Pushes through the cleanout and records the full run to the city tap. Lets us see pipe material, cracks, root entry points, and bellies without digging.
Sewer Line Services New Braunfels TX, Done Right the First Time
When your drains back up or your yard starts to sink, you need sewer line services New Braunfels TX homeowners call first.
Serving new braunfels and nearby areas.
How big is the sewer job?
Spot repair
One failed section of pipe cut out and replaced.
- 1. Clear and camera A blocked line that clears and shows no structural damage.
- 2. Spot repair One failed section of pipe cut out and replaced.
- 3. Full replacement A line failing in several places, planned out before we dig.
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- Camera firstWe look before we quote
- TestedWater run through before we leave
What Is Included in Our Sewer Line Work
Every sewer call includes a camera inspection and a written summary of what we found. From there, the scope depends on the diagnosis.
Work order
Sewer Line Services- Full Camera Inspection: We run a RIDGID sewer camera from the cleanout to the city tap and record the whole line. You get the footage and a written summary noting pipe material, depth, and the location of any defect. This is standard on every call, not an add-on.
- Hydro Jetting or Augering: Once we know what is in the line, we clear it. Soft blockages get hydro jetted at 3,000 to 4,000 PSI. Heavy root intrusion gets cut with an auger first, then jetted. We re-camera after clearing so you can see the pipe wall is clean.
- Spot Repair with PVC: When the camera finds a single failed section, we cut it out and replace it with PVC pipe and proper fittings, matched to the existing line and sloped correctly. We test with water before backfilling and re-camera the repair.
- Trenchless Replacement: For lines that are failing in multiple places, we can often pull a new liner or pipe-burst a replacement through the existing run. That avoids digging up your driveway and most of your landscaping. We tell you upfront if the line is not a candidate.
- Cleanout Installation: Older homes sometimes have no exterior cleanout, which makes every future sewer call harder and more expensive. We install a proper two-way cleanout at the property line so the next camera inspection takes minutes instead of hours.
What the first visit covers
First visit
We camera the line from the cleanout to the city tap, show you the footage, and explain what we found.
Sewer work at New Braunfels homes
Most of our calls are houses with slow drains, backups, or a wet spot in the yard.
Backed-up main
Sewage in the lowest tub or shower
Slow drains everywhere
Every fixture draining slower than it used to
Soggy yard patch
A wet spot that never dries out
Sewage smell outside
Odor near the cleanout or along the lateral
Sewer work at New Braunfels businesses
Restaurants, salons, and laundromats put grease and lint down the drain all day.
Restaurants
Grease and food solids in the lateral
Salons and laundromats
Lint and hair building up in the run
Multi-unit properties
Shared laterals with recurring backups
Sewer Line Services New Braunfels TX: What We Actually Do
A sewer line is the one pipe in the house you cannot see and cannot afford to guess about. We camera it, show you what is there, and fix only what needs fixing.
Sewer line services New Braunfels TX is the category of work that clears, inspects, repairs, and replaces the main pipe running from your home or business to the city main. That pipe carries everything from every drain in the building, and when it fails, the symptoms show up fast: backups in the lowest tub, gurgling toilets, sewage smell in the yard, or a soggy patch of grass that never dries. We diagnose it with a sewer camera, then clear it with a drain snake or hydro jetting machine depending on what is in the line.
New Braunfels sits on a mix of clay soil, limestone, and mature trees, and that combination is hard on sewer pipe. Roots from pecan and oak trees find the smallest crack and grow into it. Older homes near Downtown and Gruene often still have cast iron or Orangeburg pipe that has already outlived its service life. If you are searching for sewer line services in New Braunfels TX near me, we cover the whole city and most of Comal County, and we can usually get a camera in the line the same day you call.
- What it is
- The main pipe from your building to the city sewer.
- When it helps
- Backups, slow drains, wet spots, sewage smell.
- What you get
- Camera footage and a written summary of findings.
What to Expect on a Sewer Call
You should know what is happening at every stage, who is in your yard, and how long it takes.
The Tools We Bring to a Sewer Job
Each method answers a different question. Together they leave very little to guess.
