What is wrong with your drain?
Start from what you can see, hear or smell — not from a service name. Each symptom below explains what it means, what to check safely, and which fix actually fits.
Find yours, then fix it
Drain Gurgling
Gurgling is air being forced through water it should not have to move through.
Sewage Smell in the Basement
Most basement sewage odor in Philadelphia comes from a dry floor-drain trap or a failed seal, both cheap fixes.
All Drains Slow
One slow drain is a fixture problem, but every drain slowing together means the restriction sits where all branches meet: the building drain or the lateral to the street.
Water Backing Up Into Fixtures
Water rising where it should be leaving means the line downstream is blocked and every gallon you add has to surface somewhere.
Toilet Bubbling
A toilet that bubbles when another fixture drains is reporting air displaced past a downstream restriction.
Soggy Strip in the Yard
A persistently soggy or suspiciously lush strip of ground between your house and the street usually marks where a sewer lateral is leaking underground.
Same Clog Keeps Returning
A clog that returns to the same line within months was never fully removed; a channel was bored through it and the coating or defect closed back in.
Water in the Basement Floor Drain
The basement floor drain is the lowest opening on your drainage system, so it is where every downstream restriction shows itself first.
Not sure which one matches? Run the clog symptom diagnostic — six questions, no signup.