What is a Rooter Plumbing?
To explain what rooter plumbing or rooter service means, firstly, we would need to dig deeper into what exactly the word “rooter” stands for. Historically, the term “rooter” came from the original begetter for clogged sewers, which were tree roots and other debris. Nowadays, a Rooter is a generic name used for a sewer-cleaning machine. Samuel Oscar Blanc, the inventor of first such machine (and the founder of well-known Roto-Rooter Company) was so upset and motivated by a stubborn clogged drain at his son’s apartment he rented in Iowa, that he was driven to find a better solution than digging up and cleaning the sewer line that stopped functioning because of tree roots invasion. He created a funny-looking sewer-cleaning machine from a washing machine motor, wheels from a child’s little red wagon and a 3/8″ steel cable. The device used a combination of sharp C-shaped blades which rotated and cut tree roots out of plumbing lines. This was the first known plumber’s snake – the “Roto-Rooter.” Thus, rooter service takes its name from the issue this device was originally created to address and is now a generic term used to describe a type of plumbing repairs that deal with clogged sewer lines or drains.
Rooter drain or water pipe problems are very common in Mississauga, Oakville, Vaughan, Markham, Guelph, Maple, Richmond Hill, Etobicoke, North York, Toronto and the rest of the GTA. If you are experiencing any signs of a clogged drain, like no drainage, gurgling noises, wastewater in your bathtub, shower or sink, or sewage backups, please contact Absolute Drain and Plumbing for a professional rooter plumbing service.
