Sewer Line Repair & Camera Inspection in Kansas City, MO

When sewage backs up into a floor drain or a basement shower, or when the toilet gurgles every time the washing machine drains, the problem is the main sewer lateral — the single line carrying everything from your house to the city main. Jacob the Plumber clears, inspects and repairs sewer lines throughout Kansas City.

Nothing gets quoted before we look. We run a camera down the cleanout and record the whole run, and you watch the screen with us. That's how you tell the difference between a soft blockage that a cable will clear in an hour, roots that will be back next spring without a real fix, a bellied section holding standing water, and a collapsed clay lateral that has to come out. Guessing at a sewer repair is how people end up paying for excavation they didn't need.

Root intrusion is the defining sewer problem in Kansas City's older neighborhoods. Mature trees on hundred-year-old streets find the joints in clay tile laterals, and once the roots are in, they catch everything flushed past them. Cabling cuts them back and hydro-jetting scours the line properly, but where the pipe itself is failing, cutting roots is only buying time — and we'll tell you which situation you're in.

For repairs we handle spot excavation and replacement of failed sections as well as full lateral replacement, and we coordinate the permits and inspections the work requires. [VERIFY — confirm whether trenchless pipe lining or bursting is offered before publishing.] You'll get the camera footage, a clear explanation of what failed and why, and a flat-rate price for each option before any digging starts.

What You Get With Every Job

• ✓ An upfront flat-rate price before any work starts
• ✓ A licensed, insured Kansas City plumber [VERIFY]
• ✓ Parts and workmanship backed by our guarantee [VERIFY]
• ✓ The work area cleaned up before we leave