Service
Hydro Jetting
High-pressure water cleaning that scours the full circumference of a drain, removing grease, scale and root growth rather than boring a channel through it.
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- Price agreed before work
- A plumber who works your area
A hole through it, or the wall cleaned
This is the whole distinction, and it explains why some drains are slow again a month after being cleared.
A cable drives through a blockage mechanically. Flow returns immediately, which feels like the job is done. But where the problem is years of grease or scale coating the inside of the pipe, what the cable has made is a channel through the middle of the deposit. The deposit is still there and the channel closes.
Jetting directs high-pressure water at the pipe wall itself, scouring the full circumference back toward the original bore.
So the useful question is how long the last clearing lasted. Weeks points at coating and argues for jetting. A year or more points at a one-off blockage, where cabling is the cheaper and entirely correct answer.
Look before you jet
The force involved is real, and that cuts both ways.
On sound pipe it removes what cabling cannot. On a line that is already corroded thin, cracked, or holding together in spite of a defect, it can convert a restriction into a failure.
That is why a camera run comes first on anything old or of unknown condition. It is a short job and it is the difference between a cleaned line and an unplanned excavation.
Does this sound familiar?
Problems this service solves
- A line that slows again quickly after cabling
- Years of grease built up on a kitchen or restaurant line
- Mineral scale narrowing a drain in a hard-water area
- Root growth that keeps returning after cutting
- A commercial line that has never been properly cleaned
Signs you need hydro jetting
If more than one of these is true, the problem is usually past the point a plunger or a store-bought cleaner will fix.
- Cabling restores flow for weeks rather than months
- The line is slow along its whole length rather than at one point
- A camera shows coating on the pipe wall rather than an obstruction
- The property is a food business with recurring blockages
What to expect
How the visit works
Camera first on older pipe
Jetting applies real force. On a line that may be corroded, cracked or already weak, the camera comes first so the pipe is not turned from restricted into failed.
Choose the nozzle
Different nozzles do different jobs: cutting roots, stripping grease and flushing sediment are not the same task and not the same head.
Scour the full bore
Water at high pressure cleans the whole circumference back toward the pipe's original diameter, rather than opening a channel through the middle.
Camera afterwards
A second run confirms the pipe is actually clean and shows any defect that the build-up had been hiding.
What's included
What you get on every job, whoever we send.
- The pipe wall cleaned, not just a channel opened
- A camera check before jetting anything old or suspect
- Nozzle matched to grease, scale or roots
- Verification afterwards rather than an assurance
Questions
Hydro Jetting questions
What is the difference between jetting and cabling?
A cable is mechanical: it drives through the blockage and breaks it up, restoring flow quickly. It is the right first tool for most blockages. Jetting uses high-pressure water through a directional nozzle to scour the full circumference of the pipe. Where the problem is a coating on the pipe wall rather than an object in the way, cabling bores a hole through it and jetting removes it.
Can hydro jetting damage my pipes?
It can, on the wrong pipe, which is why a camera should come first on anything old. The force is substantial, and a line that is already corroded thin, cracked or partly collapsed can be turned from restricted into failed. On sound pipe it is safe and effective. A plumber who wants to jet an old line without looking at it first is taking a risk with your pipe, not theirs.
Is jetting worth the extra cost over cabling?
It depends what is wrong. For a one-off blockage caused by an object or a wad of material, cabling is quicker and cheaper and there is no reason to jet. For a line that has been slowing for years because grease or scale has coated the wall, cabling gives you a few weeks and jetting gives you the pipe back. The clue is how quickly the last clearing stopped working.
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