Hydro Jetting in San Jose, CA

What is hydro jetting?

Hydro jetting is the gold standard for clearing sewer and drain lines. A flexible high-pressure hose is fed down the pipe with a specialized rotating nozzle on the end. The nozzle blasts water forward to break the clog and backward to pull the hose deeper while scouring the pipe walls. When it's done, the line isn't just clear — it's clean.

Compare that to a traditional cable snake, which punches a single hole through the blockage. Snaking gets the water flowing again for a few weeks or months, but the grease and root growth left behind on the pipe walls means you'll be back on the phone before long. Hydro jetting actually removes the buildup.

When you need hydro jetting

• The same line clogs every few months no matter how many times it's been snaked
• Grease buildup in a kitchen line — common in older homes and any house that does a lot of cooking
• Tree root intrusion in the main sewer line — especially in older San Jose neighborhoods like Willow Glen, Naglee Park, Rose Garden, and Cambrian, where mature trees and clay sewer pipes coexist
• Mineral scale in cast iron drain lines (the South Bay's hard water is brutal on cast iron)
• Restaurants, salons, or any commercial property with heavy line buildup
• Before a sewer camera inspection if the line is too dirty to see clearly

Our hydro jetting process

1. Camera first. We don't put a 4,000 PSI hose down a pipe we haven't inspected. The camera tells us what we're dealing with — buildup, roots, a cracked pipe, or a collapse. Hydro jetting is great for the first three. The fourth needs sewer line repair, not jetting.

2. The right nozzle for the job. Different nozzles are tuned for different problems — root cutters for tree roots, grease cutters for kitchen lines, descalers for cast iron. We carry all of them on the truck.

3. The jet. We work the hose through the line in passes, removing material as we go. A typical residential main line takes 30–60 minutes.

4. Camera again. Final inspection on video so you can see the bare pipe walls. We email you the footage if you want a record for a real estate transaction or insurance claim.

Hydro jetting vs. snaking — the cost question

Hydro jetting costs more than snaking on a single visit. Over 12 months, it almost always costs less, because you're not paying a plumber every six weeks to come back and re-snake the same line. For lines that clog repeatedly, jetting is the cheaper option — full stop.

Schedule hydro jetting in San Jose

Call (408) 859-3993 or request a quote. We service San Jose, Campbell, Santa Clara, Cupertino, Milpitas, Los Gatos, and Saratoga, and we keep two jetters on the road every day so we can usually be at your door same-day.