Blocked Drain 370 - DISGRUNTLE Tenants Cause MAJOR Blockage

[@antman3525]

The Offenders even left you a drink knowing it was going to create a thirst retrieving the goodies.

[@beaverc2884]

Gavin never could have completed the job without Scary monster Penetrator helping 😊😊

[@rickthelian2215]

Gavin string with a loop you can tighten pull-up.😊

[@tbelding]

Surprised you didn't go find the manhole. Good job with that. What you needed was one of the flexible four jaw extender pickups.

[@brock1maria]

Sad how disrespectful some people can be . So happy there are still LEDGENDS like Mr. P who helps their client's with respect . Blessing's to you and your family Mr. P

[@KittyKitty_FantasyDreamer]

The episode where Saxon gave you the Scary Monster Penetrator is episode 261. I recently started watching and have been having a blast watching each one. I have to be careful with the flashing lights or when the camera spins around a lot, due to having issues with seizures. I really enjoy seeing the water and roots get cleared out. I hope you, the team, and your family are all doing well and stay safe.

[@chrislebricolo3900]

Good job!! The inhabitants of this house have confused the sewers with the trash can? 😅

[@roadmonitoroz]

Love the PPE footwear 6:40 A 10mm straight rod with a self tapping screw attached at the end then the other end attached to a drill would allow you to drill into the bottle with the screw then just yank it out. I did something similar just the other day with one of the additional switch slots. I couldn't get it out with the flat tip so drilled into it and pulled it straight out with the drill. A cheap dodgy one would be some PVC pipe (maybe 30 mm), cut some wood out with a jig saw / hole saw (30 mm), drill through the wood then put a self tapping screw (glued in so it sticks 20 - 30 mm out the end. Glue the rounded wood into the PVC and screw in from the side to reinforce it. On the other end drill a hole cross ways to mount a screw driver / dowel (like a tap handle) for screwing it in and put something on the end so you can push down while twisting. After that, just put it down, drill it in with rotating and pushing at the same time then just rip it out.

[@rons3103]

Galvin, I think you need to add Captain "Hook" to your collection and maybe a 3 prong spear (Think Ollie has one)! You never know how big the corn is until you look into the pipe! 😂😂

[@gloriamccarthy4800]

Did these ppl think penetrator could clean this out! He's awesome and gives it his all!

[@dianncharlan5648]

Well Gavin, you did it again! Great video! Glad Scary Monster Penetrator was there to help! Those renters are a sorry bunch, I hope they recieve the Karma they deserve! Tell Mrs. P. and the Missy P. I said "HI" Have a great day!

[@sethwiedeman1799]

Interesting gavin how all of that stuff got down the sewer drain. U got them out except for one but u got it flowing again right o mate si u on the next one 👍👍👍👍👍

[@allenbeaulieu7077]

Well done sir. A bit of trickery to try to get the last bottle. Worked out well Gavin.

[@esperanzaflores180]

Wow feel bad for the owner hope they can still charge the renters for the cleaning 😢

[@wusitmee]

next time make up a tool with long fish hook sharpen it get next to bollle and force hook into plastic bottle and pull out slowly

[@thepagan5432]

Boys will be boys ! I've put a normal wood screw, super glued & heat shrink sleeve, onto the end of a cane and pierced the ball that the kids had put in a drain. Worked great for that, could work for plastic bottles too. 100% effort by Gavin so well done mate 👍

[@rupe53]

I though maybe a harpoon, so we are on the same track here.

[@thepagan5432]

@@rupe53 Agreed, anything which makes a hole and can be lifted/dragged out can be used, a harpoon sounds good, as it could be used to clear roots and stuff too.

[@rupe53]

@@thepagan5432 ... the idea of the harpoon is the one-way hook that pierces but doesn't pull out easy. Similar to a barb on a fishhook but more aggressive.

[@smasica]

File some notches in the grabber jaws so they are sharp serrations. It'll give a much better grip than the smooth edges. Ollie's homemade 'shark hook' would work, too.

[@bottomup12]

WWOD what would Ollie do? Stab it

[@Watchyn_Yarwood]

Exactly!

[@joylefevre7288]

you could use some sort of hook for things stuck like that

[@scottgm321]

Perhaps some paracord or strong string with a self tightening loop on the end, or a sharp pointy thing with a barb or two on it. My parents didn’t teach me much about life but they did tell me to never own a rent house. They spent more fixing and replacing stuff than they made.

[@sunnyjoelandry3971]

If you have someone make you a long claw make sure it is like a needle nose pliers with ridged paddles on the end. So you have room for them to expand inside the pipe. Not bowed out. Are you won't have room to open them up.

