Clogged Drain Service in Rohnert Park, CA | Northern Sewer & Drain

Sound familiar? Here are the warning signs people in Rohnert Park call us about most often:

• Water draining slowly from sinks, tubs, or showers
• Standing water that doesn’t clear after normal use
• Gurgling sounds from toilets or floor drains
• Sewage or rotten-egg odors near drains
• Multiple fixtures backing up at the same time
• Recurring clogs that clear briefly, then return
• Overflowing floor drains, especially after heavy rain
• Wet or unusually green patches in your yard

If multiple drains are backing up together, that’s usually a main line issue, not just a single fixture clog. We see this a lot in older Rohnert Park homes where the main sewer lateral hasn’t been cleaned in years.

We handle drain and sewer problems of every kind, from a simple blocked bathroom sink to a full sewer line failure. Here’s what we bring to the job:

Drain Snaking and Augering

For most standard clogs, a drain snake (also called an auger) does the job quickly and cleanly. We run a cable through the pipe to break up or pull out whatever’s causing the blockage. Hair and soap scum in bathroom drains, food scraps and grease in kitchen drains, paper and wipes in toilets. It’s fast and gets most drains flowing again within the hour.

Hydro Jetting

Snaking breaks a clog. Hydro jetting actually cleans the pipe. We use a high-pressure water jet, typically at 3,000 to 4,000 PSI, to scour the inside of your pipes clean. It removes grease buildup, mineral scale, and debris that a snake can’t touch. If you’ve had the same drain slow down over and over again, hydro jetting is usually the reason it keeps coming back.

This is especially effective in Rohnert Park kitchens and restaurants along the Commerce Boulevard corridor, where grease buildup in the lines is one of the most common drain problems we clear.

Sewer Camera Inspection

We use a small waterproof camera to see exactly what’s happening inside your pipes. No guessing. No unnecessary digging. We can see tree root intrusion, cracks, pipe bellies, joint offsets, and scale buildup in real time and show you what we find. If you’re buying a home in Rohnert Park, a sewer camera inspection before close is one of the smartest things you can do.

Root Intrusion Removal

Rohnert Park’s older neighborhoods have mature trees with deep root systems. Roots love sewer pipes because they’re warm and full of nutrients. Once a root finds even a hairline crack in a clay or cast iron pipe, it grows in and expands the damage over time. We remove root intrusions and advise you on whether a repair or pipe replacement makes more sense going forward.

Main Line Clearing

A blocked sewer main is a plumbing emergency. Sewage backs up into your home through the lowest fixtures, usually floor drains or ground-floor toilets. We clear main line blockages fast and check the line with a camera so you know you’re actually fixed, not just temporarily unblocked.

Kitchen and Bathroom Drain Cleaning

Kitchen drains clog with grease, cooking oils, food scraps, and soap. Bathroom drains fill up with hair, soap scum, and mineral deposits. We handle both thoroughly, and we won’t recommend a more expensive service than your situation actually calls for.

Floor Drain Clearing and Grease Trap Cleaning

We service commercial properties too. If you run a business near the Cotati, Rohnert Park, or Santa Rosa areas, we clean floor drains and grease traps on a schedule that keeps you compliant and out of trouble.

Emergency Drain Service

Drain emergencies don’t wait for business hours. Neither do we. Northern Sewer & Drain offers 24/7 emergency drain service throughout Rohnert Park and the surrounding Sonoma County area. We’ll get to you fast, and we won’t charge you a surprise fee just because it’s a weekend or evening.

Why Rohnert Park Drains Clog More Than You’d Expect

Here’s something most drain companies won’t tell you upfront: Rohnert Park has a real infrastructure challenge.

The city was built fast during the 1960s and 70s as a planned community. A big portion of the housing stock is now 50-plus years old and still running on original pipes. That means a lot of Rohnert Park homes, especially in the Section neighborhoods near Golf Course Drive, Snyder Lane, and the Southwest and Northwest areas, have cast iron drain stacks and sewer laterals that were installed decades ago.

Cast iron lasts 50 to 75 years under normal conditions. Do the math. Many of those pipes are right at the edge of their service life. And in the older laterals running from homes to the city main, you’ll often find clay pipe or Orangeburg, a tar-and-wood-fiber material used from the 1940s through the 1970s that was never designed to last this long.

What does that mean for you as a Rohnert Park homeowner?

It means a “clog” isn’t always just a clog. Sometimes it’s a sign that your pipe walls are scaling up from years of buildup. Sometimes it’s tree roots working their way into aging joints. Sometimes it’s a pipe belly, a section that’s settled and no longer drains properly by gravity. And in homes near Sonoma State University or the Roberts Lake area with mature landscaping, root intrusion is practically a fact of life.

That’s why we don’t just snake your drain and leave. We look at what caused the problem so it doesn’t happen again next month.

What Makes Northern Sewer & Drain Different

A lot of drain companies operate in Sonoma County. Here’s why Rohnert Park homeowners keep calling us back.

We’re locally owned. We live and work in this community. We’re not a national franchise dispatching technicians from a call center across the county. When your name is on the truck, you do the job right.

We’re licensed, bonded, and insured. We hold both a California C-42 Sanitation License and a California C-36 Plumbing License through the CSLB. Our technicians are NASSCO certified. You’re not hiring a handyman.

We give you upfront pricing. No surprise charges after the work is done. We tell you what the job costs before we start.

We don’t oversell. Not every slow drain needs hydro jetting. Not every clogged pipe needs a camera inspection. We’ll tell you what your drain actually needs, not whatever generates the biggest invoice.

We back our work. We offer a workmanship warranty because we stand behind what we do. If a problem comes back, so do we.

We Serve All of Rohnert Park and Beyond

Northern Sewer & Drain works throughout Rohnert Park, including Southwest Rohnert Park, Northwest Rohnert Park, the Sonoma State University area, and neighborhoods along Golf Course Drive, Snyder Lane, and Roberts Lake.

We also serve surrounding Sonoma County cities including Santa Rosa, Cotati, Petaluma, Sebastopol, Windsor, and Novato. If you’re not sure whether we cover your area, just call and ask.

Call Northern Sewer & Drain Today

If you’ve got a clogged drain in Rohnert Park or anywhere in Sonoma County, don’t wait for it to get worse. A slow drain today can turn into a sewage backup tomorrow, especially in older homes with aging pipes.

Northern Sewer & Drain is locally owned, fully licensed, and ready to help right now. We offer free estimates, upfront pricing, and 24/7 emergency service throughout Rohnert Park, Cotati, Santa Rosa, Petaluma, and surrounding areas.

Call us at or fill out our contact form to schedule service today.