I used baking soda and vinegar leave for 5min and used hot water and plunger to help and it unclogged really nice

Very informative video. Do you have training classes for NYC Master Plumber’s practice test?

Too bad the audio is low

Hi, will copper pipes great to be as water pipe? Will it rust or corrode?

you are the best sir

Will vaseline protect copper pipes from the outside?

I have used vinegar and Baking Soda has always worked for me for years. They put everything except the kitchen sink in those pipes.😂❤😢😅COME ON NOW.NOT EVERY ONECAN AFFORD A 4 OR 5 HUNDRED DOLLAR 💵 HOUSE 🏠 CALL.

Absolutely shattered my years of understanding. Thanks man

great video thank you very much

Awesome tip! Thanks

2nd floor clog in the bathtub. Running an auger down the bathtub drain does nothing. Run the auger about 8-9 feet down the pipe below the bathroom sink in the same bathroom removes the clog. Have to auger it once a year. Now it’s backed up but it takes time to back up. Can take a shower for 4-5 minutes before the water starts pooling in the tub. Still drains though it is slower l and when I am done showering take barely over a minute to drain. Not backing as far as I can tell in the the first floor bathroom which is immediately below. Plumber wants to literally demolish the entire bathroom, rip out the walls and tub in both bathrooms. $12,000. Not including the thousands I would have to pay remodeling. I don’t bother with them. These are the same plumbers when he checked all the valves that are under the faucets and toilets that all 12 are frozen and to pay him $3,100 to replace them all. I simply unfroze 10 of them using a plumbers wrench. Three needed to be replaced but I did them myself. Only one gave me trouble due to how cramped it was.

Lol I was drunk last week and accidentally put boiling hot water on the toilet. I was immediately worried the next day but I guess one time is fine 😅

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Lol come to Colorado and try to dig a 4x4x18” hole in this time in our clay

Besides sewer line replacement outside the home and into the street sewer main, do you do sewer line replacements within the basement? Just want to know for future reference.

I tihnk this will be really helpful to get some of my staff to understand this since my explinations seem to fall on deaf ear. Great visualization.

Im working same work in Romania can i have jobe there sir .

You have to use boiling hot water first and then boiling hot water after you put in the baking soda and vinegar. Instructions from Liquidplumr website: *4 STEPS TO UNCLOG YOUR DRAIN WITH BAKING SODA & VINEGAR* Follow these easy steps to unclog your drain: *STEP 1:* Start by pouring a pot of boiling water down the drain. *STEP 2:* Next, pour a cup of baking soda and 1 cup water/1 cup vinegar solution. *STEP 3:* Cover with the drain plug and wait 5 to 10 minutes. *STEP 4:* Pour boiling water down the drain again. The bubbling reaction from the baking soda and vinegar helps to loosen the drain clog, and the boiling water in step 4 helps remove it from your pipes.

So from a chemistry perspective...your are making fancy salt water with CO2...

Since I'm slow this helps lol

So what if your house is one level

1 inch per 4', not 5'. 1/4 inch per foot

WELL DONE, demonstration I have asked well pump suppliers what is better to have psi or flow, they dont have a real good answers.

Vinegar and Baking Soda works as a drain cleaner. Specifically from the drain it's self down to the P-Trap. Merely to minimize build up and odors in the open air part of the drain. Not as a clog remover. Therefore the content of this video dose not match the Title :|

Ok, judging from the comments here it appears that many people have found success using baking soda and vinegar. But my question is different: does baking soda and vinegar damage cast iron piping?

there is another pipe that you do not mention and is not identified in your size chart - galvanized. That's what I have and what I measure is 0.840 inches O.D. Is that going to be 3/4" galvanized?

You obviously don't have the experience. I've seen what boiling water does to pvc. I've been in restaurants where you see the deformed pvc from boiling water. Your wrong.

I have used baking sofa and vinegar for 60 years it works like magic

Come to the United States Virgin Islands all you bump into is rocks

Good video sir

Thank you, Mr. Balkan!

Very informative and to the point. Thank You.

You complicated an explanation that didn't need to be complicated

Link to the check valve?

Thank you, David. This demonstration is helping me a lot in 2024!

Please Help. Recently developed basement. Water was overflowing from Toilet and Shower. Plumber came, fixed issue with snake, checked with camera up to the main sewerage that pipes looked nice and clean. It's only been 20 days today and water is overflowing again in Toilet and Shower. Any thoughts?

Is the pressure increased or decreased? According to bernoullis equation there should be a decrease?

You need to mix the baking soda with water so it gets around the clog. Plus add salt so you have some scrubbing action. Then heat the vinegar to boiling that we’ll help with the grease and pour away. I,have used it several; times and it works. But there are clogs where only the industrial store bought will work

Great video thanks sir

Exactly what I was looking for. Thank you sir!

I have a leak outside. Only when I drain my kitchen sink it will also drain outside out of my siding. How do I figure that out?

Oh no wonder my back hurts so badly, I was lifting wrong

EXCELLENT EXPLAINED. Your demonstration about how by having the same pressure from a source gives different amount of water flow, due to having more or less resistance in the line, is correct. What most people seem to be confused about is Bernoulli's equation. Let me explain about it. Many considerations are needed in order to apply Bernoulli's equation. But two are essential, one is applying it in a single streamline, and the other one is to a steady system. The last condition refers to that there can't be a change of properties in time, so the system needs to be constant. This last assumption doesn't apply here, where someone compare the before and after the thumb was placed. When it wasn't placed your thumb, the section of the hose is larger than the nozzle, so as people say, velocity is increased at the expense of pressure at the exit, but this also happens when you put the thumb, so why does someone see that the pressure increase in the pressure gauge in the last scenario?! That's because of the system curve!! Roughly explained, when you have water flowing it needs to go against obstacles, that would include, pressure diferences, new heights, bendings, rugosity, etc. All these things considered tell how much pressure you need to apply to generate a flow rate, so with more obstacles, we need to apply more pressure in order to keep moving a flow! That's why when you put your thumb, the pressure increased. You created and obstacle, so that translates to needing more presssure in order for the flow to circulate! This is the same as thinking that you need more pressure to reach the top of a 20 floor building than a 6 floor one. There is also the pump curve to go in depth!! It relates the amount of flow given by a pump at a certain pressure. When you have 0 flow (because it is totally restricted, as with a close valved), you have max pressure provided by your pump, but this is the opposite when there is no restriction! Max Flow with 0 pressure! There topics are confusing at first sight, so i encourage you to look for pump and systems curves! Hope i clarify you a bit.

Baking soda and vinegar are not used to clear a clog... It's more used to clean the open drains and keep them from clogging. I have never known any vinegar and baking soda to clear a clot. But to keep the drains open. Yes. I have never had a problem with that. You put the baking soda and vinegar in the drain and let it do its thing and after that, give it a hot water rinse. You should be fine after that, but to clear a clog,,,,,, no.

I bought one of the bladders at the end of the video and it worked like a charm! Thanks!

Vinegar is an Acid and Baking Soda is a Base, so they will neutralize each others PH.

The title of this video should be "Why I recommend a Cyclone brand check valve"

Did you watch the video before posting? The text banners covered the results.

Very useful. Thank you

Plumbing is not for everyone. That's why ppl can always call a plumber 😂