Serving the SE 8th Ave corridor and central Hillsboro neighborhoods around OHSU Health Hillsboro Medical Center. Clay tile laterals, 1920s–1960s housing stock, Clean Water Services jurisdiction.
Live 24/7 dispatch. Stocked trucks. Most repairs first-visit complete.
No call-center runaround. Live answer, dispatch, on-site work, written quote, fix, permit.
Real dispatcher picks up — no voicemail, no IVR menu. We confirm your address in central Hillsboro, triage the emergency, and stay on the line while we locate the nearest available crew. If you need to shut your water off, we walk you through it.
We send the closest stocked truck toward the Hillsboro Medical Center area. ETA quoted before we hang up — usually 30-60 minutes. Crews cover Washington County regularly and are dispatched by proximity, not from a single central hub.
On-site inspection — we don't quote sight-unseen. Written quote before any work starts. If the diagnosis reveals something different than expected, we stop, explain, and re-quote before continuing.
Most repairs first-visit. Stocked trucks carry common parts for 1920s–1960s construction common in central Hillsboro. City of Hillsboro Building Division permits pulled where required — we handle the paperwork and schedule the inspection.
OHSU Health Hillsboro Medical Center sits at 335 SE 8th Ave in the heart of downtown Hillsboro, surrounded by residential blocks that were built out in waves from the 1920s through the 1960s. That era of construction used clay tile for sewer laterals — a material that was reliable for decades but that roots and ground shift eventually compromise. Drain calls in this corridor frequently trace back to that infrastructure rather than to the fixtures themselves.
Drain cleaning covers everything from a single slow kitchen sink to a main-line backup pushing through floor drains. Different failures need different tools — a grease-clogged P-trap and a clay-tile lateral with root mass require completely different equipment and access strategies.
The blocks surrounding OHSU Health Hillsboro Medical Center — the former Tuality Community Hospital campus at SE 8th Ave — are among the oldest residential areas in central Washington County. Construction from the 1920s through the 1960s means clay tile sewer laterals are the rule, not the exception. Root intrusion from street trees and mature yard vegetation is the dominant failure mode, followed by joint displacement from ground movement and age.
Sewer and stormwater service in this area falls under Clean Water Services (CWS), Washington County's regional utility, not the City of Portland. Water service is provided by JWC (Joint Water Commission). Plumbing permits go through the City of Hillsboro Building Division. A crew that doesn't run central Hillsboro regularly may not know which utility to call for a sewer conflict or which inspection office to file with. Our teams do.
Across the metro generally and central Hillsboro specifically.
Cable machines (Spartan, Ridgid K-7500, K-1500) for branch lines and main lines. Hydro jetter (4,000+ psi) for grease, scale, and root cutting. Sewer scope camera (Ridgid SeeSnake) with locator for diagnosing pipe condition before recommending repair. Various blade and root cutter heads suitable for clay tile, cast iron, and ABS.
Licensed Oregon plumbers, fully insured with workers’ comp on every job.
General liability and workers' comp with property-damage coverage on every job. COI on file for landlords and property managers.
Upfront pricing on-site before any work. If diagnosis reveals something different, we stop and re-quote.
Common parts, fittings, and cable/jetter equipment on every truck. First-visit completion on the majority of calls.
Anonymized case study from a recent dispatch in this area.
Recent call two blocks south of SE 8th Ave in downtown Hillsboro — a 1947 bungalow with recurring main-line backups in the hall bathroom. Camera scope found a clay tile lateral with root intrusion at two bell joints roughly 18 feet out from the cleanout, consistent with the street tree root systems common along that block. We hydro-jetted and root-cut on the first visit, then provided a written scope of work for CIPP lining as the long-term fix. City of Hillsboro Building Division permit coordinated; Clean Water Services notified per the lateral repair protocol.
We dispatch 24/7. Live dispatch around the clock. ETA 30-60 minutes.
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