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High-pressure hydro jetting for Detroit sewer and drain lines clogged with roots, grease and scale.

Hydro Jetting in Detroit, MI

High-Pressure Sewer Jetting for Detroit Homes and Businesses

WaterWork Plumbing offers hydro jetting in Detroit for homes, rental properties and commercial kitchens. Hydro jetting sends water through the pipe at high pressure through a nozzle that scours the full inside wall, which clears grease, roots and scale that a drain snake just pokes a hole through. When a Detroit sewer line keeps clogging, jetting is often what finally fixes it.

Snaking vs. Hydro Jetting

A cable machine is the right tool for a simple clog: it punches through, and water flows again. But in an old Detroit sewer line, the clog is often a symptom. Years of grease, cast-iron scale and root growth narrow the pipe until it closes up again a few weeks later. Hydro jetting restores the pipe to close to its full width, so the line stays open longer.

When Jetting Makes Sense

  • Recurring backups in the same line
  • Grease buildup in restaurant and commercial kitchen lines
  • Roots that keep growing back after cabling
  • Heavy scale inside old cast-iron drains
  • Cleaning a line before a camera inspection or a backwater valve installation

We Camera the Line First

Jetting a pipe that has already collapsed or separated can make things worse. So in older Detroit homes, we run a sewer camera inspection in Detroit first to check the pipe’s condition, then set the pressure and nozzle to match. If the camera shows a break, we’ll tell you before we jet, not after.

Our Hydro Jetting Process

  1. Inspect: camera the line to find the blockage and check the pipe.
  2. Jet: run the right nozzle and pressure for the pipe material and the buildup.
  3. Verify: camera again or flow-test to confirm the line is clear.

Detroit’s Hydro Jetting Team

WaterWork Plumbing has cleaned sewer lines in Detroit since 2006. Our founder, David Foltz, is a licensed master plumber (Michigan license #8003885). For anything else, we are a full-service plumber in Detroit. Call 248-542-8022 or book hydro jetting online.

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"Great Experience"

We had a really great experience with Waterwork! We’ve had multiple plumbing companies out over the course of a few months due to intermittent flooding in our basement, but each time the plumber was unable to do much beyond a small temporary fix.

This time Kenny really took the time to investigate our issue instead of just sending us to a waterproofing company. He contacted his supervisor Egor and he came right over. Egor discovered that we had multiple issues —not only with our storm drain, but we had a burst water pipe in the front yard that we didn’t know about. It had been leaking for months!

Egor went so far as to help us work with the city to get that pipe repaired (and ultimately replaced). He saved us tons of money and they even snaked our drain before leaving. Our basement is dry, and while we still do need to work on waterproofing, Egor really saved the day for us! I will always use Waterwork from now on, super satisfied! Thanks guys!

Madison M

Google

5 Stars

"Excellent Response Time"

Called with an emergency as drains were backing up company sent out someone within the hour. Service tech was very professional and explained everything he was doing. Would highly recommend this company should you need any plumbing work done.

Mario Soresi

Google

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"Fast and Friendly Service"

Don our service provider was fast, articulate and friendly. Work was completed perfectly, on time and within budget. Clean up was perfect as well. Will call Waterwork again for any plumbing needs.

Michael McClure

Google

5 Stars

"Above and Beyond"

We had an issue with the temperature control valve in our shower, so I called WaterWork plumbing on a Friday at ~4 PM. A master plumber (Arnie) was there working on it at 9 AM the very next day. You can’t ask for a faster turnaround than that!

The job ended up being much bigger than expected, but I am confident that it was fixed properly.

There were a few other small problems (dripping faucet) that were fixed while he was here.

The whole project took ~4 hours, and I was very satisfied with the price.

WaterWork is the premier plumbing company in the area, and I will definitely choose them again for my next plumbing needs!

Definitely worth all 5-stars.

Ted S

Yelp

5 Stars

"Excellent Service"

Excellent service! Arnie and Jonathan did a great job! Very professional! They came went through the problem and took care of the problem efficiently! They walked us through a few things and were very helpful! We are even scheduled for them to call back later this week to replace our hot water tank and some other fixtures
Very happy with the customer service team who set up our appointment and with the timing in which everything was done! We definitely will continue to be using water works and recommending to others

Katie Z

Yelp

5 Stars

"Very Quick Response"

We had the absolute best experience today with WaterWork! After having had surgery our dryer stopped working. Needless to say, we needed our new dryer to be connected asap. We called at 8:30am and the tech (he was great but don’t recall his name) showed up around 11am or so. 20+ minutes later we had a dryer! We have found our new go-to plumbing company. Thank you so much!!! ????

Susan King

Google

5 Stars

"They Saved the Day"

Out of 3 no call no shows from other plumbing companies this company came through and saved the day. I needed an inspection on my water heater and Water Works was more dependable than them other guys. Larry was prompt and on time, he took his time to explain the problems with the hot water tank and gave me an estimate for the repairs after the inspection. I highly recommend this company.

Kamita C Bell LLMSW

Google

5 Stars

"Fast Service and Reasonable Pricing"

We contacted Waterwork Plumbing for hot water heater issues. Guy came out the following day & quickly found the problems. He replaced the water heater, corrected/replaced some adapters and hauled away the old heater. Guy kept the work areas clean-we appreciate that. The price was reasonable.

