Kitchen sink backed up with food and standing water

Serving Myerstown, 17067

Clog Removal in Myerstown, PA

First-floor toilet or basement drain clogged in Myerstown? About 47% of homes predate 1940, and in an old row home with one cast iron stack, that is where the clog shows up. Call now. A real person picks up 24/7.

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Shower floor drain set in a pebble tile floor

First floor

First-floor toilet overflowing while someone showers upstairs?

Why it happens in Myerstown

The Census Bureau dates the median Myerstown house to 1942, with about 69% built before 1960 and about 31% attached. Older row homes often have a single cast iron stack and a clay lateral to the street. When that line narrows with scale or roots, water from upstairs comes back out of the lowest fixture.

What to try, and when to call us

Have everyone stop using water. Plunging the toilet won't clear a stack or lateral clog. It needs a cable from the cleanout.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Old cast iron drain pipe crusted with grease and buildup

Water or sewer

Water leaking, or water coming back up?

What causes it in Myerstown

The Myerstown Water Authority runs the water system from Stracks Dam Road, and the borough runs the sewer plant. They're different problems with different phone numbers.

What you can do right now

If clean water is spraying from a pipe, shut the main valve and call the water authority or a plumber. If dirty water is coming back up a drain, it's a sewer-side clog: in your house line, your lateral or the borough main.

Source: Myerstown Borough

Kitchen sink full of standing water that won't drain

Whose line

Street sewer or your lateral?

Why Myerstown homes see this

Myerstown Borough's Wastewater Treatment Facility is at 101 S. Railroad Street. LebTown reported that the borough is starting a feasibility study for the plant, which treats wastewater from Myerstown, Jackson Township, Millcreek Township and Richland Borough.

When to stop and call

For trouble in the street main, call the borough's wastewater line at 717-866-5826. For a backup only in your house, call us.

Source: LebTown

Why drains back up in Myerstown

The local numbers behind the problems above, each with its source.

municipalities whose sewage goes to the Myerstown plant

Source: LebTown

47%

of Myerstown homes built before 1940

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

31%

of homes are attached row homes and twins

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

46.4 in

normal yearly rain and melted snow at the Lebanon 2 W gauge

Source: NOAA NCEI

What to Do While You Wait in Myerstown

Skip the chemical drain cleaner. It can splash back and it can't clear a main line.

Stop running water if more than one drain is backing up.
Don't pour chemical cleaner into standing water. It can splash back when the plumber opens the line.
If you know where the cleanout is, clear the area around it.
Keep children and pets away from dirty water.

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