The pressure
Where cable cuts a channel, jetting takes the wall back
High-pressure water clears tough clogs and heavy buildup that a cable will not hold off for long. Environmentally safe, residential and commercial.
Chapter 01
Pressure instead of a blade
High-pressure water clears tough clogs and heavy buildup. The difference from a cable is the finish: cable cuts a channel through a blockage and moves on, while jetting takes the pipe wall itself back toward clean.
That distinction is the whole reason both services exist. One reopens a line fast. The other resets it.
A residential sidewalk cut open over the sewer line with cones and caution tape marking the work zone
Grease, scale and root hair
Grease, mineral scale and root hair are the three buildup classes a cable will not hold off for long. A cable pushes a hole through them and the line narrows again within months. Jetting strips them off the wall instead of just punching through.
We run it on residential and commercial lines both. A restaurant grease trap and a homeowner's tree-root line are different jobs with the same underlying problem: something coating the pipe wall that a channel through the middle does not solve.
Chapter 03
Environmentally safe, and what that means here
Jetting is water and pressure, nothing added. No chemistry goes down the line.
That matters more here than it might elsewhere, because a line does not always end in a municipal sewer. When it ends in a septic field, whatever goes down it reaches the soil that field depends on. Water and pressure leave that soil alone.
Knowing when a line cannot take it
A pipe that is already broken does not get jetted blind. High pressure aimed at a cracked or offset joint can make a small problem worse.
When there is any doubt about the condition of the line, we run the camera first. What we see decides whether jetting is the right next step or whether the line needs a different answer entirely.
All American Sewer & Drain, Licensed septic installer and pumper, NDEE #C1235. Call (877) 221-1856.