A Los Angeles, California, homeowner with a clogged kitchen drain was quoted $12,000 to repair a pipe thought to be broken beneath the house. The first company’s camera could not pass through the line, but a later inspection with a smaller camera found the pipe intact. The homeowner described the first quote in a thread from January 2025.
For other California homeowners holding an estimate, the distinction is concrete: a camera that cannot get through a drain has not necessarily shown a break. In this house, the proposed repair, a later hydrojet suggestion and the work that cleared the clog covered different things.
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The quotes
The first company quoted $12,000 to fix the pipe as soon as possible. It said the pipe was likely broken after its camera could not pass. The homeowner later said they had not been shown a photo of the blockage…