Drain Cleaning in West Islip, NYSewer Houses and Cesspool Houses

By our overlay of the county's sewer-district map on the Census boundary, about 73% of West Islip's area is in Suffolk County Sewer District 3, and the rest, mostly at the south end by the bay and a strip at the north, isn't. In a sewered house, the main runs from the foundation to the county connection at the street. In a cesspool house, it runs to a system on your own lot, usually in the backyard or side yard. We clear both, but what the result means is different:

• Sewer house: if the line clears and stays clear, you're done. If roots or a repeat clog come back, the pipe needs repair.
• Cesspool house: if the line clears but water still stands in it, the system can't take the water anymore. That part is a job for a cesspool contractor; we don't do cesspool work.

West Islip houses are large: the survey shows a median of 7.3 rooms, with 91% of homes having three or more bedrooms and 48% four or more. The average owner household is 3.14 people. More bathrooms mean more places to clog but still only one line out of the house, and a partly blocked main shows first at the lowest fixture, often a basement shower or the laundry.

If you're on the sewer and a manhole on your street is overflowing, call Suffolk County's Sewer District 3 emergency line, (631) 854-4150. The county says a blockage inside the home is for a plumber to handle.