Drain Chief

★★★★★ 5.0 / 5 (8)
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: Forest Hill, MD 21050
: (443) 250-0304
: http://drainchief.com

Company Overview

Focusing on drain cleaning, hydro jetting, sewage systems, inspecting drainage systems, locating various drain pipe systems, and locating private utilities, whether indoors or outdoors. Our team employs a state-of-the-art camera and locating technology, offering a video presentation to the client, ensuring you can see everything we observe. You can join us in viewing it on our display and you’ll get your own USB stick that works with most devices.

The camera displays clogs, breaks, impediments, gaps, as well as any additional internal problems concerning drainage. The system offers depth information, footage, with time stamps. In many instances, we can track it from within your house to the outside until the exit point, noting every part of it. Our technology can find almost any drainage system you may not be familiar with.

Our technology identifies those sewer cleanouts lost in your yard, septic systems, and locations of dry wells.

Fred Ruff, a Baltimore native, has been serving the Baltimore and Harford County community for over 25 years. With 25 years of plumbing expertise, Fred is skilled in the inspection of septic, sewer, and drainage systems, identifying sewer lines, locating utilities, drain cleaning, grease traps, sewer video inspections, water jetting, among other services. Fred balances his plumbing work with his role as a City Fire Chief. Regardless of his responsibilities, he is committed to helping his community. Being a small business owner, Fred understands the value of hard work, honesty, and integrity. He strives to provide his customers with fair prices and exemplary work, regardless of the job size. Your home deserves the best care, but you can rely on the Chief.

Business Services

  • Drain repair
  • Plumbing inspection
  • Plumbing installation or replacement
  • Plumbing repair
  • Sewer installation
  • Sewer repair

Business Location & Hours



Mon:7:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Tue:7:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Wed:7:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Thu:7:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Fri:7:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Sat:7:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Sun:7:00 AM - 9:00 PM

Recommended Customer Reviews

John C.
★★★★★

Good guy, got me out of several emergencies. Guy does what he says he would do, and on time. I will use him again.

River R.
★★★★★

I was referred to Fred by a plumber, it seems plumbers do not mess with clogs??? He diagnosed the problem over the phone and with a few of his recommendations I was able to resolve the issue myself. I offered to still have him come out so I could compensate him for his time and advise and he said that wasn't needed. So hard to find honest vendors in today's age, but he is one of them.

Jeffrey B.
★★★★★

We had moved into our house recently and did not know much about our septic system. We had water backing up into our basement, even though we had just had our septic tank pumped. Fred talked me through on the phone where to look for certain things that could help since he couldn't come by until the morning. When he came by, he talked me through everything and was very thorough until he found the problem. He was able to fix the problem and give me some guidance on what my next steps would be to prevent in the future. Highly recommend using Fred and Drain Chief.

Camila L.
★★★★★

After calling about 10 different companies and getting no answer or help at all I called Fred and in 10 min he told me what I had to do. He didn't provide any service because it was not necessary yet. Definitely we will give him a call in spring.

Call him and you won't regret, he's the one picking up the phone and he really knows what he's doing.

Wayde R.
★★★★★

Fred was great!He was prompt and thorough. He made sure he could find the problem. We're in an older home, and we had drain back up issues. He came out, looked in our lines, realized we had two mains that had severe blockage, jetted our lines, and we couldn't be happier! Highly recommend!

Colleen H.
★★★★★

Fred did some work for a contractor putting in my patio. So, I had him do a bid for putting a laundry tub in my basement. He had the best bid on the job and I had him put in the tub and fix a problem with my sink. He was very conscientious about doing a good job. He even called me about a week after he performed the work to make certain I wasn't having any problems. I know he focuses on sewer cleaning, inspections, and drain issues. I will certainly call him again for any of my plumbing needs.

Edith P.
★★★★★

Fred did not actually provide any services. However, I still felt the need to write them a good review. We had a leak in our new home in our well water system. We know NOTHING about well water stystems. It was late on a Sunday before a Holiday. He still returned my call and took the time to listen to our problem and advised us on what he thought the issue has and how to repair it. That kind of service is near impossible to come by! I will be contacting this company with any future plumbing needs!

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