A technician clears the flat’s pipe with an electric cable through an open cleanout near the floor in a dark-tiled bathroom

Apartment drain uncloggingin Tbilisi

The bath and the sink both drain slowly, or it gurgles when you flush — the blockage is in the flat’s pipe. We clear it with an electric cable all the way to the shared stack. We arrive within an hour.

We quote the price right on the phone, before the visit

How to tell the blockage is in the flat’s pipe

Check in a minute — it decides what work is needed and what it costs.

  1. Several drains are slow at onceBoth the bath and the sink: the blockage is where their pipes have already joined.
  2. Water rises in the bath when you flushThe water has nowhere to go and looks for the nearest drain.
  3. The neighbours are fineAnd water doesn’t appear when you aren’t using it. So the shared stack is clear.

If it’s different: only one fixture is blocked — the blockage is at that fixture, a simpler and cheaper job. Water comes up on its own when the neighbours drain theirs — the shared stack is blocked. Toilet →Kitchen sink →Bathtub and floor drain →Central riser →

When to call right away, not in the morning

Water rises in the bath with every drain, is already on the floor or may leak to the neighbours below — call right away. We arrive within an hour, at night too. We quote the price on the phone.

Until the technician arrives: don’t use water — no sink, bath or toilet: whatever you drain comes out of the lowest drain. If water is already on the floor, mop it up and put down rags.

More about emergency call-outs →

How much apartment drain unclogging costs

No "from" and no range — the price of a standard case, and right away you see what can change it. What we tell you on the phone is what you can check here.

Base prices

Standard case, daytime

Flat’s pipe up to the shared stackone price for the whole job, not a sum per fixture
350 ₾
One fixture: sink, kitchen sink or bath
200 ₾
One fixture: toilet
250 ₾
Call-out with inspection, if it can't be judged over the phonecounted towards the cost of the work
70 ₾

What changes the price

Evening (18–22)
+25%
Night (22–9)
+50%

Weekends cost the same as weekdays. We round the total down to the nearest 10 ₾.

Rules

The price depends only on the work, not on your home. On site the price changes only by a line of this table, and only before work starts.

Included: inspection, cable clearing of the pipe through the toilet, a cleanout or the bath outlet, and a check of every drain.

Not included: opening a boxed-in pipe or tiles if there is no other way in, or replacing pipes — we quote that before starting.

We need electricity and water on site — for the electric cable machine and to test the drain.

Full price list

Why you can call us

  • Everything in writing before we leave

    We send the technician's name, time and price on WhatsApp. Written down means it doesn't change.
  • Blocked again — we come back free

    If the blockage returns within 3 days after cleaning.
  • The right equipment for the job

    Every technician has an electric cable machine; the jetting unit and vacuum truck handle the hard cases.
  • We know Tbilisi buildings

    Cast iron in old buildings and plastic in new ones — different blockages and different work.
  • Nights and weekends — no surprises

    At the rate from the price table, named before work starts.

From the call to a clear pipe

  1. You call or writewe find out where and what is blocked
  2. We name the price on the phonefor your case, not “from”
  3. A technician arrives within an hourwith the equipment
  4. Inspection on siteif it's as you described, the price stays the same
  5. We clean and test the drainin front of you

Why the flat’s pipe gets blocked

A blockage builds up for months and shows itself in one evening. Here is what we find most often.

  • Wet wipes and tamponsWhat we pull out most often: they don’t break down and catch on the first bend.
  • Kitchen greaseCools in the horizontal pipe and narrows it.
  • Hair and soap from the bathroomRoll into a rope that collects everything else.
  • Too little slope after a renovationWater stands, and sediment builds up faster.
  • Old cast-iron branchesIn older buildings, deposits grow on the rough walls.

Where your pipe ends

Everything up to the shared stack is yours: traps, the toilet and the pipe under the floor or in a box. You pay for clearing it.

The stack itself is shared: the floor with the blockage and every floor above pay for it. On the phone we ask about the signs and tell you whose case it is.

Cutaway of an apartment block: sinks, bathtubs and toilets on each floor, a shared riser through all floors, an outlet from the basement to a manhole in the yard
  1. TrapUnder the sink and bathtub, the first to catch grease and hair.
  2. BranchThe pipe from a fixture to the shared riser; a blockage at one point.
  3. Shared riserThe shared pipe of the entrance; water comes up at the neighbours below.
  4. OutletFrom the basement to the yard, to the city sewer.

Tip: grease and wipes go in the bin, not down the drain — that way the flat’s pipe lasts for years.

Frequently asked

How much does it cost to clear a blockage in a flat?

350 ₾ for the whole job up to the shared stack, however many drains are blocked. Evenings (18–22) +25%, nights (22–9) +50%, weekends as weekdays. We give the total on the phone before we come.

How do I tell if the blockage is mine or in the shared stack?

If water rises on its own when you aren’t using it, the shared stack is blocked. If only when you drain, it’s your pipe. Not sure — describe it on the phone and we’ll tell you.

Why is it more than clearing a sink?

The blockage is further and deeper: it takes a long cable and a check of every drain, not one. But the price is single — 350 ₾ for the whole pipe, however many drains are blocked.

Do you need to open a boxed-in pipe or tiles?

Usually not: we go in through the toilet or a cleanout. If there is no other way, we tell you and quote the price before starting.

The blockage came back — what now?

If within 3 days of the cleaning — call and we come back for free. If later, we find out why it returns and tell you how to avoid it.

Drain cleaning van with a hose reel next to an open manhole, Tbilisi in the evening

Blockage in the flat? Call — we quote the price right away

A technician arrives within an hour. At night and on weekends too.