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Sewage Backup Cleanup in Clovis
Clovis is its own city with its own sewer utility and three distinct housing stocks — Old Town's older homes, the big subdivisions that climbed north, and rural acreage running toward the foothills. Each one backs up for different reasons.
Houses and sewer lines in Clovis
Old Town Clovis homes — the streets around the historic core — include early and mid-20th-century houses, some on raised foundations, with laterals of the same vintage as Fresno's old neighborhoods: clay and cast iron that have had decades to shift, crack, and collect roots. The subdivisions built from the 1980s onward sit on slab foundations with plastic laterals, which resist roots far better but still block with grease and wipes. Out on the acreage east and northeast of town, properties may run long private laterals to the street, and some outlying parcels use septic systems rather than city sewer — a septic backup has the same cleanup needs with a different fix at the end.
Cleanup calls we see in Clovis
- Old Town backups after the first big rain — aged clay laterals that take on groundwater, then surcharge into the lowest bathroom.
- Subdivision shower-drain backups — grease-and-wipe blockages in newer homes, presenting first in the lowest shower or tub.
- Long-lateral problems on acreage — a blockage far from the house that backs up the whole system, with the cause documented for the repair.
- Rental and multi-unit cleanups — documented scopes that separate tenant damage from building damage for owners.
Good to know in Clovis
Clovis runs its own city services, including its sewer system, separate from Fresno's — which matters for who is responsible when a blockage sits in the city main versus your lateral. As in Fresno, the lateral from the house to the main is the property owner's side. Cleanup through this site is quoted on the same published ranges, and the contractor documents the cause so the responsibility conversation is based on findings, not guesses.
Prices: the same published ranges apply here — roughly $7–$15+ per square foot of affected area; small single-room jobs around $2,000–$3,000; multi-room jobs $7,000–$15,000. See the full cost guide.