Traverse City Hydro Jetting

There are a number of big advantages to choosing Traverse City Hydrojetting when you need effective, efficient drain cleaning services. Some of the key benefits that hydro scrubbing technology has to offer are:

• Thorough Cleaning: Drain snakes only pull up the main part of a blockage, leaving plenty of debris behind that will soon form another blockage. If you have a buildup of grease on the inside of your kitchen drain line, for example, a plumbing snake won't be able to remove it, and you'll wind up dealing with another drain clog in the near future. Hydrojetting blasts away soft blockages and sticky substances, leaving the inside of your lines much cleaner than other methods.
• Preventative Maintenance: As the saying goes, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. That's never more true than when it's applied to your plumbing system. Investing in regular Traverse City hydro jetting service is far more cost-effective and stress-free than having to deal with unexpected, unsanitary problems like sewer back-ups and broken underground pipes. Annual hydro scrubbing will keep your drain lines functioning well, but it will also keep them in good shape for longer so you can avoid the need for repair or replacement.
• Tree Root Infiltration: You may not even have any trees in your yard, but your neighbors likely do. Even trees that don't look all that big can have roots that reach a surprising distance. They can wrap themselves around buried plumbing lines, and as they grow, they exert a tremendous amount of pressure on the line until it cracks. When root tendrils get into a pipe and touch water, they grow rapidly and can fill up several feet of pipe. Hydrojetting is capable of cutting through root growth so the wastewater can flow freely again.
• Environmentally Friendly: Unlike toxic chemical drain cleaners, hydrojetting uses only water to clean the inside of your drain lines. That means there are no harsh chemicals that can get into groundwater or soil and cause contamination that could harm our local flora and fauna.

It's quite common for a drain problem to start out relatively minor and unnoticeable and get incrementally worse over time until it's a major plumbing problem and your house is at risk of serious issues such as water damage, which can lead to problems like wood rot that cause structural instability. Or every homeowner's worst nightmare occurs, and you are forced to deal with a flood of disgusting raw sewage and wastewater.

Even if you never have to deal with that worst-case scenario, it's still a good idea to get seemingly insignificant issues diagnosed and repaired so you can keep your plumbing system working smoothly and avoid the stress and hassle of a plumbing catastrophe. Here are some of the indications that you need Traverse City hydrojetting services:

• Water is slow to move out of fixtures because drains are blocked up
• Gurgling, grinding, sucking, squeaking, or banging sounds coming from sewer lines
• Gross odors from sewer pipes, such as rotting food, musty odors, or sewage smells
• More than one of your fixtures frequently clogs without any obvious reason
• There's sewage backing up in fixtures close to the ground, such as a basement shower or floor drains
• Water bubbles out of the drain on one side of a double sink when you're using the opposite side
• Flies or gnats hovering around sinks and floor drains
• Patches of grass that look more lush and bright green than the surrounding lawn

This is a good question because Michigan has very hard water, and Traverse City is no exception. Hard water has high concentrations of dissolved minerals like calcium and magnesium in it. While it's potable and safe to use for bathing and other purposes, hard water leads to some serious plumbing issues because it leaves calcified mineral deposits on the inside of your pipes. That narrows the interior diameter of the pipe, choking off the flow of water and causing tremendous pressure inside the line that can eventually cause it to burst if it's not attended to. Traverse City doesn't have the hardest water in Michigan—that honor goes to Birmingham—but it is still considered hard at 164 PPM (mg/L).

Fortunately, the answer is yes—Traverse City hydro jetting services are capable of handling the effects of hard water by blasting away those mineral deposit blockages from pipes. The pressurized water produced by hydro-scrubbing machines is powerful enough to loosen those deposits and break them apart, leaving the insides of your pipes clean and smooth. That's why it's important to invest in regular hydrojetting services. You can't really prevent hard water from touching the inside of your lines, but you can get rid of the deposits it leaves behind.

The exact frequency at which your system will need hydrojetting can be difficult to narrow down because it depends greatly on how often you use your drain lines and how cautious you are about avoiding substances that can cause problems, such as fat, oil, and grease. But generally speaking, a typical single-family household can get away with scheduling Traverse City hydrojetting once per year. That should be ample to keep your sewer pipes clear so you don't have to worry about plumbing disasters. But a commercial property, especially a hospitality business or a household with a large family that uses their plumbing a lot, may need hydrojetting services more frequently.

If you've recently coped with an unpleasant problem such as a sewer backup, you may be wondering how you can make sure that never happens again. Annual preventive hydrojetting appointments are the most important step you can take, but it also makes sense to be cautious about what you let go down your drains. The only thing that should be in your wastewater disposal system is wastewater, human waste, and toilet paper. You can get away with a few scraps of food if you have a garbage disposal, and you can't really avoid some other substances like soap scum, but everything else should be kept away from your drain lines.

That includes liquified fat, oil, and grease, which are so notorious they actually have their own acronym in the plumbing industry: FOG. It can also be really helpful to install a simple hair catcher in your shower and bathtub, which is just a strainer that catches strands of hair before they can slip down the drain.

Are you in need of professional hydrojetting in Traverse City or a nearby area such as Elk Rapids, Acme, or Suttons Bay? The solution is only a phone call away!

Contact the team at Mr. Rooter Plumbing of Traverse City for reliable workmanship and stellar customer service. We're proud to be a locally owned and operated business that provides trustworthy plumbing services to the homeowners and business owners of this corner of Northern Michigan.