Our Work
Every Photo Here Is Ours
No stock images anywhere on this site. Our crew photographs its field work as standard practice — for landlord documentation, and honestly because some of it is too good not to share. A selection:
🗡️ The sword in the toilet
The complaint was mild — "flushes, but gurgles." The camera said otherwise: something long lying across the drain. Out came an arm-length antique sword, rusted solid. Nobody knows how. The toilet survived without a scratch, which we remain proud of.
🎧 The wireless earbud
Off the shirt collar, into the bowl, mid-flush — the modern classic. The owner did the smart thing: stopped flushing immediately and called. Located with a micro camera, recovered by suction. If this just happened to you, stop flushing now and text us.
🌸 The perfume bottle
A glass perfume bottle in the trap of a nearly-new toilet. Glass means no pushing, no forcing — one crack and you are buying a toilet. Located precisely, gripped, extracted; the toilet stayed on its flange the whole time.
🧊 The frozen sewer line
A −15°C week froze an exposed outdoor drain line solid, and everything the building flushed had nowhere to go but back. Thawed with steam, cleared, then insulated so the next cold wave passes without an encore.
🧈 Years of grease, gone
This pipe had been "unclogged" many times — a hole poked through the grease, which sealed again within months. High-pressure jetting stripped the buildup off the wall itself. The before/after is the whole argument for doing it right once.
🍳 The villa kitchen that gave up
A Sadang villa kitchen, draining slower every year until it stopped. The flex-shaft cutter came back wrapped in decades of hardened grease. Full-flow test at the end: the sink emptied faster than the tap could fill it.
🚿 The studio double-clog
A one-room studio where the bathroom floor drain and sink blocked together — one shared line, one shared clog. Cleared from the right access point, both fixtures back at once. Typical for studios; usually a single job, not two.
🚽 Cleared without lifting the toilet
Another company had quoted a full toilet removal. The auger and camera said the clog was reachable in place. Twenty minutes, no removal, no new wax ring, no re-silicone — and the price of a clearing, not a reinstallation.
Our Korean-language blog and main site carry years more of documented work: nearplumb.com →