Hydro Jetting in Troy

Hydro jetting Troy NY drains get uses high pressure water to scour grease, scale and roots from drain and sewer lines. It cleans the whole pipe wall, not just a hole through the clog, so repeat backups stop. Call us, and a plumber will camera the line first to make sure your pipe can take it.

We jet lines for homeowners, landlords and restaurant owners across the city and nearby towns. If you are not sure jetting is the right fix, start with regular drain cleaning in Troy and a camera look.

• Camera check first. The plumber looks for cracks, crushed spots and roots before any water goes in.
• Jetting from the cleanout. The right nozzle goes on: a root cutter, a grease head or a scale head.
• Flushing debris. Grease, sludge and root bits wash down to the city main.
• A second camera pass. You see the clean pipe on screen.
• Video for your records. Handy for landlords, buyers and your next plumber.

A typical home main line takes two to three hours from the first camera pass to the last.

• Heavy grease loads. Restaurants on River Street and Broadway, plus apartment buildings with many kitchens, send a lot of grease down one line.
• Scaled cast iron. Old cast iron in homes built before 1940 grows rough scale that catches waste and narrows the pipe.
• Two kitchens, one line. Two family homes run both kitchens into one drain, so it clogs more often than a single family house.
• When snaking keeps failing. A cable opens a path, but the grease and scale stay behind. Jetting removes them.
• Old trees, old laterals. Mature street trees send roots into clay joints, and a root cutting nozzle trims them back to the pipe wall.

• Main sewer laterals from the house to the street. Sewer jetting Troy homeowners ask for clears roots and sludge in one pass.
• Kitchen lines in multi family buildings where grease builds up between units. One jetting visit can serve every apartment on the stack.
• Restaurant grease lines. Grease line jetting restaurant Troy owners schedule keeps them open during busy weekends.
• Storm and yard drains clogged with leaves, sand and silt after fall cleanup. Jetting flushes them clear without digging up the yard.
• Basement floor drains that fill with sediment and slow to a crawl. A small jet nozzle clears the trap and the line beyond it.
• Scaled cast iron stacks, cleaned with care. Cast iron pipe descaling brings back much of the pipe's full width.

Snaking punches a hole through the clog, while jetting cleans the whole pipe. Here is how the two compare side by side.

These are the jetting calls that come up most in Troy and nearby towns, and each one started with a camera.

• Restaurant kitchen line on a busy block, jetted after closing. Years of fat had cut the pipe opening in half.
• Root removal sewer jetting where a maple had grown into three clay joints. The roots came out in one pass, and the owner kept the video.
• Two family home with grease clogs every few months. Jetting plus a strainer in each kitchen ended the cycle.

Can hydro jetting damage pipes? It can if the pipe is already cracked, crushed or rusted paper thin.

• The camera check comes first, every time.
• Cracked clay or crushed sections go to repair instead.
• Thin cast iron gets low pressure or a cable instead.
• Old joints and offsets are watched on camera during jetting, so the plumber can stop if anything shifts.

If the pipe cannot take jetting, you get the video and an honest look at repair options instead.

• Good pipe at the right pressure handles jetting safely, whether cast iron, clay or PVC.