General Pipe Cleaners - Drain Cleaning Equipment, Sewer Machines
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Gen-Eye X-POD Plus®
Sewer Inspection Camera
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Hot-Shot™
Thaws frozen pipes quickly
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Sewerooter T-4™
New Mid-Size Machine With More Muscle.
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Flexi-Rooter®
Next Generation Flex-Shaft Drain Cleaner
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Kinetic Water Ram®
Clear Clogs With Shock Action.
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JM-1000 Mini-Jet™
We included everything but the weight
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Reliability & Innovation

General Pipe Cleaners, a division of General Wire Spring Co., is a leading manufacturer of high quality American-made drain cleaning equipment. In business since 1930, our third generation family-owned company is celebrating more than 90 years of service to drain cleaning and plumbing professionals.

At the heart of our drain cleaning machines is the patented Flexicore cable. These remarkably effective and durable drain cleaning cables save you money because they last longer. Watch this video to learn what makes our Flexicore wire rope center cables so durable.

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Success Stories

“That machine is my friend.  And I go nowhere without my friend!” That’s Jeff Wall on the Mini-Rooter XP®, his favorite drain cleaning machine. “I’ve had it everywhere, on rooftops, in basements, in crawl spaces, in yards,” he laughs. “I’ve taken it…
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Jeff Wall Harwich, Massachusetts
“When I started my own business in the early ‘70’s, I became the third owner a second-hand General Sewermatic®,” Carl Helt recalls. “And I passed that drain cleaner to a fourth plumber – my brother-in-law.  For all I know it’s…
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Carl Helt MO
Plumbing runs in John Comerford Jr’s blood.  His grandfather and father were plumbers.  Now one of his sons is, too. “Our name is on our businesses,” Comerford says. “No one in my family has disgraced it yet – and I’m not…
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John Comerford Jr Cleveland, OH