Drain Cleaning · Uniondale · ZIP 11530, 11553, 11590
Drain Cleaning in Uniondale, NYBig Households, Original Mains
All Island Plumbing NY clears kitchen, bath, laundry and main drains in Uniondale (ZIP 11553, plus parts of 11530 and 11590), Town of Hempstead. Call (516) 360-9493. We answer calls 24/7 and are open Monday through Saturday (closed Sunday).
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Uniondale's drains carry more water than most. Its households are large, and half its houses are 70 to 85 years old. See also our Uniondale page and drain cleaning.
More people, more water
The Census Bureau's latest survey puts the average Uniondale owner household at 3.59 people and renter households at 2.84. 36% of homes have four or more bedrooms. Every extra person adds showers, laundry and dishes, and all of it runs through one main line to the county sewer. In a house with an original main, that's where clogs build first: a layer of grease and soap on the inside of cast iron, or roots at the joints of a clay line under the yard.
The age of the pipe
22% of Uniondale homes were built in the 1940s and 28% in the 1950s, by the same survey. A 1940s house sewer is now well over 70 years old. Many of those houses have added a bathroom or a basement laundry since, and a basement laundry tub or floor drain is usually the first fixture to back up when the main slows.
Newer homes, different clogs
21% of homes went up in 2000 or later, many of them townhouses and apartments. Their drains are plastic and usually in good shape, so clogs there are almost always in the kitchen line (grease and food waste) or a bathroom branch (hair and wipes). If a clog is in a line shared with other units, the building or association handles it; we clear lines that serve your unit.
Reading the symptoms
- One fixture slow: a branch clog near that fixture.
- Several fixtures slow, or the floor drain backs up when the washer empties: the main is partly blocked.
- Sewage odor in the basement with no backup: a dry floor-drain trap or a loose cleanout cap. Pour water into the drain and check the cap before calling.
Your line or the county's
Nassau County's health department lists the county's Department of Public Works as Uniondale's sewer authority. The main in the street is the county's; the line from your house to it is yours. If your neighbors are backed up too, the problem is probably in the main. Nassau County Public Works lists a 24-hour sewer line, (516) 571-6900, and a SUEZ hotline, 866-224-8508. If it's only your house, call us.
What we do
We clear from the fixture or the main cleanout, depending on the symptom, and bring the cable back so you can see what was in the line. Grease points to the kitchen. Roots, or a clog that returns within weeks, point to the pipe, and that's covered on our Uniondale sewer line page.
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Questions
Drain cleaning in Uniondale: FAQ
We have six people in the house and the main clogs twice a year. Is that normal?
The basement smells like sewer but nothing is backed up. Why?
Do you clear drains in apartments?
Sources:U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-year (B25034, B25024) and B25010, B25041 from the Census Bureau summary file; Nassau County Department of Health, Public Sewer Collection Districts, summary by community; Nassau County Department of Public Works, Telephone/Fax Info page (24-hour sewer service, SUEZ hotline).