Hydro Jetting in Newnan, GA

Signs it's time to jet

• The kitchen drain was cabled and is sluggish again
• The tub fills with water when the washing machine pumps out
• A toilet burps air when another fixture drains
• Sewage odor near the cleanout or a basement drain
• Roots or thick grease came back on the cable head

One slow fixture is usually its own trap or branch. Several low drains backing up together means the main line or lateral.

Local conditions in Newnan

Newnan Utilities provides both water and sewer in the city, and it runs the Wahoo Creek and Mineral Springs wastewater treatment plants. Its main number is 770-683-5516; if sewage is coming up from the public system or several homes on your street are affected, that's the place to report it. A backup limited to your house is almost always in the private building drain or lateral, which is where a plumber jets.

The Coweta County seat has two very different housing stocks. The historic downtown and the streets around it hold older homes with antebellum architecture, where cast iron and clay drain lines are likely and mature trees send roots toward the joints. Most of the rest of the city is newer: census survey figures put Newnan's median home at 2004, with about 23% built before 1980. Those newer homes mostly have plastic drains, so clogs there come from grease, wipes and food waste rather than the pipe itself.

Newnan Utilities also publishes a line-inspection request form on its website, which can be useful if you aren't sure whether a problem is on the utility side.

What affects the cost

• Access through an outdoor cleanout versus a toilet or roof vent
• Length of the lateral to the Newnan Utilities main
• Type and amount of buildup
• Whether a camera inspection is added
• Scheduling outside business hours

A broken pipe found during cleaning becomes a repair job, and inside city limits the City of Newnan Building Department administers the plumbing code and issues permits.

When you call

The number on this page connects you with an independent plumber who works in Newnan. Say which drains are affected and roughly when the house was built. Until they arrive, stop running water into the line.