Delivers 3,000 to 4,000 PSI of water through a specialized nozzle to scour grease, scale, and root hair off the pipe wall. The right tool for a full-diameter clean.
Cuts through heavy root masses and hard blockages that a jetter alone cannot break up. We run the auger first on root jobs, then jet behind it.
Tells the difference between a sewer leak and a slab leak when both show up as a wet spot on the floor or in the yard.
Used on spot repairs where we tie new PVC pipe into an existing run, and on copper supply lines when a sewer repair disturbs the water side.
When New Braunfels Homeowners Call Us for Sewer Work
You are buying a house near Downtown and the inspector flagged the age of the sewer lateral.
We run a camera through the line before you close and give you a written report with footage.
HomesYour restaurant on the Comal Town Center side of town backs up every few months and you are losing lunch service.
We camera the lateral, jet the grease and scale out at high pressure, and set you up on a quarterly jetting schedule…
BusinessesA soggy patch of grass in your Gruene yard never dries, and you can smell sewage when the wind blows.
That is a leaking or collapsed lateral. We camera the line, find the break, and repair or replace that section.
HomesYour Veramendi home is only a few years old but the downstairs drains are slow and the toilets gurgle.
New construction is not immune to sewer problems.
Homes
How Sewer Work Runs in New Braunfels Specifically
New Braunfels sits on a mix of expansive clay, limestone shelf, and river-bottom soil, and each one behaves differently when you put a sewer line in it. Clay shifts with every wet-dry cycle, which is why bellies and offset joints show up so often in older neighborhoods.
Downtown New Braunfels
Many homes here date to the 1940s and 1950s and still have original cast iron laterals. Scale buildup is the most common issue we find.
Gruene
Veramendi
Newer construction, but we still find bellies and construction debris in laterals from the build-out. Camera inspection settles it fast.
- Downtown New Braunfels
- Gruene
- Veramendi
- Vintage Oaks
- Klein Road
From problem to finished result.
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PhotoRoot-Choked Lateral in Gruene
Before: A 1960s home in Gruene had backed up three times in eighteen months. Each time, a different company snaked the line and sent a bill. The camera showed a root mass at 41 feet and a second entry point at 58 feet, both from the same pecan tree.
After: We cut both root masses with an auger, jetted the line at 4,000 PSI, and re-cameraed it clean. We then replaced the two cracked sections with PVC pipe. The line has run clear for over a year with no repeat backups.
Collapsed Cast Iron Near Downtown
Before: A 1952 bungalow near Downtown had slow drains in every fixture and a sewage smell in the side yard. The camera showed cast iron pipe scaled down to roughly half its original diameter, with a collapsed section about 22 feet from the cleanout.
After: We replaced the failed run with PVC pipe, corrected the slope on the new section, and installed a two-way cleanout at the property line. Every fixture in the house now drains at full speed, and the smell is gone.
Bellied Line in a Newer Veramendi Home
Before: A six-year-old house in Veramendi had recurring backups in the downstairs bathroom. The builder's plumber had snaked it twice with no lasting fix. Our camera found a section with almost no slope that had settled into a belly, holding water and debris.
After: We excavated the short bellied section, re-set it at correct slope with new PVC pipe, and tested the full run with water. The downstairs drains have run clear since, and the homeowner has the footage on file.
Sewer Problems We Fix Across Comal County
Most sewer calls fall into a handful of categories, and each one has a different fix.
Roots from pecan and oak trees invading the lateral
Roots find the smallest crack and grow into it, catching paper and grease until the line blocks completely.
Cast iron pipe that has rusted through from the inside
Cast iron in 1950s and 1960s homes near Downtown and Gruene scales up over decades until the inside diameter is half what it should be.
A bellied or back-graded section holding water
A low spot in the line traps water and debris.
Sewage backing into the lowest tub or shower
This is the classic sign of a main line blockage, and it gets worse fast.
Why New Braunfels Homeowners Call Us for Sewer Work
Sewer problems do not fix themselves, and the longer you wait, the more of your yard and foundation they take with them.
