About the author

Sal Marino

Editor & Drain Tech, DrainCleaning.net
Drain and sewer technician. Fifteen years clearing residential and commercial lines, from kitchen clogs to root-bound main sewers.

Sal Marino has spent fifteen years on the business end of a drain machine, clearing everything from a hairball in a bathroom sink to a root-bound main sewer under a sixty-year-old oak. He has run cable machines, hydro jetters, and sewer cameras for a living, so he knows which clogs you can beat with a twenty-dollar tool and which ones need a truck. The guides here lead with what actually clears the line and what a fair bill looks like, not with whatever chemical the hardware store wants to move.

He built DrainCleaning.net for both sides of the clog. Homeowners get straight answers on the tools that work, what a snaking or jetting job should cost, and the warning signs of a real sewer problem. Working drain pros get a free directory listing so local customers can find an honest tech instead of a $99-bait-and-switch outfit.

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