Jetting job sheet
- 1Accessopen the nearest cleanout and confirm which fixtures and units share the run
- 2Inspectcamera the line to find the blockage, the pipe material and any breaks
- 3Jetscour with a nozzle chosen for grease, roots or scale, working against the flow
- 4Re-inspectcamera again to confirm the pipe wall is clear and the fall is sound
- 5Reportshare the footage notes and any repair or maintenance recommendation
01When a business line needs jetting
Cable machines are fine for a single clogged sink. Shared commercial lines are a different animal, and jetting earns its keep when you see these signs:
- The same blockage returning within weeks of being snaked
- Several tenants or washrooms backing up at once
- Grease or sludge visible at an open cleanout
- Sewer smell in a corridor or parking level
- A camera showing roots coming through joints in older clay or concrete
| Typical lines | Plaza sanitary mains, restaurant branches, parking-garage and catch-basin leads |
|---|---|
| What jetting removes | Grease, soap scale, sludge, sand and fine roots |
| When it is not enough | Collapsed, offset or badly bellied pipe needs repair, not more water |
02Why we camera first
Firing water into a pipe you have not seen is guesswork. The camera tells us the pipe material, the diameter and whether we are dealing with a soft blockage or a broken section. Jetting a cracked clay lateral can make a bad joint worse, so if the footage shows a collapse we stop and talk repair instead. Once the line is clean we run the camera again, and you get notes on the distances to any defects so the next contractor does not start from scratch.
03Keeping tenants open
Jetting a shared line means the fixtures on it cannot be used for a while. We map which units drain to the run, give you a time window to share with them, and start early or late where a business cannot close. For buildings with recurring trouble, a scheduled cleaning every few months costs far less than an emergency backup into a ground-floor unit.