[@Green_House]

🐸 You could try a shark hook. 🎣

[@patriciaschiro2659]

Wow I hope they aren’t still tenants. Do they think the adults did it or did they let their kids do it? Thank goodness you had your reliable monster helper!

[@Mudwiggler]

Nice work Gavin as always 👍

[@martinmarsola6477]

It’s a shame you could that last bottle out. I guessing that the problem is a lot smaller th it was. Hopefully, the situation is under somewhat control. See you on the next, Gavin. Cheers buddy! 😊

[@tinkeringtaylor3053]

Great job Gavin, thats stupid thing to do from the tenants 👍

[@sharonfreemanpace1011]

I could possibly see a child putting toys down a drain such as a toilet especially playing in the bathroom, but those bottles were purely intended to wreak havoc with the home owners. Here in the US the majority of household pipes are standard 2 inch pipes and wouldn't "take" those bottles. So glad you could help as always. You are a jewel.

[@catstreat9434]

U.S. building standard for residential sewage is 4" diameter which would absolutely accept those bottles.

[@sunnyjoelandry3971]

Need to get you the long claw. What we old sewer men used to use back in the old days. It's a great big old long two prong claw. You can even get them with three prongs. You can't get them where you at. Have a local welder make one for you. I still have mine now that I'm retired I use it around a house. It's kind of like those plastic ones you see in the medical places. Sep is three times as long and made out of metal. I think that's probably where they got the idea from.

[@garyreed2144]

I would’ve tried the shark hook before the drain spring!

[@Fishon22]

You need a frog spear like Ollie has.

[@garygillikin3860]

Nice work Mr. P. 😊😊😊

[@shafur3]

What a hard job❣️ Good work👍

[@colletteodonoghue5940]

It's like (un) lucky dip!

[@SandrA-hr5zk]

Looks more like a guilty kid than angry renters, if the backstory wasn't known.

[@MrDbone75]

A very good Wednesday evening to you sir

[@richardwhite4277]

I think a string with a loop on the end would have caught the squeeze lid at the beginning and pulled it out ?

[@tyrone26e]

never occurred to me that a plumbers feet could be wet most of the day..that could be a real problem .

[@lordraydens]

the mains demand an offering

[@lilianavidela7121]

Con un lazo colocadopor el interior de un caño de material duro, de 1/2 pulgada o de 3/4, lo enlazas y luego lo sacas con facilidad With a loop placed inside a pipe made of hard material, 1/2 inch or 3/4, you loop it and then remove it with ease

[@juliesoane7399]

I think he means a snare. Certainly a useful addition to you amazing kit bag Gavin!

[@JoeBlow-vx5po]

You need a stick with a harpoon tip for stabbing, poke the bottle and pull it out.

[@slc1161]

Those tenants should be taken to court for vandalism. I live in an HOA and we've had to go after the owners because the tenants trash the property. We are currently looking at changing our covenants to limit the number of rental units.

[@tbelding]

Unfortunately, you'll have to get the owners of those rent houses to agree.

[@peoplenewstoday]

Take a wood chop stick, black tape it on your camera and put a dab of the super stick “Rat trap” glue on end. As camera goes down pipe, tap glue to item you want and slowly back up. Just an idea for you next time. Cheap and easy.

[@michaelmclaughlin5748]

When vac . Falls over shut it off so float ball falls back down.

[@gardenersuze3328]

That’s disgraceful. How sad some people are.

[@KG-yn9qi]

Need an Oliver shark hook !!!!

[@mssnowball51055]

I use to clean rentals and it always shocked me what renters would do to the house or apartment. Some even stole the light fixtures, bathroom toilet, kitchen cabinets, stove, fridge, and door knobs. Would never rent. Cost more to repair things then the rent I'd get. Great job in flipflops 😂😂😂❤❤❤

[@cember01]

I had some friends have to walk out on a mortgage in the 2008 crisis. The bank offered them $3000 if they didn't trash the place on the way out. They weren't going to anyway, but they took the money.

[@mattcat231]

As a landlord/owner of 3 rental properties, you speak the truth here! After this next round of tenants move out of them, I'm selling the properties!

[@tbelding]

I'm the reverse. We had leaks from the upstairs shower in our rent house (we're the renters). I located the leak, replaced the valve, recaulked the drain (badly installed, and was the true leak), and re-sealed the shower stall. Also repaired cracked toilet and patched ceiling after spraying antifungal into the joist space - had been there LONG before we rented. Didn't demand the landlord do any of it - just buy the toilet. Didn't want his workers stomping through the house. Unfortunately, when we leave, he'll have to have it professionally worked on - we figured out that the odour in the house when we moved it is bats. My wife locked herself out of the house one night and they saw them coming out, and we've verified since then.

