Palmer Township sits in Northampton County with a mix of 1950s ranch homes and newer subdivisions along the Route 33 corridor. Older sewer laterals under those streets often collect tree roots from the many maples and oaks that line Palmer Heights and the neighborhoods near Minsi Trail.
Winter freezes and spring downpours send water through the limestone soil straight into cracked clay pipes, creating the sudden backups residents see after heavy rain. Drainly Pro crews leave the Harrisburg shop at 682 S Front St early enough to reach Palmer before lunch and handle the most common calls: kitchen grease clogs, main-line root cutting and flooded basements along the lower elevations near the Lehigh River.
Customers in Palmer also ask about camera inspections before buying older homes near Charles Chrin Community Center and about keeping floor drains clear in garages that sit below street grade.
Around Palmer
We regularly work near:
- 📍Palmer Township Park
- 📍Charles Chrin Community Center
- 📍Palmer Heights neighborhood
- 📍Minsi Trail Park
- 📍Palmer Township Municipal Complex
Drain Cleaning in Palmer — Local Notes
- •Most Palmer homes built before 1970 still have clay or cast-iron laterals that crack where tree roots from street plantings push in every spring.
- •Route 33 and the nearby I-78 interchange can add an hour to travel time from Harrisburg during weekday rush hours, so same-day calls are booked first thing in the morning.
- •Heavy summer thunderstorms dump water faster than the township's older storm drains can carry it, pushing sewage back through basement floor drains on streets that slope toward the river.
- •Palmer Township requires a simple excavation permit only when a crew must dig in the right-of-way; most interior and cleanout work stays inside the property line and needs no extra paperwork.