Family owned since 1960  |  Serving 23 Ohio counties Open 24 hours, 7 days
Darr's Cleaning, Inc. Hydrovac, storm, sewer and septic.
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The vacuum tube of a Darr's Cleaning combination truck running down into an open sewer manhole at sunrise, traffic cones set around the opening, a marina behind
Septic • Sewer • Wastewater • Hydroexcavation

Liquid Waste & Sewer Services

Septic systems, sanitary and storm sewers, wastewater service, and hydrovac excavation. Specialized equipment and experienced crews, operating in Ohio since 1960.

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Hydrovac excavation built for contractors →

A liquid waste and sewer infrastructure contractor. Not a janitorial or building cleaning service.

HomeownersBusinessesMunicipalities Utility & Pipeline ContractorsGeneral Contractors
What We Do

Septic, Sewer & Wastewater Services

Liquid waste and sewer infrastructure work since 1960, for homeowners, businesses, municipalities, and contractors alike.

Vacuum tanker pumping a septic tank

Septic System Service

Pumping, maintenance, camera inspection and locating for residential and commercial systems.

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A Darr's Cleaning high-pressure jetting trailer, its hose reel, water tanks, engine and pump on a twin-axle frame, parked above Lake Erie

Sewer & Wastewater

High-pressure jetting and cleaning for sanitary and storm systems.

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A Darr's Cleaning crew member working the hose reel of the Jet-Vac combination unit at a roadside opening

Jet-Vac / Vactor

Combination jet and vacuum units for mains, catch basins, lift stations, and wet wells.

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A Darr's Cleaning box truck lettered with the Clyde address and toll-free number, parked at the loading dock of a large research facility

Camera Inspection

Color pan-and-tilt inspection with documented condition reporting.

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Crew member feeding a locating rod into an access hole

Sewer Locating

Electronic locating so crews know exactly where to dig before excavation.

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Vacuum truck working a downtown storm sewer

Stormwater

Catch basin and storm system maintenance that keeps inlets flowing. Emergency service 24 hours.

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Full service list
Hydroexcavation • Hydrovac

Dig With Precision.
Protect What's Below.

Hydroexcavation combines pressurized water with high-capacity vacuum recovery. The water cuts the soil, the vacuum removes it to the tank, and what is buried stays intact. It is how you open ground you cannot risk putting a bucket into.

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    Precise ExcavationControlled cutting to the depth and footprint the scope calls for.
  • 02
    Utility ExposureExpose gas, electric, fiber, and water lines before the dig starts.
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    Reduced DisruptionSmaller openings and spoil recovered to the tank, not spread across the site.
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    Infrastructure AccessReach buried assets in tight, paved, or congested corridors.
Utility lines exposed intact inside a hydroexcavated pit Daylighted utilities, intact
Applications

Where Hydrovac Earns Its Keep

Eight ways contractors and utilities put our vacuum excavation to work. See how each one works →

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Potholing / Daylighting

Expose a buried line at a specific point to confirm depth and alignment.

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Utility Locating & Exposure

Verify locates in the ground before excavation or boring begins.

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Trenching

Clean, narrow slot trenches where a mechanical bucket is too coarse.

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Pipeline Work

Expose and access pipeline segments for inspection, tie-ins, and repair.

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Pole & Sign Excavation

Clean holes for poles, signs, and posts in congested right-of-way.

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Infrastructure Projects

Municipal and utility programs where buried assets are unmapped or dense.

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Debris Removal

Vacuum recovery of spoil, slurry, sludge, and sediment from the work area.

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Tight & Sensitive Areas

Excavation around root systems, foundations, and finished surfaces.

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For Contractors & Utilities

Need a Partner for an Upcoming Project?

Send us the scope and we will come back with a quote. If you are building a subcontractor list for the season, add us now so we are in the system when the work is released.

Estimators, project managers, and utility teams: attach drawings, bid documents, or a locate map and we will review before we price it.

Since 1960Established operator
24 / 7Always open
23 countiesOhio service area
Full serviceSeptic through hydrovac
Bid and Project Documents

Send drawings, bid documents and locate maps to sales@darrscleaning.com with the project name. Submit this form first and we will match them up.

