Is My Home in Need of a Hydro Jetting Service?

How Can Hydro Jetting Clear Your Plumbing?

Hydro jetting is one of the best services homeowners can hire a licensed plumber to perform to help clear drain and pipe clogs. While it can be an extreme option, knowing when it should be utilized can help clear up a lot of confusion. Local Woodland plumbers have just the information every homeowner needs to understand their options when it comes to clearing clogs and maintaining the health of the pipes in the home.

What Is Hydro Jetting?

For a homeowner to truly understand the importance of hydro jetting, it’s important to start at the beginning and simply define it.

Hydro jetting is a process used by professional plumbers to clean out the interiors of the pipes that make up the home’s plumbing system. The service not only cleans out the inside of the pipes, but it can also help to push through any potential clogs and other materials that may build up and eventually cause clogs (grease, mineral buildup, debris, tree roots, etc.).

To perform a hydro jetting, plumbers generally follow these steps:

• Locating the best entrance point.
• Using a camera, the clog is located and visualized. Other issues with the pipes can be located as well.
• The jetting hose is inserted and attached to a pressurized water tank.
• The water pressure is adjusted to the appropriate level for the clog. 
• Water is blasted through the pipes to clear the clog.
• A camera is used again to verify that the pipes have been cleared.

What Are Some Common Causes of Clogged Drains?

As hydro jetting is used mostly to blast out clogs, it’s important for homeowners to understand what some of the common causes of clogged drains and pipes are. 

In most cases, the common causes fall into one of two categories: foreign objects/material and organic objects.

Foreign objects and materials that may warrant calling a hydro jetting company usually include build up from soap scum, and objects flushed down the toilet by children or adults who don’t know any better (feminine hygiene products and baby wipes being the main offenders).

Organic objects are things like hair, food, grease, and other similar items. They can also include dirt that may get rinsed down the sink from people washing their hands.

Neither is worse than the other, but they may require different techniques to clear them.

When Is Hydro Jetting A Clog The Best Option?

Hydro jetting has several advantages over some of the other unclogging options, like drain snaking or chemical unclogging. 

Ultimately, hydro jetting is best used for stubborn or larger clogs, especially those located further down in the pipes. It is also the perfect option for homes with older pipes, as it also removes buildup materials from the walls as well, which helps to prevent future clogs. 

Another reason that hydro jetting may be the better option for older pipes is that it is actually more gentle on the plumbing than snaking a drain is. With drain snaking, older pipes that are more easily damaged may be punctured or weakened further by the physical act of drain snaking.

In any case, homeowners should contact a licensed, local plumbing company for additional assistance and to schedule a service. Never attempt to clear any drain clogs without professional help for the health and safety of both the home and the people living in it.

About Hall's Plumbing

Hall’s Plumbing is located in Woodland, California. Opened in 1995, the company offers plumbing services that allow customers to pay by the job instead of hourly, which sets them apart from other plumbing businesses. 

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