Hydro Jetting in La Mesa

Name: Pipe Patrol Plumbers & Drains of La Mesa
Address: La Mesa, CA, US
Telephone: (619) 713-9396
Price range: $$
Rating: 5.0

Clearing the same line again and again could be telling you something.

If the same line needs clearing every few months, something in that line could be causing it, and a snake alone may not be getting to it. That's true of a kitchen line, a bathroom or laundry line, a floor drain or the main sewer line, and hydro jetters come sized for the job. Does one of those sound like your situation, or is it something different? Either way, let's talk about it. Call (619) 713-9396 and a real human picks up the phone as opposed to an automated AI system, ready to find out what's going on in the line.

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Which Line Is Backing Up

What hydro jetting is, and which line it's for.

Find your line below. Every job is performed by or under a California licensed, insured contractor.

What is hydro jetting?

Think about what cleans the inside of your drain pipes. Nothing does. You wipe down the sink and the tub, but whatever goes down the drain, grease, soap, hair and food, can stick to the inside of the pipe and stay there for years. Hydro jetting is a powerful stream of water, sent down the drain through a hose, that scrubs the inside of the pipe wall and washes the buildup out. It's different from snaking. A snake is a long flexible cable that spins through the clog and opens a hole for the water to get by. The drain works again for now, but whatever is stuck to the walls of the pipe stays on the walls, and that is what can bring the clog back. The hydro jetter has different attachments for the smaller lines inside the house and the big line outside, and the contractor brings the right one.

Kitchen line

The sink drains slowly, it gurgles after the disposal runs, or it was cleared a while back and it's slow again. Grease could be the coating. It goes down warm, cools and sticks to the inside of the pipe, and then food scraps, coffee grounds and soap film stick to the grease, and East County's hard water can add a layer of mineral scale on top of all of it. Snaking a kitchen line opens a hole through that buildup and leaves the buildup on the walls, which is why some kitchen sinks clog again a few months later. Jetting washes the walls clean. The contractor can tell you whether your kitchen line sounds like a jetting job.

Bathroom lines

A shower or tub that drains slowly, a bathroom sink that always has a ring of standing water, or a sewer smell that keeps coming back to the same drain. Hair and soap scum could be building up on the inside of these smaller pipes, and hard water scale gives them something rough to stick to. Snaking pulls the hair out and leaves the scum and scale on the walls. The hydro jetter has a smaller attachment for these lines, and the contractor can tell you whether yours needs it.

Laundry line

The washing machine drain or the laundry sink backs up at the end of the cycle, or the laundry room smells after a load. Lint, detergent and fabric softener could be building up on the inside of the laundry pipe, and the washer pushes out a lot of water at once, more than a narrowed pipe can carry. Laundry lines are one of the most common lines to back up again after a snaking, because snaking pulls out a wad of lint and leaves the rest on the walls.

Floor drains

A garage or utility room floor drain that backs up. Dirt and debris could be packing it, and a snake can't pull dirt out of a pipe. Jetting washes it through.

Yard and outdoor drains, when it rains

Water pooling on the patio or coming toward the door, a yard that stays flooded for days after a storm, or area drains that gurgle or don't take water at all. On the hillside lots up Mount Helix and around the Village, a winter storm sends everything downhill at once, and a drain that sat dry since spring is the first to show it. Over the dry months, leaves, mud, sand and roots could be packing those lines solid, and a snake can't pull mud and sand out of a pipe. Jetting washes all of it through to the far end. Plenty of homeowners who had pooling last winter get the outdoor lines jetted before the next one.

Main sewer line

More than one drain backs up at once, the lowest drain in the house fills up when water runs upstairs, or roots came out the last time the line was cleared. Around the Village and up Mount Helix the sewer pipes are old and the trees are big, so roots at the joints are often what comes out on the snake. Snaking cuts a hole through roots and they grow back from the piece left at the joint, and the grease and scale on the walls of an old pipe stay where they are. The hydro jetter has a root cutting attachment for the main line, and a camera afterward shows what the pipe looks like inside, so you know what you're dealing with.

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Hydro Jetting In La Mesa

A cable pokes a hole. Hydro jetting cleans the whole pipe.

