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What to do about slow drains, sewer backups and root intrusion, and how hydro jetting and camera inspections find and clear the problem. See our sewer and drain cleaning service.

Trailer-mounted hydro jetting machine with a hose reel on a home driveway, its hose fed into an open sewer cleanout in the lawn

Drain & Sewer Cleaning

Hydro Jetting Cost: What Drives the Price

Hydro jetting is priced by the line, not by the hour on a menu board. Here is what moves the cost up or down, why a camera look comes first, and when jetting saves money compared with cabling the same line again.

Sewer cleaning machine with a steel cable being fed into a white cleanout pipe in the dry side yard of a single-storey home

Drain & Sewer Cleaning

How Often Should You Clean Your Main Sewer Line?

There is no universal schedule for main sewer line cleaning. A sound line with no trees nearby may never need it; a lateral with a root problem may need it every year. Your line's own history sets the interval.

Sewer inspection camera reel and monitor set up beside an open cleanout in the front yard of an older Hollister home

Drain & Sewer Cleaning

What a Sewer Camera Finds in an Older Hollister Home

The sewer lateral is the one part of a house nobody can assess by looking. On older Hollister properties it is also the part most likely to hold an expensive surprise, and a camera is the only way to settle it.

Plumber feeding a sewer camera through an open cleanout to check pipe condition before choosing a cleaning method

Drain & Sewer Cleaning

Hydro Jetting vs. Snaking: Which One Does Your Line Need?

Snaking opens a blocked line. Hydro jetting cleans it. This guide explains what each method actually does, which one recurring clogs call for, and why Hollister's older clay laterals and hard water change the answer.

Open exterior sewer cleanout with a drain cable machine staged beside it at a Hollister home

Drain & Sewer Cleaning

What to Do When Your Sewer Backs Up in Hollister: A Step-by-Step Guide

A sewer backup puts your whole home's drainage at a standstill and turns every flush into a flood risk. This step-by-step guide covers what to do in the first ten minutes, what never to do, why backups happen in Hollister homes, and how the clearing process works.

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