- Service
- Hydro Jetting
- Category
- Drains and sewers
- Where
- Newmarket and nearby York Region
- Booking
- By telephone
Clues that point to hydro jetting
Jetting is not the first tool for every clog. It earns its place when the same line has been cabled and has clogged again within months, or when a camera shows the pipe walls coated thickly with fat or mineral scale. Kitchen branches in busy households, long horizontal basement runs and laterals with fine root hair are the usual candidates.
- Repeated clogs in the same kitchen or laundry line
- Grease visible on the camera along the whole run
- Fine root hairs after the main roots were cut
- Sand or silt in a basement floor drain line
Our method, in order
- We confirm the line is sound with a camera, because high-pressure water should not be pushed into a broken or badly offset pipe.
- A hose carrying a backward-aimed nozzle enters through a cleanout. Its backward jets drag the hose along while they scour the pipe walls.
- We work slowly back toward the opening, flushing loosened material down to the Town sewer.
- A second camera pass shows the result.
Bench note
Jetting uses a fair amount of water, all of which goes down your drain. We keep the work tidy and check that fixtures and floor drains are clear before we start.
Newmarket houses and this job
Cast iron in the older parts of town needs a gentler nozzle and lower pressure than modern plastic, especially where the camera shows thin spots or heavy tuberculation. We set the machine for the pipe, not the other way round.
Access matters as well. Many newer homes have a convenient cleanout near the front wall of the basement. In some older homes the only access is through a floor drain or a toilet flange, which can limit what a jetter can do. We look first and explain the options.
Jetting compared with cabling
| Cable | Jetter | |
|---|---|---|
| Best for | Solid single blockages | Coated or scaled pipe walls |
| Cleans full pipe wall | Partly | Yes |
| Suitable for fragile pipe | With care | Only at low pressure |
When to call us
If one drain has needed clearing more than twice in a year, call and ask whether jetting makes sense. Sometimes it does, and sometimes the honest answer is a repair.
Phoned-in questions
Is hydro jetting safe for my pipes?
On sound pipe, yes. That is why we inspect first and adjust pressure for older materials.
How long do results last?
Much longer than cabling alone, often years for a grease line if habits at the sink change too.