Sewer & Drain · Nashville, TN
Hydro Jetting in Nashville
Water at several thousand psi scours grease, scale and fine roots off the pipe wall, where a cable only punches a hole through them.
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Hydro Jetting in Nashville, Tennessee
Water at several thousand psi scours grease, scale and fine roots off the pipe wall, where a cable only punches a hole through them.
For hydro jetting, Nashville's Sewer and Drain works across Middle Tennessee — licensed, insured, with the price in writing before the work starts. Drain and sewer crews who clear the stoppage first, then put a camera down the line and show you what caused it.
Why homeowners call
Signs that bring people to us for this
- Sewage coming up a floor drain
- Every drain in the house slow at once
- Gurgling toilet when the washer drains
- Sewer smell in the yard or basement
- A soggy, sunken strip over the sewer line
- Roots back in the line every year
- Sump pump running and running
What is included
What our hydro jetting work includes
- Camera look at the pipe material and condition first
- Pressure and flow set for the pipe and the blockage
- Nozzle with rear-facing jets that drive the hose forward
- Rotating nozzle for grease and scale on the walls
- Root-cutting head where fine roots have matted
- Hose retrieved slowly to flush loosened debris downstream
- Second camera pass showing the cleaned pipe wall
- Cleanout capped and the work area rinsed down
How Hydro Jetting goes, from cleanout to final pass
Residential jetters commonly run between 1,500 and 4,000 psi, and pressure is what cuts grease and scale off the wall. Flow, measured in gallons per minute, is what carries that loosened material out of the line. A jet with plenty of pressure and too little flow just moves the clog a few feet further along.
We don’t jet a line we haven’t looked at. Orangeburg, cracked clay and cast iron with its bottom rotted through can come apart under a jet aimed at the wrong spot, and a jet that tears open a weak section turns a cleaning call into a repair. The camera tells us what we are about to jet before the pump starts.
Fine hair roots that mat across a joint are where jetting beats a cable. A cable cuts a channel through the mat and leaves the rest hanging off the wall to catch paper; a root-cutting nozzle takes the whole mass back to the joint. The roots still return in time, because the joint they came through is still open.
Kitchen lines are the other job jetting was built for. Grease cools into a hard layer on the inside of the drain, narrowing it until a handful of rice is enough to close it. Spinning jets cut that layer down to bare pipe all the way around, which a cable can’t do while it rides through the middle of the line.
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Other sewer, drain and septic work
Drain Cleaning
Kitchen, bath, laundry and main line stoppages cleared at the cause, with the camera brought in when the same drain keeps coming back.
Learn moreMain Line Drain Cleaning
The line every fixture empties into, opened from the cleanout when two drains back up at once or the lowest one gurgles.
Learn moreCommercial Drain Cleaning
Restaurant, retail and office lines kept open on a schedule, with grease lines jetted before they close a kitchen on a Friday.
Learn moreFloor Drain Cleaning
Basement, garage and laundry floor drains cleared and their traps checked, so sewer gas stays below the floor.
Learn moreService area
Sewer and drain calls we take across Middle Tennessee
Our trucks reach Nashville and 100 more towns in 12 counties, and we take sewer and septic calls anywhere within about an hour of the city.
FAQ
Hydro Jetting: what people ask first
Is hydro jetting safe for old sewer pipes?
It is safe for sound pipe of any age when the pressure is set for the pipe. The risk lies in pipe that is already failing: Orangeburg, clay with broken bells, or cast iron with channel rot can be torn further by a jet. We film the line first and then either turn the pressure down, switch to a cable, or tell you it needs repair first.
Is hydro jetting better than snaking a drain?
For grease, sludge, scale and matted fine roots, yes. A cable bores a hole through the blockage, while a jet cleans the full circumference of the pipe, so the line stays open longer. For a solid object, like a toy or a wad of wipes, a cable often grabs it faster. What is in the line decides, and the camera shows that.
How much water pressure does hydro jetting use?
Residential jetting commonly runs from about 1,500 to 4,000 psi, with flow somewhere around 4 to 8 gallons a minute. We set both by the pipe: lower for a 2-inch kitchen line or fragile older material, higher for a 4-inch main packed with grease or roots. Pressure does the cutting, and flow is what carries the loosened debris down and out of the line.
How long does a sewer line stay clear after hydro jetting?
That depends on what blocked it. A grease-coated line stays open until grease builds back up, which can take a long time in a household that keeps fat out of the sink. Roots grow back on their own schedule through whatever joint let them in. A line with a belly or a broken joint collects debris again quickly, and the camera after jetting shows which you have.
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Book hydro jetting with our crew
Call or write to Nashville's Sewer and Drain with what the drains are doing; we clear the line first and price any repair from the camera footage.