When the water won’t go down, you can’t wait until morning.
In a city below sea level, on flat ground over a high water table, a slow drain becomes a backup fast. We connect you with licensed, independent local drain and sewer pros for a free, no-pressure quote — day or night.
A free referral service — not a contractor. We match you with vetted, licensed independent professionals across the New Orleans metro.
Drain & sewer services for New Orleans homes
From a greasy kitchen line to a collapsed sewer lateral — the full range of how drains actually fail in this city, handled by pros who know the local pipe.
Emergency Service
Sewage backups, main-line stoppages, and storm-driven flooding — answered around the clock, every day.
24/7 help →Drain Cleaning
Clogged and slow kitchen, bath, toilet, and floor drains cleared with the right method — snaking or jetting.
Clear a drain →Hydro Jetting
High-pressure cleaning that scours grease, scale, and roots from the full pipe — the deep clean snaking can’t match.
Learn more →Camera Inspection
See inside the line before you spend on repairs — roots, bellies, cracks, and breaks, located precisely.
Look inside →Tree Root Removal
The number-one sewer enemy in a city of live oaks — cut, cleared, and stopped from coming back.
Learn more →Trenchless Repair
Reline or replace a failing sewer line with little or no digging — ideal for historic, tree-filled lots.
Learn more →Built in a bowl, wrapped in water
New Orleans plumbing fights a battle no hillside city understands. The ground is flat and below sea level, so drains run with almost no slope and clear sluggishly even when healthy. The water table sits high, pushing groundwater into any cracked or loose-jointed old pipe. The soil keeps settling, bending buried laterals into bellies that trap waste.
Then there are the trees and the food. The live oaks that make the city beautiful send roots into the joints of old clay and cast-iron lines. And a city that cooks like this one sends an enormous amount of grease down its kitchen drains. Add a drainage system that surcharges in heavy rain, and you have a place where drains need more attention — and smarter attention — than almost anywhere else.
- Licensed, independent local professionals — you hire them directly.
- Free, no-pressure quotes; compare before you commit.
- Camera-first on old lines, so you fix the real problem.
- Coverage across the French Quarter, Garden District, Uptown, Mid-City, Lakeview, Gentilly, Algiers, and Metairie.
What your drains are trying to tell you
Drains rarely fail without warning. Learn to read the early signs and you can schedule a routine cleaning instead of mopping up a 2 a.m. backup.
Slow-Draining Sink or Tub
The most common early warning — and the cheapest stage to fix. When it’s local, and when it isn’t.
Read →Gurgling Drains
That glug is air escaping a restricted line — often the last warning before a main-line backup.
Read →Sewer Smell in the House
Usually a dry trap — often a free fix. How to track down sewer-gas odor indoors.
Read →Clogs That Keep Coming Back
Why snaking the same drain again isn’t the answer — and what actually ends the cycle.
Read →Multiple Drains Backing Up
Several fixtures failing at once is the clearest sign of a main-line problem. What to do.
Read →Backups When It Rains
Why storms push water back through your drains — and how to protect your lowest fixtures.
Read →Serving the whole New Orleans metro
Both banks of the river and into Jefferson Parish. Each neighborhood has its own underground story — our pros know the difference.
Common questions
Are you a plumber, or a referral service?
We’re a free referral service. We connect New Orleans homeowners and businesses with licensed, independent local drain and sewer professionals — we don’t do the work ourselves. That keeps it free for you and lets us match you with a pro suited to your specific problem and neighborhood. Always verify a provider’s license and insurance before hiring.
Is there really 24/7 emergency service?
Yes. Drain emergencies don’t keep business hours, and in a city below sea level an overnight backup can do real damage by morning. The pros in our network answer around the clock for sewage backups, main-line stoppages, and storm-driven backups. Call 504-226-6033 any time.
Why do New Orleans drains clog so much?
The city’s geography is hard on pipes: flat grades mean drains run slowly and let buildup settle, a high water table drives groundwater into old joints, subsiding ground bellies laterals, mature live oaks push roots into pipe, and the food culture loads kitchen lines with grease. Most of these are manageable once you know which one you have.
Should I snake it again or get it inspected?
If a drain has clogged once, snaking is the right, economical first move. If the same drain keeps clogging, repeated snaking is the expensive trap — it treats the symptom while the cause (roots, grease, a belly, scale) keeps growing. A camera inspection finds the cause so the fix can be permanent.
Do you cover the West Bank and Metairie?
Yes — the whole metro, both banks of the river, plus Metairie and Jefferson Parish. Algiers and the West Bank get the same 24/7 response as the East Bank, and our pros handle Jefferson Parish’s separate permitting where sewer work is involved.
A drain backing up doesn’t wait. Neither do we.
In a city this far below sea level, a slow drain can become a backup overnight. Get matched with a licensed New Orleans pro for a free assessment — day or night.