J Cunningham

Google

5 Stars

"Quick Service and Great Savings"

Every one is very pleasant on the phone. You don’t have to wait for service. They come to the job on time or early. Had Waterwork Plumbing out twice. First time was for a second opinion, which saved us $$$$$$.$$. Today they fixed a leaky pipe in the ceiling of the basement.
I would recommend WaterWork Plumbing to anyone. Thank you.

Linda Kovich

Google

5 Stars

"Very Quick Resolution"

I can’t say enough good things about WaterWork. They’ve done a few jobs for us since we moved to Royal Oak, and we’ve always been very pleased with their work.
This week, the new water heater they installed was inspected by the city, and we needed to make some changes to the venting. Kenny came the same afternoon, took a look at the mess of vents that needed attention, took some pictures, and came back the next morning to install some new vents – the solution was nothing short of elegant!

Patricia Cahalan

Google

5 Stars

"Great Experience"

We had a really great experience with Waterwork! We’ve had multiple plumbing companies out over the course of a few months due to intermittent flooding in our basement, but each time the plumber was unable to do much beyond a small temporary fix.

This time Kenny really took the time to investigate our issue instead of just sending us to a waterproofing company. He contacted his supervisor Egor and he came right over. Egor discovered that we had multiple issues —not only with our storm drain, but we had a burst water pipe in the front yard that we didn’t know about. It had been leaking for months!

Egor went so far as to help us work with the city to get that pipe repaired (and ultimately replaced). He saved us tons of money and they even snaked our drain before leaving. Our basement is dry, and while we still do need to work on waterproofing, Egor really saved the day for us! I will always use Waterwork from now on, super satisfied! Thanks guys!

Madison M

Google

5 Stars

"Excellent Response Time"

Called with an emergency as drains were backing up company sent out someone within the hour. Service tech was very professional and explained everything he was doing. Would highly recommend this company should you need any plumbing work done.

Mario Soresi

Google

5 Stars

"Fast and Friendly Service"

Don our service provider was fast, articulate and friendly. Work was completed perfectly, on time and within budget. Clean up was perfect as well. Will call Waterwork again for any plumbing needs.

Michael McClure

Google

5 Stars

"Above and Beyond"

We had an issue with the temperature control valve in our shower, so I called WaterWork plumbing on a Friday at ~4 PM. A master plumber (Arnie) was there working on it at 9 AM the very next day. You can’t ask for a faster turnaround than that!

The job ended up being much bigger than expected, but I am confident that it was fixed properly.

There were a few other small problems (dripping faucet) that were fixed while he was here.

The whole project took ~4 hours, and I was very satisfied with the price.

WaterWork is the premier plumbing company in the area, and I will definitely choose them again for my next plumbing needs!

Definitely worth all 5-stars.

Ted S

Yelp

5 Stars

"Excellent Service"

Excellent service! Arnie and Jonathan did a great job! Very professional! They came went through the problem and took care of the problem efficiently! They walked us through a few things and were very helpful! We are even scheduled for them to call back later this week to replace our hot water tank and some other fixtures
Very happy with the customer service team who set up our appointment and with the timing in which everything was done! We definitely will continue to be using water works and recommending to others

Katie Z

Yelp

5 Stars

"Very Quick Response"

We had the absolute best experience today with WaterWork! After having had surgery our dryer stopped working. Needless to say, we needed our new dryer to be connected asap. We called at 8:30am and the tech (he was great but don’t recall his name) showed up around 11am or so. 20+ minutes later we had a dryer! We have found our new go-to plumbing company. Thank you so much!!! ????

Susan King

Google

5 Stars

"They Saved the Day"

Out of 3 no call no shows from other plumbing companies this company came through and saved the day. I needed an inspection on my water heater and Water Works was more dependable than them other guys. Larry was prompt and on time, he took his time to explain the problems with the hot water tank and gave me an estimate for the repairs after the inspection. I highly recommend this company.

Kamita C Bell LLMSW

Google

5 Stars

"Fast Service and Reasonable Pricing"

We contacted Waterwork Plumbing for hot water heater issues. Guy came out the following day & quickly found the problems. He replaced the water heater, corrected/replaced some adapters and hauled away the old heater. Guy kept the work areas clean-we appreciate that. The price was reasonable.

J Cunningham

Google

5 Stars

"Quick Service and Great Savings"

Every one is very pleasant on the phone. You don’t have to wait for service. They come to the job on time or early. Had Waterwork Plumbing out twice. First time was for a second opinion, which saved us $$$$$$.$$. Today they fixed a leaky pipe in the ceiling of the basement.
I would recommend WaterWork Plumbing to anyone. Thank you.

Linda Kovich

Google

5 Stars

"Very Quick Resolution"

I can’t say enough good things about WaterWork. They’ve done a few jobs for us since we moved to Royal Oak, and we’ve always been very pleased with their work.
This week, the new water heater they installed was inspected by the city, and we needed to make some changes to the venting. Kenny came the same afternoon, took a look at the mess of vents that needed attention, took some pictures, and came back the next morning to install some new vents – the solution was nothing short of elegant!

Patricia Cahalan

Google

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