Grease-heavy kitchen lines
Cuts through the layered grease and food residue that clog busy home and restaurant kitchen lines — the buildup that hardens on the pipe wall and shrugs off a cable machine.
Scour the full pipe
Hydro Jetting in Salt Lake & Utah Counties
When a cable opens the line but heavy buildup stays behind, hydro jetting uses high-pressure water to scour the full pipe wall clean — the fix for grease, roots, and recurring clogs a snake alone keeps missing.
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Understand the problem
More than punching a hole through the clog
Hydro jetting — also called drain jetting or sewer jetting — is built for lines coated with grease, sludge, mineral scale, and fine roots that ordinary flow and a cable machine can't move. A specialized nozzle drives water through the pipe at high pressure, cutting buildup loose and flushing it out the approved exit point.
Jetstar Plumbing and Drains runs commercial-grade jetting equipment on residential, multifamily, restaurant, and commercial lines across Utah County and Salt Lake County. Because water pressure has to match the pipe, we inspect the line first — often on camera — and jet only when the pipe can take it.
Two things make jetting especially useful along the Wasatch Front. First, Utah's hard water leaves mineral scale that builds on the inside of the pipe year after year; a cable can bore a hole through it, but jetting strips it back to the pipe wall. Second, the grease load from local restaurants, cafés, and busy family kitchens hardens into a rind that no snake fully removes. Jetting flushes both out of the system instead of leaving a thinned channel that closes again within weeks. And when a line has structural damage or heavy root intrusion, we tell you plainly — jetting is a cleaning tool, and no amount of cleaning fixes a broken pipe.
Talk through the symptomsScope
Where hydro jetting earns its keep
Recurring main-line buildup
Scours the pipe wall back to clean where repeated cable snaking keeps restoring flow for a few weeks and then leaving residue behind.
Root and organic intrusion
Breaks apart root masses and organic buildup when the pipe is sound enough to jet, and flags the joint or crack the roots are entering through.
Preventive line cleaning
Keeps high-use restaurant, café, and multifamily lines clear on a schedule before grease shuts them down mid-service.
Know the signs
When to ask about hydro jetting
If these symptoms are active or worsening, call before water or wastewater creates a larger problem.
Clogs come back on a schedule
A drain that slows or backs up on a predictable pattern still has buildup coating the pipe wall — the clog was cleared, but the cause was not.
Grease is the problem
Cable machines punch a hole through grease and restore flow; jetting actually strips the grease off the pipe so it does not re-close within weeks.
Several drains are slow at once
When multiple fixtures slow down together, the trouble is usually the shared main line, and it needs deep cleaning rather than fixture-by-fixture snaking.
The property runs its drains hard
Restaurants, apartments, and busy family homes push far more grease and waste through their lines and benefit from scheduled jetting before the next shutdown.
Straight answer on price
What hydro jetting costs
Hydro jetting is priced by the line, not a flat menu rate. Once we know the pipe and the buildup, you get a firm number before the pump runs. Here is what drives it:
Typical range
$350 – $700
Typical Salt Lake & Utah county range. Your exact price is quoted before any work begins.
Pipe size and length
A short kitchen branch jets faster than a long main line, and larger pipe takes more work to scour.
Type of buildup
Light grease clears quickly; hardened scale, sludge, and roots take more passes and time.
Access to the line
A usable cleanout keeps the job efficient; hard-to-reach lines add labor.
Camera verification
Confirming the result on camera adds cost but shows the pipe is genuinely clean.
Inspect → act → verify
Our hydro jetting process
- 01
Assess the line
We review the symptoms, access, pipe material, and any known damage before recommending high-pressure jetting — because pressure that cleans a sound line can harm a compromised one.
- 02
Select the nozzle
The technician sets the water pressure and nozzle pattern to the pipe diameter and the type of buildup, from a light grease cut to heavy scale and roots.
- 03
Jet and flush
Water scours the full length of the line while the loosened grease, scale, and roots are flushed out of the system rather than pushed farther down.
- 04
Confirm the result
We test flow and, when line condition or a recurring clog calls for it, camera-verify so you have proof the pipe is genuinely clean and not just temporarily open.
Why Jetstar
Service built around the line, not the sales pitch
Drain and sewer specialists
Jetstar Plumbing and Drains knows when jetting is the right call, when a cable is enough, and when the pipe needs repair before any cleaning — so you are not paying for a service the line can't use.
Purpose-built equipment
Commercial pumps, hoses, and nozzles handle everything from a tight kitchen branch to a full-size main sewer line without improvising.
Inspection-minded service
We treat recurring buildup as a system to understand and fix, not just a clog to shove downstream until it comes back.
Local coverage
Hydro Jetting across our service area
Jetstar Plumbing and Drains serves all 46 municipalities in Utah County and Salt Lake County. Start with a featured local page or explore the complete county-by-county directory.
Pleasant GroveProvoOremLehiAmerican ForkDraperSandySalt Lake CitySouth JordanWest JordanSpanish ForkEagle Mountain
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Hydro Jetting questions
- Hydro jetting is priced by pipe size, the type of buildup, and line access, so it varies by job. Jetstar Plumbing and Drains quotes a firm number before the pump runs — call (801) 400-4008.
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