How to Choose the Right Sewer Jetting Nozzle for Every Job

Walking up to a sewer job with the wrong nozzle is like showing up to a pipe fitting with the wrong wrench — you'll waste time and leave money on the table. Here's how to pick the right nozzle for every situation you'll face.

General Cleaning: The Cleaning Nozzle

Your bread-and-butter. The Cleaning Nozzle has rear jets angled to create maximum thrust and wall-cleaning coverage. Use it for routine maintenance, light grease buildup, post-camera inspection cleanup, and any job where the pipe is mostly clear but needs freshening.

Best for: 80% of residential drain jobs.

Tough Blockages: Forward Jet & Egg Devastator

When the camera shows a partial blockage — grease dam, packed debris, or soft root mass — you need forward-facing jets to punch through. The Forward Jet Nozzle delivers pure forward thrust. The Egg Devastator combines an aerodynamic body that slides through tight spots with 4 forward jets that hammer the blockage.

Pro move: Punch through with the Egg Devastator, then follow up with the Cleaning Nozzle to flush debris out.

Root Intrusion: The Rambo & Duce

The Rambo Nozzle has forward jets plus a drill point design that tears through root masses. The Duce Nozzle is the legend — maximum cutting force for the worst root intrusion you'll see in residential pipe.

Warning: These nozzles are aggressive. Don't use them on fragile pipe (clay, old cast iron with thin walls).

Grease & Scale: The Twister

Restaurant drains, commercial kitchens, old galvanized pipe with mineral scale — the Twister Nozzle creates a spinning vortex that strips buildup off pipe walls in a single pass.

The Smart Setup

Most plumbers need 3–4 nozzles to cover 95% of jobs: Cleaning Nozzle (daily driver), Egg Devastator (blockage penetration), Rambo (root emergencies), and Egg Nozzle (pre-camera work). That's exactly what comes in our Plumber Kit — all four nozzles, custom-jetted to your machine, in a carrying case.