From our base on 21st Avenue we roll north on I-65 into Schererville to clear main lines on blocks built between the 1950s and 1970s. Those post-war subdivisions off US 41 and Joliet Street still carry clay laterals that shift with the freeze-thaw cycles common along the Lake Michigan snow belt. We see the same root intrusion from silver maples planted when the neighborhoods were new, especially on the west side near the Dyer line.
Winter lake-effect snow loads push water into shallow yard drains along the US 30 corridor faster than the old 4-inch lines can carry it. Homeowners between Lake Central High School and the Town Hall often call after the first heavy melt because compacted snow and road salt create ice dams at the cleanouts. We keep the truck stocked with 100-foot cables and hydro-jetting gear sized for the 6-inch mains that serve the older plats east of Kennedy Avenue.
Summer thunderstorms dump heavy rain on the flat terrain between Schererville and Merrillville, overwhelming downspouts tied into the same sewer laterals. We route calls from the 46375 zip through the shop between 8 and 6 on weekdays so a tech can reach a backed-up kitchen line on Lincoln Highway before the next shift starts.
Around Schererville
We regularly work near:
- 📍Lake Central High School
- 📍Schererville Town Hall
- 📍Crossroads Park
- 📍Schererville Memorial Park
- 📍US 30 and US 41 intersection
- 📍The Shoppes at Schererville
Drain Cleaning in Schererville — Local Notes
- •Schererville lots west of US 41 often have mature silver maples whose roots reach the clay laterals laid in the 1960s; we pull root balls weekly on those streets.
- •Lake-effect snow followed by rapid thaw freezes shallow cleanouts along the western edge near the Merrillville border, requiring steam or jetting before the line can be snaked.
- •Many homes between Lake Central High School and US 30 still tie downspouts into the main sewer; a single heavy rain can back water into basements on the flatter blocks.
- •Access on the older plats off Joliet Street is tight between driveways, so we stage the jetter truck on the street and run 150-foot hoses rather than trying to back equipment onto the lot.