Sewer Jetting & Drain Cleaning
We jet the pipe wall clean with high-pressure water, then vacuum the roots, grease, and sediment out with the combo truck. One pass clears the line instead of just punching a hole through the clog.
Jet, Scour, Vacuum
Most blocked lines do not clog at one neat point. Grease, roots, and grit build up along the whole inside of the pipe until water finally stops moving. Punch a hole through it and you buy a few weeks. Scour the full wall and you get the line back.
Murray General Contracting runs a Vactor 2110 combo truck, which carries both the high-pressure jetter and the vacuum on one machine. The jetter feeds a hose down the line and drives water out the back of a nozzle. Those streams scrub the pipe wall and pull the hose forward as they push the loosened material back toward the access point. The vacuum then lifts that debris out of the manhole, basin, or cleanout so it leaves the system instead of settling downstream.
We clean sewer lines, storm drains, catch basins, and culverts across the Lehigh Valley, from Allentown and Bethlehem to Easton and out to Breinigsville. One local crew runs the truck, and you get a free estimate within 48 hours of telling us what is backing up.
How A Clean Runs
We locate the cleanout, manhole, or basin and read what we are dealing with. Roots, grease, and sediment each take a different nozzle and pressure.
The hose feeds down the pipe and the nozzle drives water out the back at high pressure, scouring the full wall and cutting through the blockage as it travels.
The combo truck vacuums the loosened roots, grease, and sediment out of the structure so it leaves the system instead of resettling downstream.
We run water through and watch it move freely. You see a clear line before we pack up, and we tell you straight if a pipe needs repair, not just cleaning.
Why Jetting Works
High-pressure streams scour the full circumference of the pipe back to bare wall. There is no blade scraping or chemical sitting in your line.
The vacuum lifts the loosened material out of the structure. It does not float downstream to clog the next bend or basin.
A root-cutting nozzle shears roots off where they enter the pipe, then the truck vacuums the pieces out so flow comes all the way back.
The Vactor 2110 carries the jetter and the vacuum together, so we scour and remove in the same visit instead of staging two machines.
Lines We Clean
If a line keeps clogging at the same spot, the pipe itself may be cracked or broken. We can expose that section with hydro excavation for a repair, locate and daylight the utilities around it first, or fix the grading and drainage that sent the water there to begin with.
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Jetting Questions
Sewer jetting sends water through a hose at high pressure, out the back of a nozzle, so the streams scour the full inner wall of the pipe. It cuts roots, breaks up grease, and flushes sediment toward the access point. Our Vactor 2110 then vacuums the loosened debris out of the structure so it does not just settle again downstream.
A snake or auger punches a hole through a clog so water can move again, but it leaves the buildup on the pipe wall. Jetting scours the whole circumference of the pipe back toward bare wall, so grease and root mats come out instead of staying behind to clog again. For a line that keeps backing up, jetting is the more lasting fix.
Yes. A root-cutting nozzle uses the water pressure to shear roots off at the pipe wall, and the combo truck vacuums the pieces out. Roots will grow back through the same crack or joint over time, so if a line roots repeatedly we can talk through exposing and repairing that section.
Most catch basins and storm drains in the Lehigh Valley do well with a cleaning once a year, usually before winter so they carry snowmelt and heavy rain. Basins near trees, gravel lots, or construction fill up faster and may need it more often. We can vacuum out the grit, leaves, and sediment that block the outlet pipe.
Yes. We jet and vacuum culverts, storm pipes, catch basins, and other underground structures across the Lehigh Valley and Eastern Pennsylvania. The combo truck pulls out the sediment, debris, and standing material that block flow, and we leave the structure clear so water moves the way it should.
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