Understanding Hydro-Jetting
Almost all sewer line problems are attributable to something causing a blockage in the pipe. After many years, a sewer line may collapse, but most calls that plumbers respond to involving sewer line problems are solved by removing the blockage. Over the years, many creative ways have been dealing with problems inside pipes buried under houses and the surrounding grade. Still, these solutions have reached their culmination in a process called hydro-jetting.
Hydro-jetting deals with the underlying causes of sewer line clogs and is currently the gold standard for dealing with sewer line issues. Over the years, most sewer lines start to form a scale of all kinds of nasty stuff that limits flow inside the pipe. Hydro-jetting uses highly-pressurized water to remove this scale and cut through the resulting clogs. Here are three of the specific problems that hydro-jetting can help with.
Removing Tree Roots
Trees are constantly sending out new roots looking for food and water. As gross as the thought is, everything in a sewer line is like a buffet for tree roots. As soon as they see an opening, they will try to extract as many resources as possible from it by growing into the sewer line. This causes some of the worst blockages possible in sewer lines. As tree roots grow into the line, they capture debris, becoming a nasty clog.
Hydro-jetting is the best way to deal with invasive roots because the high-pressure water blasts away all root growth inside the pipe. Drain augers only remove the clog, leaving many roots in the pipe.
Scrub Away Grease
Many things should never find their way into sewer lines, and kitchen grease is one of them. Kitchen grease, while liquid when it’s warm, quickly congeals when it is hit with cool water in sewer lines. This causes it to stick to pipe walls and slow down the water flow in drains and sewer lines.
Hydro-jetting is a great way to remove this buildup because it blasts the walls of the sewer pipe, making them clean again. Once the buildup is removed, then it is almost impossible for a clog to form, especially if homeowners start discarding grease in the garbage instead. This is why so many home and business owners opt to schedule hydro-jetting before clogs form.
Wash Away Non-Flushable Items
Despite constant advice from plumbers, a lot of stuff goes down the drain that shouldn’t. While most people have wastebaskets to receive things like feminine and hygiene products, many still flush wipes and copious amounts of toilet paper. This stuff will eventually cause a clog because non-flushable items don’t flow easily down sewer piping. Instead, they settle to the bottom of sewer lines and begin forming clogs.
Hydro-jetting is powerful enough to pulverize non-flushable items stuck in sewer lines and wash them away. With this debris gone, sewer lines will be clog-free for good.
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