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Our Work · Jetting

Hydro Jetting in Newmarket

A cutter blade opens a hole through a clog. A jet nozzle with rear-facing streams washes the whole pipe wall, from the cleanout to the city connection.

Cable machines sized to the pipe, from 1½″ arms to the 4″ main
Camera footage when a clog keeps coming back
Cleanout access first, so toilets stay on the floor
Every fixture on the line run hard before we leave

Cues for hydro jetting

The same drain has been cabled two or three times in a year.
A camera shows thick grease or mineral crust lining the pipe.
Fine root hairs keep catching paper after a root cut.
A restaurant-style volume of cooking at home, like a large family or a home bakery.

Drain job sheet

Tools on the truck: Drum machine with ¼″ and ½″ cable, sectional machine for the main, push camera with locator, plungers and closet auger
What we usually pull out: Hair mats at the tub shoe, grease and coffee grounds in the kitchen arm, wipes and roots in the main
Where we open the line: Trap arm or cleanout first; roof vent only when no cleanout is reachable
How we prove it: Run every fixture on that branch, then a camera pass if the clog came back

What fails inside the pipe, and why

Newmarket's water is hard, and calcium settles on drain walls over the decades, especially in cast iron. Combine that rough crust with kitchen fat and you get a pipe that is effectively half its original size. Homes from the 1970s and 1980s, the era of many Armitage and Glenway crescents, often reach that point now. A cable punches through, the house drains well for a few months, then the shrunken pipe catches the next load.

On the job: tools, parts and steps

Look first. A camera pass proves the pipe can take it. Jetting a cracked clay or rotted cast iron section can make a bad joint worse, so we never skip this.
Choose the nozzle. A penetrating head for packed grease, a spinning head for scale, a root-cutting head where hair roots hang from joints.
Work upstream to down. The hose pulls itself forward on its rear jets while the forward jet breaks the blockage; the backwash carries debris down to the sewer.
Camera again. You see the clean pipe on screen, so you know what you paid for.

What decides how big the job gets

Line length and diameter, from a 2-inch kitchen branch to a 4-inch main.
Access: an outside cleanout is easiest; pulling a toilet adds time.
Whether a camera inspection is already done.
After-hours scheduling.

Shut it off and call, or book it?

Jetting is rarely an emergency on its own. If water is already backing up, we clear the stoppage first and plan jetting as a follow-up visit. To slow the build-up afterward, read our primer on what not to flush; most repeat jetting customers we see in Armitage have a wipes habit somewhere in the house.

Asked on site

Will jetting damage my pipes?

Not sound pipe. That is why we camera first. Pressure is matched to the material, and fragile sections are flagged before any water goes in.

How long do the results last?

Much longer than cabling, because the wall is clean rather than tunnelled. Habits matter: grease and wipes start the build-up again.

Can you jet from inside the house?

Yes, through a basement cleanout or a pulled toilet, though an outside cleanout keeps the mess out of the house.