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Fleet & Capabilities

Equipment Built for Demanding Infrastructure Work

Vacuum excavation, combination jet and vac units, camera trucks, locating gear, and tankers. All run in house.

Darr's Cleaning, Inc. fleet lined up at the yard: vacuum trucks, jetters, camera inspection unit and support vehicles
The FleetVacuum trucks, jetters, camera units, and support vehicles, all owned and run in house.
Darr's truck on a residential street during a sewer smoke test
Smoke TestingLocates breaks, illegal taps, and infiltration.
Tanker truck pumping a septic system after dark
Vacuum TankersLiquid waste pumping and hauling, scheduled or after hours.
Our trucks & teams
Customer Record

Repeat Work Since 1960

★★★★★

Always very professional, quick to respond to phone calls. Prices are reasonable. Helpful as giving suggestions to the owner.

Karen P. • March 2026
★★★★★

Always professional and show up when they say they are going to be here! We have been customers for 20+ years and have always been 100% happy with the service!

Jodi G. • January 2026
★★★★★

We had quite the situation with our septic tank … They saved the day! The person answering the phone understood completely and got someone out to our house that day.

Rosemary C. • Septic emergency
Established 1960

Serving Ohio Since 1960

Darr's Cleaning, Inc. opened in 1960 as a furnace cleaning company and moved into liquid waste and sewer infrastructure. That history matters on a bid sheet: an established operator, owned equipment, and crews who have run this work through every kind of site condition.

  • Continuous operation since 1960, still family owned
  • Municipal, utility, commercial, and residential scopes under one contractor
  • Owned fleet: vacuum excavation, Jet-Vac, camera, locating, tankers
  • Liquid waste and sewer infrastructure contractor
A Darr's Cleaning, Inc. tanker lettered Septic Tank Cleaning working at a treatment plant in the early years

From the Archive

Darr's trucks, crews, family and work across Ohio, from 1960 onward.

Harold Darr holding one of his sons beside a truck lettered Harold E. Darr and Sons, Clyde O.
Harold E. Darr and Sons, Clyde, Ohio
A printed notice reading: in addition to Furnace Cleaning, now I am also cleaning Septic Tanks. Call collect Clyde 547-1884, Harold E. Darr
The notice that started the second business
An early Darr’s truck lettered Dyna-Vac Furnace Cleaning
The Dyna-Vac furnace cleaning truck
An early Darr’s truck lettered furnace, sewer and septic tank cleaning
Furnace, sewer and septic, all on one truck
A Darr’s tanker lettered Septic Tank Cleaning working alongside treatment plant basins
Septic tank cleaning at a treatment plant
A red and white Darr’s Cleaning tanker with both phone numbers on the door
A pump truck on a call, hose run out across the yard
Crew digging around a septic lid in the snow with a Septic Tank Cleaning tanker behind
Lifting a septic lid in the snow, with a small helper
Three Darr’s crew members standing beside a box truck at the yard
Three of the crew outside the shop
A small child standing on the step of a Darr’s Cleaning truck, dated June 1985
The next generation, June 1985
Where we work

23 Ohio Counties

Working out of Clyde, in Sandusky County, across northwest and west central Ohio.

Map of Ohio with the twenty-three counties Darr's Cleaning serves shaded in red, running across the northwest and west central part of the state, and the yard marked at Clyde in Sandusky County. Every county is also named in the list on this page.
Counties we serve Sandusky, our yard Rest of Ohio
AllenAuglaizeCarrollCrawfordDefiance ErieFultonHancockHardinHenry HuronLucasMercerOttawaPaulding PutnamSandusky Our yardSenecaShelbyVan Wert WilliamsWoodWyandot

Near the edge of this list? Call and ask. We travel for the right job.

What Can We Help You With?

Septic and sewer service for homes and businesses, or hydrovac and infrastructure work for contractors and municipalities. Two routes, one contractor.

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Prefer to talk it through? Call 419-547-0410 or toll free 1-800-541-DARR, or email sales@darrscleaning.com.