Set Up on the Structure
The unit works from a manhole, basin or access point, with traffic control and site protection to whatever the location and the permit require.
Commercial & municipal
Jet-Vac & Vactor Service
A combination unit jets the line and vacuums the debris into the tank in the same pass. The line is cleaned and the material leaves site with us, rather than being pushed somewhere else in the system.
Send a scope and we will price it. Drawings welcome.
Serving Ohio since 1960
Open 24 hours, 7 days
Our own fleet and crews
Municipal and commercial work
Why Combination Matters
Jetting alone moves material along the pipe. On a private lateral that is usually fine. On a collection system it relocates the problem to the next structure downstream, which is where the next call comes from.
The Jet-Vac removes what it cuts loose. For sewer mains, treatment plants and wet wells, that is the difference between maintenance and moving debris around the network.
How the Work Runs
Jet and Recover in One Pass
Water at pressure works the line while the vacuum lifts the material into the tank, so the debris is captured rather than carried downstream.
Haul and Dispose
The load leaves with the truck and goes for disposal through the correct channels. Nothing is left on site for somebody else to deal with.
Typical Scopes
- Sanitary and storm main cleaning, scheduled or reactive
- Catch basins and manholes
- Wet wells and lift stations
- Treatment plant basins and process tanks
- Grease traps and interceptors on commercial sites
- Sites where debris cannot be left on site, or where there is nowhere to put it
Where a length has a history, the work pairs with camera inspection so cleaning is directed at what actually needs it, and with smoke testing where the question is inflow rather than debris.
What Happens to the Material
This is usually the second question on a municipal or commercial scope, and it is a fair one. What comes out of a sewer or a wet well is not spoil that can be tipped at the edge of the site.
We are a liquid waste contractor first. The same crews and the same disposal routes that handle septage and treatment plant work handle Jet-Vac loads, so recovery and disposal are one contract rather than two. If your specification calls for documentation of what was removed and where it went, say so with the scope and we will confirm what we can provide before the work is priced.
What It Will Not Do
A Jet-Vac cleans and recovers. It does not repair, and on some scopes it is not the whole answer.
- Structural defects. A cracked, offset or collapsed length keeps catching debris no matter how well it is cleaned. Where a length blocks repeatedly, an inspection is worth more than another cleaning.
- Hardened deposits. Heavy scale, set grease and consolidated silt can take more than one pass, and that belongs in the scope rather than in a surprise on the invoice.
- Access and setup. Reach is from the structure. Where a length has no usable access, or the truck cannot get within working distance, that changes the method and the price.
- Capacity per trip. A tank holds what it holds. On a heavy scope, disposal runs are part of the job and the schedule should allow for them.
Working to Your Schedule
Municipal and commercial work usually has to fit around something: a traffic window, a plant shutdown, a tenant who has to stay open. Tell us the constraint when you send the scope and we will price the job that actually has to happen.
Unit capacity and reach depend on which truck the job takes. Ask when you send the scope and we will confirm what is coming.
What to Expect From Darr's
We have run vacuum and jetting equipment in Ohio since 1960, out of Clyde, with our own fleet and our own crews. Collection system work, plant work and the disposal that follows are all in house.
- Cleaning, recovery and disposal from one contractor, on one contract
- Jet-Vac work paired with inspection, locating or smoke testing where the scope needs it
- Crews used to permits, traffic control and working to somebody else's schedule
- Open 24 hours, 7 days, across 23 Ohio counties
Send Us a Scope
Municipalities, property managers and contractors. Quotes turned around quickly.