Drain and Drain Pipe Repair in Fort Worth, TX

Signs a drain pipe needs repair

• Water in the sink cabinet, or a swollen, soft cabinet floor
• Drips from the P-trap that appear only while the sink drains
• A ceiling stain under an upstairs bathroom, or damp drywall behind a tub or toilet
• Dripping, wet soil or a musty smell in a pier-and-beam crawlspace
• A drain that slows again soon after cleaning, often a sign of a sag or broken section

Drain repairs we handle

P-traps, slip joints and tailpieces

Slip-nut washers flatten and crack with age, and a bumped nut works loose. Older metal traps rust through at the bottom of the bend, where water always sits. We reseal sound joints and replace a trap, tailpiece or trap arm that's cracked, corroded or out of line with the wall pipe, because a joint forced into place keeps leaking. Sink, strainer or faucet problem? See sink repair.

Cracked or separated plastic drain pipe

PVC and ABS can crack at an overtightened fitting or where a floor has moved, and a poorly seated glued joint can let go years later. We cut out the damaged piece, splice in new pipe and test every joint.

Cast iron and galvanized drains

Cast iron rusts from the inside, and the bottom of a horizontal run goes first. A rust-through spot often starts as a weep or rust crust before it opens into a hole, and old lead-and-oakum hub joints can seep too. If the pipe on both sides is still solid, we cut out the bad section and join new pipe with no-hub couplings. Galvanized sink and vent lines in mid-century homes rust the same way; we usually replace failed sections with PVC.

Sagging drain lines

A drain needs a steady downhill slope. When hangers fail or the ground under a buried line settles, a section can sag, hold water and catch waste, so the drain keeps clogging. Under pier-and-beam houses, common in Fairmount, we can often re-hang and re-slope the line from the crawlspace. Under a slab or yard, North Texas clay swells when wet and shrinks when dry, shifting pipe over time, so we find the sag with a video camera inspection before opening anything up.

How a drain repair visit works

1. Find the source. We run water and watch where it drips; for hidden pipe, a camera shows the inside of the line.
2. Explain the options. You hear the cause and the repair-or-replace options before work starts.
3. Make the repair. A new trap or washers, a spliced section, new couplings or a re-hung run.
4. Test it. We run water through every fixture on that line and check each joint.

Repair or replace the drain?

Repair makes sense when the damage is in one place: one trap, one joint, or one cracked section with solid pipe on both sides. Replacement is usually the better spend when:

• the camera shows heavy scale, cracks or thin walls along much of the line
• the line has leaked in several spots, or each repair leads to another nearby
• the sag runs the whole length of the pipe
• old cast iron or galvanized pipe sits in walls already open for a remodel

Where we repair drains

We repair drains across Fort Worth, including Riverside, Oakhurst, Six Points, Northside, Fairmount and Near Southside, plus Haltom City, North Richland Hills, Saginaw, Lake Worth, Benbrook, Kennedale and Burleson (all service areas).

Drain repair FAQ

Leaking drain? Call Plumber 24 Fort Worth

Call (817) 755-5621. Office hours 8 AM–11 PM daily · 24/7 emergency service. Coupons: $0 dispatch fee with a repair, $50 off for new customers, and 10% off for seniors, military and first responders (terms on the coupons page). Not urgent? Contact us.