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
- Inspect: camera the line to find the blockage and check the pipe.
- Jet: run the right nozzle and pressure for the pipe material and the buildup.
- 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.
