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, jetting services, septic tank services, evaluating drainage systems, locating various drain pipe systems, and locating private utilities, both inside and outside. Our team employs a high-tech camera system, producing a video for the property owner, allowing you to view what we see. You can also view it with us on our monitor and will receive your own flash drive that can be used on most computers.

Our camera reveals blockages, fractures, barriers, disconnections, as well as any additional internal problems concerning drainage. It provides depth measurements, footage, along with timestamps. In many instances, we can trace it from inside your home to the outside until its termination, documenting every section. Our technology can find almost any drainage system you may not be familiar with.

Our technology identifies the sewer access points buried in your yard, septic tanks, and locations of dry wells.

Fred Ruff, originally from Baltimore, has been serving the Baltimore and Harford County area for over 25 years. In his extensive plumbing career, Fred is skilled in septic, sewer, and drain inspection, identifying sewer lines, locating utilities, drain maintenance, grease management, video inspections of sewer lines, high-pressure water jetting, and much more. In addition, Fred serves as a City Fire Chief. Whatever his role, Fred’s main goal is to serve his community and help others. As a small business owner, Fred values hard work, honesty, and integrity. He strives to provide his customers with fair prices and exemplary work, whether the job is big or small. You can’t trust just anyone with your home, but you can count 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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