Square, New York" (farms gone by 1952); U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-year (B25034, B25024) and B25010 from the Census Bureau summary file; Franklin Square Water District, 2025 Drinking Water Quality Report (water withdrawn, 2.4% decline, drip figure).