Drain Cleaning · Hicksville · ZIP 11801
Drain Cleaning in Hicksville, NYBasement Drains and 1950s Main Lines
All Island Plumbing, Heating & Cooling clears kitchen, bath, laundry and main drain lines in Hicksville (ZIP 11801), Town of Oyster Bay. Call (631) 644-2084. We answer calls 24/7 and are open Monday through Saturday (closed Sunday).
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Hicksville was farm country, known for cucumbers and later potatoes, until the post-war building boom filled it with houses. Most of those houses are still here, with drains that went in when they were built. See also our Hicksville page and drain cleaning across Long Island.
Not "row houses"
Some national franchise pages describe Hicksville as pre-war buildings and row houses. The Census data says otherwise. The Census Bureau's latest five-year survey counts about 13,600 homes, 93% of them single-family detached, with a median year built of 1955; 58% went up in the 1950s alone and 82% before 1960. So a typical Hicksville drain call is a detached house with a basement and an original main line that's about 70 years old.
How a Hicksville clog shows up
- The basement floor drain overflows first. It's the lowest drain in the house, so a main-line blockage shows there, often when the washer empties.
- A laundry tub that fills when the washer drains is a slow main or a slow laundry branch.
- Kitchen sinks clog with grease, and a sink on an original line catches it faster at rough joints.
Sewer, not cesspool
Nassau County's health department lists the county's Department of Public Works as Hicksville's sewer authority. So a backup here is your line to the street or the county main, not a full cesspool. If only your house backs up, it's your line, and we clear it from the main cleanout. If the street is backing up too, the county's SUEZ hotline is 866-224-8508.
When clearing isn't enough
The most common big job in a Hicksville house is the main drain line to the street: roots, cracks, sags and backups that come back after a snaking. If your main clogs again within weeks or months, the line itself needs attention. See sewer line repair in Hicksville.
Bigger households than the houses suggest
The survey puts the average Hicksville household at 3.27 people, and 3.57 in rented homes, with 86% of homes having three or more bedrooms. More people on one main line means more laundry lint, grease and paper going into a pipe sized for the 1950s.
Numbers to keep handy
For a problem in the county's sewer, Nassau County's Department of Public Works lists the SUEZ hotline, 866-224-8508, for all sewer-related issues, and a 24-hour emergency sewer service line, (516) 571-6900. For water in the street, the Hicksville Water District's 24-hour line is (516) 931-0184. For a clog in your own house or your line to the street, call us at (631) 644-2084.
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Questions
Drain cleaning in Hicksville: FAQ
My basement floor drain backs up when the washer runs. What's wrong?
My main drain backs up every few months. Why does snaking only help for a while?
Is Hicksville on sewers?
Sources:Wikipedia, "Hicksville, New York" (crops, post-war boom); U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-year (B25034, B25035, B25024) and B25010, B25041 from the Census Bureau summary file; Roto-Rooter Hicksville page (quoted claim); Nassau County Department of Health, Public Sewer Collection Districts, summary by community; Nassau County Department of Public Works, Telephone/Fax Info page (SUEZ hotline); Nassau County Department of Public Works, Telephone/Fax Info page (24-hour sewer service); Hicksville Water District, Emerging Contaminant page (24-hour number).