Redwood City homeowners often needlessly call plumbers to clean out sewer lines!

I frequently see plumber’s trucks parked outside of homes along our Redwood City and San Carlos neighborhoods and wonder if someone just spent money needlessly. This happened to me when I first moved into the area. My sewer pipe was clogged and we could see it overflowed at the clean out in my front yard. I called a plumber to come out and unclog the thing. They came out after a couple hours, did a proper job, charged me $125 and happily left.

What they never mentioned to me or a few of my neighbors is that the city is responsible for the sewer pipe from the clean out and beyond. That's part of the services we pay for with our real estate taxes.

The City will come out free of charge and unclog it for you. This service is available 24x7 everyday of the year. In my experience they will show up within 1-2 hours and resolve the problem free of charge.

For this service in Redwood City call the Public Works Department at (650) 780-7464 and stop flushing your money away