A proper clean of the pipe rather than a hole punched through the blockage. Jetting strips fat, silt, scale and roots back to the pipe wall — so the drain stays clear rather than blocking again in three months.
High-pressure water jetting sends water down the drain through a specialist nozzle at very high pressure. The jets fire backwards as well as forwards, so the head pulls itself along the pipe while scouring the walls behind it.
That difference matters. Rodding punches a hole through a blockage and restores flow — which is often all you need. Jetting strips the pipe wall back towards its original bore, so the fat, scale and silt that caused the problem goes with it rather than waiting to catch the next thing that comes past.
For a one-off blockage in an otherwise healthy drain, rodding is quicker and cheaper and we'll say so. Jetting earns its cost where the drain keeps blocking, where there's heavy grease build-up, where roots are involved, or before a CCTV survey — a dirty pipe gives you a survey of the dirt rather than the pipe.
Clearing the same run every few months means something is still in there. Jetting removes the build-up rather than the symptom.
Commercial kitchens, pubs and flats. Fat coats the pipe wall and rodding barely touches it — hot jetting cuts it away.
Cutting nozzles clear root growth back to the pipe wall. Pair it with a survey to find the joint letting them in.
Ground material washing in through a crack settles along the run. Jetting flushes it out properly.
You can't assess a pipe you can't see. Cleaning first means the survey shows the drain's actual condition.
Scheduled jetting on a known problem run is far cheaper than an emergency call-out with a closed kitchen behind it.
In competent hands, yes — pressure is matched to the pipe. That's the important caveat: on old clay, pitch-fibre or already-damaged drains, excessive pressure can worsen an existing fault. We assess the drain before deciding how to work on it, and where a pipe is clearly failing we'll recommend a survey and repair instead of jetting it harder.
Rodding clears a path through a blockage and restores flow. Jetting scours the pipe wall with high-pressure water, removing the build-up that caused the blockage. For a one-off blockage rodding is often enough; for repeat problems, grease or roots, jetting is the better tool.
Pressure is matched to the pipe. On old clay, pitch-fibre or already-damaged drains, excessive pressure can worsen an existing fault, so we assess the drain first. Where a pipe is clearly failing we recommend a survey and repair rather than jetting it harder.
A typical domestic run takes one to two hours. Commercial systems, longer runs and heavy grease deposits take longer, and we will give you a fixed price before starting.
Cutting nozzles clear root growth back to the pipe wall and restore full flow. The roots entered through a defect though, so unless that joint or crack is repaired they will grow back. A survey after jetting shows you where the entry point is.
Yes, and it is one of the most common commercial jobs we do. Grease build-up in kitchen waste runs is best handled on a planned schedule rather than waiting for the blockage that closes the kitchen.
Call any hour and you'll speak to someone who can book an engineer — no call-out fee, fixed price agreed before we start.