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Hydro Jetting
Hydro jetting cleans a drain line with high-pressure water, scouring grease, sludge, and mineral scale off the pipe walls instead of just cutting a path through the blockage. It is the deep-clean reset for lines a cable machine can no longer keep clear — and we will tell you plainly when it is overkill, or when an older pipe needs a camera look before any pressure goes in.
What the job includes
- An honest assessment first: jetting, or would a standard cleaning do
- A camera inspection before jetting older lines, to confirm the pipe can take pressure
- Jetting through a cleanout with a nozzle suited to the buildup
- Working the full length of the line, walls included, not just the blocked section
- A camera pass afterward so you can see the cleaned pipe yourself
- Practical advice on keeping the line clean once it is reset
How you know it’s time
Cabling clears the line, but the clog returns within months
A cable cuts a hole through buildup and leaves the rest on the walls. When that cycle repeats, the walls need scrubbing.
The kitchen line runs slow no matter what you do
Years of cooled grease can coat a kitchen drain until the open channel is a fraction of the pipe. Jetting flushes that layer out.
You bought an older home and the drains were never deep-cleaned
Decades of scale and sludge do not leave on their own. One jetting can bring a sound old line back near original capacity.
Roots keep finding their way back
A root-cutting nozzle clears regrowth more completely than a blade on a cable — though the entry point deserves a camera look first.
When to make the call
Schedule jetting when spot-clearing has stopped working: the same line has been cabled more than once in a year, or a kitchen drain crawls no matter how it is treated. It is also a sensible reset after buying an older home, once a camera confirms the line is sound. A first-time clog or one slow bathroom sink does not need this — a standard cleaning is cheaper and sufficient, and we will say so.
Local knowledge
Hydro Jetting is a different job in Broward than in Jacksonville. We know both.
Broward & Miami-Dade
Jetting is the right tool for greasy restaurant lines along Las Olas and Hollywood Boulevard, for scale-caked older laterals, and for root-invaded lines in Plantation, Coral Springs and the Gables — and the wrong tool for a cracked or collapsed pipe. We camera first and tell you honestly whether jetting will help or is money better spent on a repair.
Jacksonville & the First Coast
Jacksonville lines collect two kinds of trouble jetting is uniquely good at removing: mineral scale from our Floridan aquifer water, which a cable scratches but cannot strip, and decades of kitchen grease in the older housing around Springfield, Murray Hill, Riverside, and San Marco. That same era's cast iron is why we insist on a camera first in those neighborhoods — a line thinned by rust deserves a gentler plan, and finding that out on screen costs far less than finding out with a jetter.
Questions
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Last reviewed September 16, 2026
What is hydro jetting and how does it work?
Hydro jetting cleans the inside of a drain pipe with a high-pressure water nozzle that travels down the line, blasting grease, scale, sludge, and roots off the walls and flushing the debris out. Unlike a cable machine, which cuts a channel through a blockage, jetting cleans the full circumference of the pipe back to bare wall.
Is hydro jetting safe for old pipes?
It is safe when the pipe is structurally sound — which is why we run a camera through older lines first. Sound cast iron, clay, and PVC all tolerate appropriate pressures. What should not be jetted is a line with serious cracks or cast iron rusted thin, a real possibility in Florida's older neighborhoods. If the camera says no, we tell you.
How much does hydro jetting cost in Florida?
The main factors are the length of the line, how severe the buildup is, your cleanout access, and whether a camera inspection is part of the job — for older homes it should be. Jetting costs more than cable cleaning, which is why we only recommend it when the situation calls for it. Free estimate first, upfront quote before work begins.
Hydro jetting vs. snaking — which one do I need?
Snaking is right for a first-time or occasional clog — quicker, cheaper, and it solves the immediate problem. Jetting is right when clogs keep returning, because it removes the buildup snaking leaves behind. A useful rule: if the same line has needed clearing more than once in a year, one deep clean beats repeated snake jobs.
How long does hydro jetting last?
A properly jetted line typically stays clean for years, but the honest answer depends on the pipe and the household — smooth PVC with sensible kitchen habits holds its reset far longer than rough old cast iron fed a diet of grease. Jetting removes buildup; it does not change what the pipe is made of.
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