Camera Before Any Quote
We push a RIDGID sewer camera down the line and record the whole run before we talk price.
Hydro Jetting That Actually Clears
A drain snake punches a hole through a clog.
Trenchless Options When Possible
Not every failed line needs a backhoe in the yard.
Repairs That Pass Inspection
Every repair we make is built to Uniform Plumbing Code and International Plumbing Code standards, with PVC pipe, proper slope, and correct fittings.
What you get on the job
Clear records you can keep and share.
Camera footage
The full run, recorded and shared with you
Written findings
Pipe material, depth, and defect locations noted
Repair summary
What we did and what we tested before leaving
16 Years Working on New Braunfels Sewer Lines
Comal Crest Plumbing has been clearing, inspecting, and repairing sewer lines in this area since 2010.
Pipe material
Cast iron, clay, PVC, or Orangeburg tells us how much life is left in the run.
Defect location
Distance from the cleanout tells us where to dig or where to send the cutter.
Line slope
The camera shows whether water is moving or sitting in a belly.
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new braunfels ZIP codes
- 78132
- 78130
- 78131
- 78135
Towns we serve.
Based in new braunfels and covering the places around it. Pick one for local details.
What New Braunfels Customers Say
We had sewage backing into the downstairs shower on a Sunday. Comal Crest had a tech out by early afternoon. He cameraed the line, showed me a root mass at 41 feet from a pecan tree, cut it out, and jetted the pipe. Two hours and we were back to normal. He also told me the pipe was in good shape otherwise, which I appreciated because I was braced for a replacement quote.
Our house is only six years old so I did not expect a sewer problem. Turns out the builder had put in a section with almost no slope, and it had bellied. They cameraed it, showed me the low spot on the monitor, and gave me two options with real prices. We went with the spot repair. No more backups, and they put the sod back like they were never there.
I manage four older rental properties near Downtown, and Comal Crest handles all the sewer calls. These are 1950s houses with original cast iron, so we get root intrusion constantly. They jet the lines on a schedule now and we have cut emergency calls way down. Straight pricing, they show up when they say, and they send me the camera footage every time.
Sewer Line Questions We Get Every Week
Short answers for the first few minutes. The team can cover the rest.
Still have a question?
Describe what you are seeing and we will point you to the right next step.
(737) 707-1110The camera inspection is what turns a wide range into a real number. We quote before we start, and the quote does not move unless we hit something nobody could see.
We do, and we do it with a RIDGID sewer camera that records the full run from the cleanout to the city tap. You get the footage and a written summary. If you are buying a house in Comal County, a pre-purchase sewer inspection is worth every dollar, because a failed lateral is one of the most common surprises on older New Braunfels properties.
The clearest sign is multiple fixtures backing up at once, especially the lowest tub or shower in the house. Other signals: toilets that gurgle when the washer drains, sewage smell in the yard, and a soggy patch of grass over the lateral. If only one sink is slow, it is probably a branch line. If the whole house is slow, it is the main.
Yes. We cover all of New Braunfels and most of Comal County, including ZIP codes 78130, 78132, 78131, and 78135. Standard residential sewer line cleaning New Braunfels jobs run one to three hours. If the line has heavy root intrusion, we cut the roots with an auger, jet the pipe, and re-camera it so you can see the result.
Other Work We Do Alongside Sewer Lines
Other services from the same team.
- Sewer Line RepairWhen a sewer camera shows a crack, offset joint, or root mass, we repair the section instead of…
- Sewer Line ReplacementCollapsed clay or failing cast iron lines cannot be patched forever.
- Water Heater InstallationWe install Rheem, Bradford White, and AO Smith water heaters sized correctly for your household.
Get Sewer Line Services New Braunfels TX Homeowners Trust
(737) 707-1110If sewage is backing up, do not wait for it to reach the carpet.
Call Comal Crest Plumbing
Reach us at (737) 707-1110 any time, day or night. For standard repairs we book same-day slots and call ahead with a real arrival window. For emergencies, we dispatch immediately. You can also email [email protected] and we will get back to you the same business day.