Drain clearing
$129+
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One service call, start to finish — how a visit from Nick’s actually goes. Keep scrolling.
DALLAS, TX — RESIDENTIAL
The visit
FLAT-RATE · DIAGNOSIS INCLUDED
NICK’S (R) 2026 · (555) 010-2030
01 — The call
It starts with a sound you don’t like.
A gurgle in the guest bath. A water heater that pops like popcorn. An AC that runs all afternoon and the house never quite cools. You call (555) 010-2030 and a person picks up — not a menu tree, not a call center three states away. We ask what you’re hearing, seeing, smelling. Half the time we can tell you over the phone whether it’s urgent, and a surprising number of panics turn out to be a tripped breaker or a condensate switch doing its job.
If it needs eyes on it, we book a window — morning or afternoon, your choice — and we text when the van is on the way. The tech who shows up is the tech who does the work. No subcontractor roulette.
02 — The knock
Drop cloths before tools.
The van is marked, the uniform has a name on it, and the first thing that comes through your door is a pair of shoe covers and a drop cloth. Dallas homes have a lot of light flooring and we’ve learned the hard way: protect the house first, diagnose second. Then we listen to the whole story — when it started, what changed, what you’ve already tried. The five minutes of listening saves an hour of guessing.
Diagnosis is methodical. Water where it shouldn’t be gets traced to the source, not patched at the symptom. An AC that won’t cool gets the full sequence: thermostat, airflow, drain, refrigerant charge, electrical. We find the actual failure instead of the convenient one.
03 — The price
A number, before a wrench.
Here’s the part most shops rush: you get a flat price in writing before any work begins. Not a range, not “we’ll see once we open it up.” If opening it up reveals something new, we stop, show you, and re-quote before touching anything else. The samples further down this page are starting points for common jobs — your quote is specific to your house.
And sometimes the honest answer is “don’t fix it.” A fourteen-year-old AC with a dying compressor doesn’t deserve a $600 bandage. We’ll put the repair-vs-replace math on paper and let you decide. We’d rather lose a repair than sell you one you’ll regret.
04 — The fix
Done like it’s our own house.
Water heater swaps include the pan, the drain line to the exterior, the expansion tank code requires, and haul-away of the dead unit. Drain clearings include a camera look at what’s left behind so you know whether the pipe is healthy or just temporarily clear. AC repairs include a full system check, because a capacitor never dies alone — it dies because something else was stressing it.
When we leave, the work area is cleaner than we found it, the old parts are in the van (yours if you want them), and you know exactly what was done and what to watch for. If something we touched acts up, you call the same number and we come back. That’s the whole warranty pitch — we answer.