Boise, IdahoEst. 1988
Drain cleaning that does not come back in three weeks.
A drain that clogs twice is telling you the cable did not finish the job. We clear the line, then hydro-jet it so grease, scale, and roots are gone — and if the pipe itself is the problem, we show you on camera instead of selling you another snake.
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What drain cleaning & hydro-jetting actually looks like in Boise.
Thirty-five years under Treasure Valley houses. The conditions here are not the ones in a national plumbing blog.
Roots and old clay are a Boise specialty
Mature trees and original clay or orangeburg sewer lines are a bad combination in the North End, the Bench, and older Garden City. Cabling punches a hole through the roots. Jetting cuts them and flushes the rest so the line actually flows.
Kitchen lines load up with grease
A restaurant or a busy home kitchen will cake a line until a cable slides over the grease instead of removing it. Hydro-jetting is the tool for that. If someone has snaked it twice this year, stop snaking it.
Hard-water scale narrows the pipe
Scale from valley water builds inside older drain lines the same way it builds in a water heater. Jetting restores diameter. Cabling does not.
How the job actually goes
- 01
Find the clog
We identify which fixtures are involved so we know if this is a branch line or the main.
- 02
Clear, then jet
Cable to restore flow, then jet to clean the wall when grease, scale, or roots are the reason it came back.
- 03
Camera if it still looks wrong
If the line behaves like a broken pipe, we show you the footage before anyone talks about digging.
What's included
04 items- 01Cable and hydro-jetting equipment on the truck
- 02Root, grease, and scale removal
- 03Camera follow-up when the line looks suspect
- 04Residential and commercial lines
Sound familiar?
- Drains that clog again a few weeks later
- Multiple fixtures backing up at once
- Older homes with mature trees over the sewer line
Drain Cleaning & Hydro-Jetting questions we get in Boise.
- What is the difference between snaking and hydro-jetting?
- A cable punches a hole so water goes down today. A jet scours the pipe wall so the grease, scale, and roots are actually gone. Repeat clogs are usually a cable job that needed a jet.
- Will jetting damage my pipes?
- Not when it is done by someone who has looked at the line. We will not run high pressure through a pipe we already know is orangeburg or collapsed. That is what the camera is for.
- Do I need a camera inspection too?
- If this is the first backup in years, maybe not. If it keeps happening, or several fixtures back up at once, yes. Seeing the pipe is cheaper than guessing at a replacement.
- Can you jet a kitchen line the same day?
- Usually. The jetter is on the truck. Call us and we will tell you when we can be there rather than giving you a window we cannot hit.
Boise & the Treasure Valley
Need drain cleaning & hydro-jetting today?
Tell us what is going on. We will tell you honestly when we can be there and what it is likely to cost.