If your drain keeps slowing down every few months no matter how many times it gets snaked, you're not imagining it, and nobody's ripping you off. A snake punches a hole through the clog and water flows again. But the years of grease, soap, and buildup coating the pipe walls never left, and in La Mesa's older neighborhoods, where a lot of drains have been collecting buildup for decades, that coating catches everything that comes through. The hole the snake made closes right back up.

Hydro jetting works differently. Instead of drilling through the mess, a high pressure stream of water washes the pipe walls down, all the way around, top to bottom, and the buildup gets carried out of the line entirely.

Is jetting always the answer? No. Some clogs are one time events and a snake handles them fine. The contractor looks at what's happening in your line, explains what they see, and makes a recommendation. You make the decision.

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Jetter nozzle going into a ground cleanout.

The jetter nozzle goes into the cleanout

Hydro jetter with its hose reel set up on a rubber mat in a commercial kitchen

A hydro jetter and hose reel set up in a commercial kitchen

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High pressure water blasts through the drain line

Commercial Plumbing La Mesa

We keep La Mesa businesses running.

When your business is down, your customers feel it right along with you. Anyone who runs a business in La Mesa knows the work it takes to perform at the level people expect, and a plumbing problem puts that at risk, whether it's a restaurant kitchen near the Village or a shop by Grossmont Center. That starts with getting someone out to assess what's actually going on. You give the green light and a licensed contractor takes it from there. We run a business too. Yours gets treated the way we run our own.

We handle commercial hydro jetting in La Mesa.

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Why We're Different

What makes us different.

No memberships

Think about what a membership actually is. You pay month after month, year after year, for a problem you don't have yet. If it's not broken, don't fix it.

No salespeople

The bigger companies send someone dressed nice who works on commission, and by the time he leaves you've agreed to things you never called about. With us there's no middle salesman. You're talking to one of the coordinators, then dealing with the technician.

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What We Do In La Mesa

Every job, big or small.

From a slow kitchen drain to a full sewer line replacement under a Mount Helix slab, this is what's covered in La Mesa. Tap any service for La Mesa specific detail.

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Areas We Serve In La Mesa

La Mesa's top rated, neighborhood by neighborhood.

From the Village to Mount Helix, we cover La Mesa and the East County communities around it. Call (619) 713-9396.

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"I live in La Mesa, and my shower suddenly lost all water pressure. I thought I'd need a full repipe. Kyle was extremely reassuring and got Juan out the same day. Turned out it was a worn out cartridge. Juan replaced it in under an hour and the pressure is better than it's been in years. Fair price, and honest service. That's how it should be."

Eric S

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"I came home from being out of town to find my bathroom flooded. Living in an older home in La Mesa that was built in the 1950s, it was honestly scary, especially for someone my age. I called Pipe Patrol Plumbers and they were able to send someone out quickly. They were so kind and patient and really helped calm me down in a stressful moment. When you need help in an emergency, this is the kind of company you hope you reach."

Eric O'Brian

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"Pipe patrol saved us in a pinch! We had water leaking from under our deck and they were here within an hour of me calling them after 5pm. They found the source of the leak, offered to repair it that night but we just went with the next day since it wasn't flooding, and they came back right on time and fixed our issue in half a day. Kyle, Tony, and Billy were all great and really worked with us. Now we have our beautiful deck back!"

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La Mesa Hydro Jetting Questions

Answers before you call.

Is hydro jetting safe for old La Mesa pipes?

It can be. It depends on the pipe's condition, so the contractor checks the line first and goes over your options with you.

How is jetting different from a regular drain cleaning?

A cable breaks through the clog and leaves the pipe walls coated. Jetting uses high pressure water to scour the whole pipe clean. For grease, scale, and roots in a La Mesa main, jetting reaches the whole pipe wall.

Will jetting get rid of roots in my sewer line?

It can cut and flush out root intrusion, but roots can grow back if there's a crack letting them in.

How often should a restaurant hydro jet its line?

It depends on how the line is used. The contractor can suggest a schedule after seeing it.

How long does hydro jetting take?

Everything is case by case. It depends on whether the work is inside or outside, how many drains are involved, and what the job actually entails. The contractor can determine that once your situation is diagnosed.

Do you provide same day hydro jetting in La Mesa?

Yes. We do same day service. The best way to set that up is to call (619) 713-9396.

Same drain clogging again in La Mesa?

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