Drains in Santa Fe, NM
Kitchen lines here load with grease and chile oil; showers load with hair and hard-water soap scum that sets like plaster. Older Eastside and downtown laterals are clay or cast iron that roots have already entered. We cable a fixture line when that is enough, camera a main before we jet, and we do not sell a “clean” that is a punch-through on a collapsed pipe. 505-316-4231.
Kitchen lines here load with grease and chile oil; showers load with hair and hard-water soap scum that sets like plaster. Older Eastside and downtown laterals are clay or cast iron that roots have already entered. We cable a fixture line when that is enough, camera a main before we jet, and we do not sell a “clean” that is a punch-through on a collapsed pipe. 505-316-4231.
Content reviewed 2026-09-20.
Cable versus hydro jet
A cable opens a hole. A jet peels the wall if the pipe can take pressure. Clay with a belly does not want 4,000 PSI from a stranger on a Thursday. That is why the camera is not an upsell on a repeating main — it is how we avoid making a hole in the yard.
Monsoon and cottonwoods
July cells fill floor drains in low Southside and river-adjacent houses. Cottonwoods along older streets have had decades to find a joint. If you cable the same main every spring, you do not have a hair problem. You have a pipe problem.
What fails on this job in Santa Fe
Kitchen that backs into the dishwasher
Grease in the 2-inch. We clear it and tell you if the line is already oval from age.
Shower that takes ten minutes
Hair plus scale. A cheaper snake from a box store usually leaves the mat.
Yard cleanout that burps
Main or city. Camera, then a plan — jet, spot repair, or replace.
Odor at a seldom-used bath
Dry trap or a cracked wax ring. Not every smell is a sewer collapse.
How a job runs
Ask where it backs
One fixture versus every fixture changes the machine we walk in with.
Clear or camera
Fixture lines get a cable. Mains that repeat get a camera before a jet.
Show you the pipe
You see the recording. We do not invent roots that are not there.
Questions for Santa Fe
How much is drain cleaning in Santa Fe?
A simple fixture clear is often a few hundred dollars. A main with camera is more. Hydro jetting a long lateral is a different ticket than a 20-foot shower line. We quote after we know which pipe.
Will chemical drain cleaner fix it?
It will sit on a clog and etch the pipe and your finish. We would rather you stop pouring it and call. It also makes the job more miserable and sometimes more expensive.
Do you offer hydro jetting?
Yes, when the pipe is a candidate. We will refuse to jet a line we have not seen if the risk is a blowout under a slab.
Need drains in Santa Fe?
Lobo Tech · NM license 384927 · 1259 Coriander Rd, Santa Fe · 505-316-4231