[@theresaburg5881]

I hope the owner passed the bill onto the tenants.

[@garrettstitt5489]

Castle Main, it is! 😂

[@arferret]

Disgusting what these people did. I hope they are sued for the damages they caused.

[@boskosdoghouse]

Hey Mate....get ya some treble fish hooks on fishing line, they are like mini "Grappling" hooks

[@BlondiNativeAme3]

Tenants who do this on purpose should not only get a major fine but have to pay Gavin big time for the mess they caused and pay the homeowner for all the damage they did! 🤔😒😡

[@Green_House]

🐸 You didn't find a pair of 'Penetrator Safety Boots' down there by chance? 🤔

[@Tatu223]

Some people have ✌🏻😎

[@lt.guppypatrollt.guppypatrol]

hey Saton, thats a great name for the Dino

[@kevinquinn9477]

Safety shoes sure look different down under.

[@amcc2531]

A sharp pole with a barb may have done it

[@the2060ish]

Good try ..👍👍

[@mohawksniper79]

Probably finger prints on that bottle you got out of he wanted to charge them

[@emil8786]

are the drain kits for your pressure washer worth buying or are they just garbage? also where do you buy the different heads, like the root cutter and whatnot.

[@1stbn8thmar]

Those parents stole their childs toys and threw them away in a drainage. what the hell

[@rupe53]

well, now that in the main it's up to the sewer department to deal with it! The reality is you got off easy on this one.

[@gretafortenberry5285]

Those had to be the tenants from hell. I would prosecute their sorry behinds and sue them for expenses incurred. I am not sure how far they can take it in Australia but in the USA we can recover our losses especially due to vandalism.

[@dzntz1]

Perhaps in your locality you may recover, but (sadly) in America far more courts side with tenants. That’s been my experience, landlords are cast as rich, mean, unreasonable folk, picking on the less fortunate. You know, like fathers are treated in divorce/custody hearings.

[@Johnjoe321]

Harpoon needed!

[@WreckDiver99]

...but rent is too high, those landlords are printing money off of their tenants. That's what I always hear from people. Friend of mine in Germany needed almost 2 years to get rid of the tenants that were refusing to pay. TWO YEARS. When they left they totally destroyed the place. It cost him nearly 120K EU to get it liveable. So 2 years of NO INCOME from the rental, 120K EU in repairs, paying the magistrate fees. Yea...he's pretty much done. He said this was super common where he is. Here in the US we see this too. I know people that have had to pay the people to leave, just so he could get the place back to rent out to somebody that would pay. All these "laws" to protect the renter are causing those high rents. In the end, ONE renter could cause multiple renters to pay even more. Wish people would just respect the place, but unfortunately this isn't the case.

[@tbelding]

Our rent has gone up 25% in the last year, and if we stayed, it would go up another 25%. - Oh, and the owner has only had to pay for 1 toilet (I put it in, was cracked when we move in) and clearing the roof vent of the dryer (on top of a 2 story house, poor layout of the laundry area), in 3 years. I'm the one that gets harrassed by the 'property management' company for stupid stuff (frost damaged plants, trying to demand I pull them out and plant new ones rather than wait for them to recover. Even the president of the HOA is fed up with the turkey.).

[@WreckDiver99]

@Troy Belding ...and the insurance he holds has gone up. If he owns say 4 or 5 properties, and one is destroyed, you are paying to offset that cost. Ive seen it multiple times. YOU may be a good tennant, but others are not. As for prperty upkeep? That is usually pretty standard when renting a home....the tennent is responsible for the landscape upkeep. At least in my area it is. Some are managed by companies, but those costs have skyrocketed too. Property management companies have increased their "cut", some 10%+, add to that insurance going up 20% and other ancillary costs to the landlord and yes. Your costs go up as well. I rented in University. And i rented for 6 months while my home was being built. All that money,.and zero to show for it in the end. Best investment i made was buying my first home, and then building my 2nd.

[@tbelding]

@@WreckDiver99 - who mentioned the property upkeep? I do that too. I've been doing structural repairs, rather than throw that cost onto the landlord, simply because I wanted it done NOW, and correctly. The repairs the landlord will have to do when we move out in two months? That's almost entirely because of the bats in the attic, that even his house painters failed to notice. He can't do anything about them until August, due to Texas restrictions on 'harming' bats during their breeding season. Even our two month lease extension before moving is doing him a favour, (income while he waits for that time period to start) although he was VERY begrudging about that. When we leave? He's raising the next person's rents even higher.

