Catch basin, trench drain & parking lot drainage cleaning for NJ commercial & residential properties. Silt removal, jetting & inspection.
Catch basins and trench drains do their work invisibly — collecting stormwater, settling out silt and debris, and passing clean flow downstream — until the sump fills, the grate mats over with leaves, and your parking lot becomes a pond with your tenants' cars in it.
Drain Master NJ cleans private catch basins, trench and channel drains, and the connecting storm lines for commercial properties, HOAs and homeowners across Northern New Jersey.
We remove the grate, dig out the accumulated silt, leaves and debris filling the sump, jet the inlet and outlet lines so the whole run flows, and inspect the basin structure — cracked walls, failed mortar joints and undermined frames are cheap to catch early and expensive to ignore. Flow testing with a hose or hydrant confirms the system before we button it up.
Driveway trench drains, loading dock channels and garage-entry drains collect exactly what vehicles carry in: grit, litter, leaves and oil-bound sediment that compacts like mortar. We clear the channel, jet the discharge line, and get water moving to daylight or the storm system the way the installer intended.
The two dates that matter: after leaf-fall (November) so basins enter winter empty, and before spring storm season (March–April) so snowmelt and April rain have somewhere to go. Commercial clients typically put basins on one- or two-visit annual schedules with documented service records — cheap insurance against the slip-and-fall puddle and the flooded-tenant call.
Everywhere in New Jersey — all 21 counties across North, Central and South Jersey, with local crews in each region. Popular service areas:
Most private basins need annual service; heavily treed or high-traffic properties benefit from twice yearly (post-leaf-fall and pre-spring).
If it's on private property — parking lot, driveway, rear yard — yes. Only basins in the public right-of-way are municipal.
The blockage is in the discharge line downstream of the channel. Jetting that buried run restores capacity — the grate is just the visible one percent of the system.
Yes — dated documentation for every basin and line serviced, ready for your property file.
Flat-rate pricing • 30–90 minute response • Pay only when your clog's gone
Pay only when your clog's gone. 30–90 minute response anywhere in New Jersey.
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