When a cable machine isn't enough, hydro jetting uses high-pressure water to completely scour your drain or sewer line clean. Downing Plumbing provides professional hydro jetting throughout Lake, Porter, and LaPorte County.
HYDRO JETTING / WATER JETTING
Hydro jetting — also called water jetting or high-pressure drain cleaning — uses a specialized nozzle and a powerful pump to send water at pressures up to 4,000 PSI through your drain or sewer line. Unlike a cable machine, which simply pokes a hole through a blockage, hydro jetting scours the entire interior of the pipe — removing grease coating, mineral scale, soft root material, and debris from the pipe walls, not just the center.
Hydro jetting is especially effective for grease-heavy blockages in kitchen drain lines (residential and commercial), main sewer lines with significant root intrusion, and older pipes that have accumulated years of scale buildup. The results last significantly longer than mechanical rodding because the pipe walls are left clean — not just a channel opened through accumulated material.
We always perform a camera inspection before hydro jetting older or unknown sewer lines — high-pressure water can worsen damage in already-failing pipe. If your line is a good candidate for hydro jetting, we'll recommend it. If it needs repair first, we'll tell you that honestly.
WHAT WE DO
Hydro jetting is the right tool for many drain and sewer challenges — especially where a cable machine provides only temporary relief.
Hydro jetting removes the entire blockage — not just a path through it. Call Downing Plumbing for hydro jetting service throughout Northwest Indiana.
HOW IT WORKS
High-pressure water jetting is a precise process — done right, it leaves your pipes completely clean inside.
We inspect the pipe with a sewer camera first to confirm the pipe is structurally sound and identify the nature of the blockage.
We access the drain or cleanout and feed the hydro jetting hose into the line. The nozzle sprays in multiple directions to cover the full pipe circumference.
High-pressure water scours the pipe walls clean — removing grease, scale, root material, and debris. The water carries it all downstream and out.
We may follow up with a camera to confirm the pipe is clean. You'll have a truly clear line — not just a temporary opening.
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