[@alchemest]

Imagine the "parent" that would take their child's toys just so they can try and block a drain out of spite. They are probably thinking if they get caught they can blame their children. How terrible you have to be as a parent to not only steal from your kids, try and destroy another persons property, then throw your own children under the bus for what you have done.

[@timw6596]

Need to carry a spear/harpoon/gaff on the truck just for cases like this !

[@4englishlies875]

Gavin you need to get yourself a spear with barbs on it so that you could have just stabbed it and pulled it out. Problem is you might use 1 time in the 20 years...lol

[@caniacstevehenderson7115]

Yes spiteful indeed 😊😊😊😊

[@darthbiggious]

Need to add a fishing spear to your toolbox

[@gleff3345]

1. create hook/clothes hanger on end of rod, 2 heat the hook till yellow, 3. lower it so it melts into the bottle, 4. holding the hook in place, let it cool down 5. retreive

[@danielbrown4133]

Ah well, no more renting for these "Disgruntled Tenants" if a real estate handles this property. Reduced or no bond back and Black List for them!!!

[@sueladybird6923]

As you say...They will be lucky to ever get a rental again! Talk about shooting yourself in the foot🙄

[@tbelding]

Many places in the US, you're not allowed to black list anyone. The most you can do if someone calls for a reference (legally) is just say "I rented to them.". You can say NOTHING bad.

[@danielbrown4133]

@@tbelding Here in Queensland bad tenants can be black listed.

[@tbelding]

@@danielbrown4133 Here they'd sue based on discrimination, slander, libel, etc.

[@danielbrown4133]

@@tbelding Not here Troy, the Real Estate Institute of Queensland and the government protect rental home owners from bad tenants. Prospective tenants have to pay bond which is equal to 4 weeks rent in advance, provide payslips to show ability to pay the rent, references and must have no black marks against them to get a rental property.The home is regularly inspected for condition and if anything is damaged the tenant has to pay for repairs which are inspected after. When lease is up good tenants are offered another lease, if not, they are given a move out notice. If the property is in the same condition as at start of lease, the bond is returned. The rental home owner is also required to keep the house in a good state of repair and things quickly fixed when reported by tenants. In the past too many bad tenants wrecked homes which is why things are the way they are now.

[@richardwhite4277]

are those steel toed sandals you're wearing ??

[@penetratorblockeddrains]

Haha yep 👍

[@garyduvall7266]

make you a shark hook on a stick.

[@frankcarone3769]

great job, this is pathetic that some punks did this

[@joeylawn36111]

IMO Never rent out a property you own. Sell it outright. Renters do nothing but destroy the places they rent.

[@nicolad8822]

Not true.

[@joeylawn36111]

@@nicolad8822 ok, maybe not every time, but I’ve known too many property owners that it has happened to.

[@allanmanley6340]

Get your fishing gear out Mate. You need a "harpoon" with a barbed head......

[@Watchyn_Yarwood]

You're a fisherman. Straighten out a shark hook and tape it to one of those long handled tools you have. Better yet, large treble hook, straighten one hook, bend one hook half way, leave third one as is.

[@robest334]

You need a harpoon mate

[@dougbright4990]

hope he sue's them and kicks them to the curb

[@danakucker1829]

If a plumber showed up at my house wearing flip flops he would been told to leave my house.

[@nicolad8822]

If I was up to my arse in backed up shit and the drain specialist showed up I’d bow to my saviour.

[@mifatscratcher4495]

need a spear with one shaft.

[@lindaali6703]

👋🏻🌻🇺🇲😉👍🏻🤯

[@cember01]

Rookies. A pro would have dumped wet concrete down there.

[@emily.letsendbslintheuk554]

The tenents clearly had a IQ less than 60, i get that they might not of liked their landlord but why do this, its pathetic 🙄 Well done sorting it out for them

[@homerocamporredondo5770]

ok

[@beckyirvin2504]

I don’t agree with being spiteful, but is Josh a slumlord? Doesn’t live up to his responsibilities as a landlord?

[@doritleis2773]

This Block make not a little Child? How old is this Child? A little can not open the Grating!, and make this a old Children will the the Parents to Annoy!!! A long Time not wish to fill this child, and the trouble is out.

[@cliffjohnson2273]

Bubble gum on a stick.

[@Christian-wv1zy]

They use that drain as a bottle depot or what