[Drainage Service]
Drainage Service Totowa
The first big storm of the spring tells you exactly which houses on your street have a water problem. Rain sheets down the driveway, pools by the back steps, and finds the low spot next to the foundation. An hour later somebody is in the basement with a shop vac and a wet rug. A lot of North Jersey sits on heavy clay that holds water instead of taking it, and many older blocks were graded long before anyone worried about runoff.
That is the work we do. On Site Plumbing, Heating & Cooling is a licensed drainage service Totowa homeowners call when the water is already moving the wrong way. The company has served North Jersey since 2024, is licensed and insured for both plumbing and HVAC, and picks up the phone at 2 a.m. the same as 2 p.m. Most of the time a truck is at your curb inside the hour. We cover Wayne, Clifton, Garfield, Fairfield, Bloomfield, Wallington, Paramus and the rest of the towns nearby.
Here is the honest advice first: before you spend money, walk the yard during a real rain. Watch where the water starts, where it sits, and where it wants to go. Nine times out of ten the answer is a clogged or broken pipe, a downspout dumping right against the wall, or ground that slopes back toward the house. Fix the water path and the wet basement stops. Below is every drainage job we handle in Totowa, each with its own page.
- Licensed plumbing + HVAC
- Insured
- Open 24/7
- On site within the hour
- Google rated
French drain installation
If one corner of the yard stays soggy for days after a storm, a French drain is usually the fix. It is a gravel trench with a perforated pipe inside that catches groundwater and carries it somewhere safe, like the street or a dry well. We dig it deep enough to matter, wrap the pipe in fabric so silt does not choke it, and set the slope with a level instead of by eye. Interior versions along a basement wall feed a sump pit. Our French drain installation page walks through both types, how long a yard takes to recover, and what a trench costs in Totowa.
Storm drain installation
Driveways, patios and long roofs throw a lot of water at one spot. A storm drain catches it before it reaches the garage or the foundation. We set catch basins at the low points, run solid pipe out to daylight or the curb line, and size everything for the heavy North Jersey downpours that show up in July and again in the fall. Grates get picked so a car can roll over them. See our storm drain installation page for how we map the runoff on your property and what permits the town may want.
Drain repair
A drain that clogs again a month after every cleaning is not dirty, it is broken. Roots find the joints, old clay pipe cracks, a section sags and holds water, or a yard drain gets crushed under a driveway. The signs are easy once you know them: slow water, gurgling, soggy grass along the pipe run, or a smell near the cleanout. We run a camera first so you see the damage on the screen yourself, then fix or replace only the bad piece instead of the whole line. Our drain repair page covers the camera inspection, what a spot repair usually runs, and how fast we can get it done.
Sewer line drain cleaning
When every drain in the house slows down at the same time, the problem is not the sink, it is the main line out to the street. Older Totowa homes with clay sewer pipe get roots and years of grease buildup. We open the cleanout, cut the blockage with a power auger, and jet the walls clean so the pipe flows full size again. Then we camera it to see if roots will be back by next spring. Read the sewer line drain cleaning page for warning signs, and call us before it backs up into the basement on a Sunday night.