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Hydro Jetting Sewer Line Clogged
Sewer Cleaning Real Estate Transactions
Sewer Inspections Storm Drains Clogged
Locates Roots in the Sewer Line
Residential and Commercial Restaurant Lines Backed Up De-Scaling Grease Build Up
What is Hydro Jetting?
Hydro Jetting is a method used to clean sewer lines. Its basically a big pressure washer. Some people refer to Hydro Jetting as the best way to clean a sewer line, but it depends on whats going on with the line. Hydro Jetting works great on grease and flushing out debris in the pipes. Most restaurants Hydro Jet their lines on a regular basis to flush out all of the grease so they don't have a back up. If you were to snake or cable a line filled with grease, it wouldn't do anything. The grease would fold right back in as you pulled the snake back out. Hydro Jetting is the best way to flush grease out. A lot of times sewer lines sag for a variety of reasons; they call this a belly. The problem with a belly is that solids collect in the belly and can create a clog. Hydro Jetting is the best way to flush this debris out. Snaking the line, would not flush the debris out. Hydro Jetting is also used to clear a tough clog. For example, a good portion of our business is from other Plumbers who can't clear a clog with a snake or cable. Jetting is very powerful and will blow through a clog where using a snake or cable don't work. We also have a 300 foot roll of hose on our trucks, usually snakes or cables are only 100 feet. We use different nozzles and different water pressures for different applications. Our machines push out a maximum of 12 gallons per minute with 3500 psi, and will clear and clean any 4 inch line. We always camera the sewer line before we start any type of cleaning. This will tell us what type of sewer pipe you have, and if there is any damage to the line that we need to be careful of. We usually take a before and after cleaning video of the line; it's always fun to see the before and after video.
A chain knocker is a tool to clean sewer lines. Its a few chains at the end of a rod, and they spin and clean the diameter of the pipe. The chains that we use, have carbide sharp tips on each link of the chains. They do an amazing job on roots or cast iron pipe. With clay pipe, its common for roots to get in through the joints. There is no better tool to remove roots than the chain knocker. With older homes or commercial properties, you have cast iron pipes. Scale or rust build up on cast iron pipe. The chain knocker will remove this scale from the pipe and there will piles of scale that come off of the pipe. Flushing this scale out of the pipe can sometimes be a challenge. We often have to follow up with the jetter to flush all of the scale out of the line. It depends on a variety of factors. For example, how long is the line, are there a few turns, its there a belly etc. If you are able to run water while you use the chain knocker, this is your best opportunity to flush most if not all of the debris out of the pipe. If there is still debris in the pipe after using the chain knocker, we use the jetter to flush out the remaining debris.
What is a Chain Knocker?
Snaking vs Hydro Jetting?
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Hands down, Hydro Jetting does a much better job cleaning your sewer line rather than snaking or using an auger. Hydro Jetting cleans the entire diameter of the line and flushes debris out of the sewer line. Snaking a line, basically just pokes a hole through the blockage. Although you can use a snake to remove roots in your line, Hydro Jetting will do a much better job. A lot of times when a homeowner has a backed up sewer line, the plumber comes out, pokes a hole through the blockage, the line drains, and he leaves. This does not solve the problem. For example, if you have clay pipes, roots get in through the joints, and if you don't have them cleaned out every couple of years or so, the roots establish themselves, split the pipe and do damage to your sewer line. So using a snake to poke a hole through the roots so that the line drains, really doesn't solve the problem. If you have grease, debris, or a belly (standing water) in the line, snaking the line won't do anything. Snaking a drain will not remove grease, sludge, or flush out a belly. Hydro Jetting will remove grease, sludge, debris and clean a sewer belly. Restaurants have their lines Hydro Jetted on a regular basis to remove grease and sludge, they do not have them snaked. The button below shows a line before and after cleaning, the line was full of roots.
One of the advantages of using us for a sewer scope or sewer inspection, is that if the line has debris, roots, or needs to cleaned before or after a sewer scope, we can Hydro Jet and clean the line on the spot. Sometimes sewer inspectors run into a clogged line, or a dirty line and they can not accurately see and inspect the pipe. They request that the homeowner have the line cleaned and he will come back to do his inspection (which means another charge). We also do not charge an additional fee if we have to remove a toilet to access the sewer line, or come back to clean the line.
The owner of the company has been a real estate investor and understands what it takes to get all parties to the closing table. It is important that the buyer clean and inspect the sewer line before you purchase a home. Repairing a sewer line is very expensive. It is also important that the seller clean the line before the buyer does their inspection. This will go a long way with the buyers inspection.
We are a newer, small, ethical company, with new state of the art equipment. Our prices can not be beat, along with our service. We are Certified Sewer Inspectors, licensed and insured, and carry these documents on all of our trucks. We offer free estimates, never a trip charge and if we don't solve your problem, there is no charge.