With ongoing use, your wastewater pipes and sewer line gradually develop heavy accumulations of debris. Things like silt, sand, hair, hard water minerals, and grease create thick coatings. These coatings decrease the interior diameter of pipes and slow the movement of wastewater. If you aren’t regularly scheduling drain and sewer line cleaning, you might develop problems like slow-moving drains, frequent clogs, foul drain odors, and drain gnat infestations. Worse still, if left unchecked, dirty drains and sewer lines often lead to whole-house backups.
Hydro jetting is a quick and minimally invasive drain cleaning treatment. Perfect for both correction and prevention, it sloughs off trapped waste and forces it toward the sewer main.
How Hydro Jetting Works
Plumbers perform hydro jetting by inserting heavy-duty hoses into plumbing clean-outs or other access points. These hoses send pressurized water into plumbing systems at pressure levels as high as 4,500 pounds per square inch (psi). This is powerful enough to lift off hard water minerals, break through invasive tree roots, and eliminate greasy buildup. All the debris removed during these treatments moves on to the municipal sewer system.
Hydro Jetting Isn’t for All Plumbing Systems
Due to the substantial pressure and force applied during a hydro-jetting treatment, these services aren’t ideal for all pipes, plumbing systems, or plumbing problems. Old pipes, weak pipes, and certain pipe materials could develop cracks, ruptures, or other structural damage. Thus, before hydro jetting your sewer line or drains, plumbers will use a sewer line camera and other diagnostic tools to assess your pipes’ condition.
How Hydro Jetting Helps
There are multiple ways to clean dirty drains and sewer lines. Many of the top methods use powerful, mechanized tools like electrically powered drain augers and drain snakes. These tools drill into and pierce through solid obstructions. This way, plumbers can either break them up into small, passable pieces or lift them out. However, mechanized drain cleaning can also pierce through pipe materials in aging plumbing systems or scratch off protective pipe coatings. Moreover, although mechanized drain cleaning opens pipe interiors, it rarely leaves pipe walls squeaky-clean.
Hydro jetting eliminates the need to cut into drywall or unearth blocked sewer pipes in instances in which mechanized drain cleaning is either unsuitable or ineffective. For certain plumbing systems, it’s also the best choice for preserving the structural integrity of pipes, sewer lines, and connected fixtures. With hot, high-pressure water, hydro jetting doesn’t just force blockages out. It also eliminates pathogenic biofilm and puts an end to drain odors.
Hydro Jetting Is Environmentally Friendly
Hydro jetting can leave your drains and sewer line pristine. Best of all, it can do so without the use of sanitizing chemicals or other solutions that might cause soil, groundwater, or wastewater contamination. With hydro jetting, you can take good care of your plumbing system, resolve major and recurring blockages, and protect the environment.
To keep waste and wastewater moving toward the sewer mains in Fountain Valley, CA, schedule annual drain cleaning via hydro jetting by Carlson Plumbing.
