Chris’ Quality Sewer and Drain Service

Came over in the dark of night and cleaned everything up. Reasonable especially cuz one is a bit desperate when one needs his expertise!

chris is honest, competent, trustworthy, and affordable…
he is also, very patient, as he always has to pull the toilet to clean
the sewer, as my house has no outside cleanout… he doesn’t complain, just does it, cleans the line, resets the toilet with a new wax seal, packs up and heads on out…
i’m so glad i found him… he rocks…

Chris has been keeping our lines clean for more than 20 years. He’s eccentric in the best way, honest, and straight forward.
You may have to be patient if you’re in a panic, but he WILL call back and offer the best deal available.
Highly recommended.

Chris is helpful, thorough And knows when to call in someone else to do other work (we needed major drain reconstruction) and he worked well with the other company
Another plus is that his answering machine is very precise about possible scheduling and even whom to call if he is away..

I cannot say enough fabulous things about Chris and his service. This is a true professional who is thoughtful, analytical in his assessment, and a real problem-​solver. We had a problematic drain problem with an upstairs shower and toilet. Another local service we tried before calling Chris could not fix it, left the area dirty and over-​charged us. Chris is exceptional in that he is extremely competent, explains thoroughly and is reasonably priced. I would not hesitate to highly recommend him and for any future plumbing problems I may have, he will be the first to call. I am so grateful to him. Thank you, Chris. You are a real gem!

HONEST, COMPETENT, TRUSTWORTHY, AFFORDABLE. Chris came to my rescue after a visit from Mr. Rooter (Oakland/​Berkeley) was going to charge me $ 2355 to clean out my clogged sewer line (they said I needed a new outside clean out access before they could complete the job because their snake could not completely clean out the roots and they needed this access to use their camera and to «hydro scrub» the line…)
Luckily, Chris called at the right time as i was getting the Mr. Rooter estimate, and I ended up sending them away. Chris came a few hours later and charged me $ 95 to use an old fashioned snake to clean out my sewer line of ALL the roots, all in less than one hour and used the sewer access line that was available (so I didn’t need a new access pipe, after all). I really appreciated his straight forward, honest plumbing services. CALL THIS MAN FOR YOUR CLOGGED DRAINS! HIGHLY, HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!! THANK YOU, CHRIS!

Chris was punctual, efficient and reasonably priced. He cleared a messy line and advised me on how to maintain it so that it doesn’t back up again. I liked the fact that he only cleans sewer lines and drains — so no sales hype about other services. Highly recommended !!

This man deserves 10 stars for his old school expertise – you just don’t find people with this kind of know how. Our shower had a slow drain due to a clog. We called a plumber and a team of 2 plumbers spent 3 days trying to unclog it. They broke their drain snake in our shower and then said we needed to give them $ 800 to have all of our pipes replaced. Well, we told them we didn’t feel comfortable with that, paid them $ 100 for NOT being able to unclog our drain, and sent them packing. If they couldn’t unclog a drain, we certainly didn’t trust them to replace all of our pipes. After checking Unilocal,we found Chris — a clog specialist! He got the clog out in 20minutes!!!

Before a friend of mine told me about Chris, I suffered through too many incompetent plumbers and purported drain/​rooter services who wanted to sell me snake oil remedies that were just overpriced bootleg drano, who couldn’t figure out how to actually snake the sewer line, and/​or who insisted that they needed to put a camera down the line and replace the entire pipe. I now have a collection of receipts for the yearly unclogging services of Chris’ Quality. As long as I remember to call Chris every year, I don’t have to worry about raw sewage bubbling out the outflow outside the house, or worse, all over the bathroom floor or into the bathtub. hallelujah. Plus, I love chatting.

Sorry to be redundant, but I feel I must chime in about how great his service is.
Chris is:
*competent and knowledgeable
*thoroughly professional
*very responsive when emergencies arise
*a straight-​shooter
*personable
*reliable
*good value for the money
About our situation:
Chris has been snaking our sewer line annually for years. Our property lot was subdivided and we share a Y-​split sewer line with our neighbors. The sewer line comes from the street a few feet onto our property, then splits in a Y and goes off to our neighbor and to us. Unfortunately, if our neighbor flushes a paper towel that has lipstick on it, we are the house at lower elevation and things back up into our garden. Similarly, if we don’t periodically snake the tree roots that make their way in, there could be trouble. It’s cheaper to snake yearly than to replace the remaining segment that wasn’t trenchlessly replaced when we had some other trenchless replacement work done.
Really glad we found out about him.

Chris has been our go-​to guy for clean-​outs since we moved to our current home in Oakland 14 years ago. We never even thought that the sloping hillside that’s covered with trees, grass and vines would harm our sewer line. Unfortunately, those tenacious roots creep into the line any way they can, and Chris is the guy who keeps them at bay.
Every spring we give him a call and he comes over and does about an hour’s work cleaning things out for us. As Unilocaler Matt K says, use Chris instead of getting your sewer replaced. That’s sound advice.
Chris is reliable, well-​priced and a genuinely good guy. Highly recommended.

Chris is honest, straightforward, efficient and the best value you will find in the Bay Area for sewer cleaning and maintenance.
I have him on my calendar for yearly cleanouts. Instead of spending 5 grand on a sewer replacement, just use Chris if you can. It will take a LONG time to make up the difference.

I’ve been a plumbing contractor in the East Bay for 30 years and when it comes to drain cleaning… yeecckk — I refuse this kind of service to even my best customers. Why? Because Chris Utter is there to take care of them and I give out his phone number ad nauseum.
He talks A LOT, but he’s very entertaining and in the long run, he wants to get to know you, or at least find out a little more about you because you’re his customer and he’s fascinated about anything that has to do with people.
I love Chris, but don’t ask him to do anything but drain cleaning. That’s his forte and he sticks to it. He clears clogged drains that others can’t.

You are expecting 100 guests and then your plumbing stops up — so you are frantic. If you want a plumber with a clip board and a megawatt smile this is not your guy. This guy, Chris Utter, is a throw back to trades people who knew what they were doing but did not pay any mind to client hand holding. He even cusses under his breath. But he is very reliable, charges an honest $ 95 per hour and gets great results in quick time. Other plumbers hire him. No storefront — just him and his truck.