A snake pokes a hole. Hydro jetting blasts the whole pipe wall back to bare pipe — grease, roots, scale and sludge flushed out of the line — then a camera pass proves it’s clean.
How it works
Hydro jetting fires water through a specialized nozzle at high pressure. Forward jets cut straight through the blockage — grease plugs, sludge, scale, even tree roots — while reverse jets scour the full circumference of the pipe wall and flush everything downstream and out of the line.
We never jet blind. A camera inspection goes first so the pressure and nozzle are matched to your pipe’s material and condition — cast iron, clay, PVC or concrete. When the jetting is done, the camera goes back in and you watch the proof: a clean pipe at full flow.
Why hydro jetting
It’s the difference between clearing a clog and actually cleaning the pipe.
Watch it happen
This is a real blocked line cleared with a high-pressure jetting nozzle and verified with an in-pipe camera — the same process we document on every job.
▶ Hydro jetting + camera verification of a blocked sewer line
Preventative maintenance
Blockages build slowly, then fail suddenly. Jetting on a schedule keeps the line clean so the failure never comes — here’s the cadence we recommend by property type.
Not sure where your building fits? A camera inspection shows exactly how fast your lines are building up — then we set the schedule to match reality, not a guess. Members of the Annual Inspection Program get their jetting scheduled automatically at member rates.
The smart plan
Join the Annual Inspection Program and your camera inspection — plus any jetting the footage calls for — happens on schedule, every year, at member rates.
Book now
Tell us about your building and the line that’s giving you trouble — or set up a preventative jetting schedule before it does.
604-902-1995Mon–Sun · scheduled inspections + priority response for members
Prefer to talk now? Call 604-902-1995 — we’ll book your inspection.
Every building type
Where we jet
Questions
Hydro jetting (also called high-pressure jetting or hydro-jetting) cleans drains and sewer lines with water fired through a specialized nozzle. Forward jets cut through the blockage while reverse jets scrub the full pipe wall and flush the debris out of the line — clearing grease, sludge, scale and roots and restoring the pipe to full flow.
A drain snake bores a hole through the clog and leaves the build-up on the pipe walls, so the blockage usually returns. Hydro jetting removes the build-up itself, scrubbing the pipe back to bare wall. The result lasts far longer and the line carries its full designed capacity.
Not when it’s done camera-first. We inspect the line before jetting and match the pressure and nozzle to the pipe’s material and condition — cast iron, clay, PVC or concrete. Sound pipe is unharmed, and if the camera finds pipe too fragile to jet, we tell you before any work starts.
It depends on what the line carries. Restaurant and commercial-kitchen lines: every 6–12 months. Industrial and processing drains: every 6 months. Most commercial, institutional and multi-unit residential buildings: every 12 months. Newer residential buildings with clean inspections can stretch to 18 months. Lines with active root intrusion need jetting every 6–12 months until repaired.
Yes — it uses only water. No caustic drain chemicals go into your pipes or the sewer system, which also means no chemical damage to older pipe materials.
We run the camera through the line after every jetting and record it. You get before-and-after footage plus a written report — documented proof the pipe is clean, not just draining for now.