Hydro Jetting in San Pedro, CA

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What Hydro Jetting Handles

A jetter pushes water at high pressure through a nozzle that cuts forward and scours backward, so the line comes clean along its full length:

• Scale in cast-iron drains — the crust that narrows fifty-year-old pipe to a fraction of its size

• Grease and soap in kitchen and restaurant lines — the buildup a cable slides through and leaves behind

• Root masses in clay sewer laterals — cut out at the joint, then the joint is checked on camera

• Sludge and sediment in low spots — where a sagging lateral on a sloped San Pedro lot lets solids settle

Is hydro jetting safe for old cast iron and clay?

It is when the pipe is sound, which is why we run a camera down the line first. Pressure is set for the pipe in front of us, and if the camera shows a crack, a collapse or a badly offset joint, we tell you that jetting is not the fix and what is. Nobody should jet a line they have not looked at.

Snaking or jetting — which one do I actually need?

Snaking is right for a single localized clog in an otherwise clear line. Jetting is right when the whole run is coated, which is what the recurring-clog pattern means. If we recommend jetting, it is because snaking would have you calling again in a month, and the estimate is free either way.