Clogged Drain #42

[@chadmcmillan1907]

That was a good one Donald! Nice explanation of what was going on. No need to defend yourself, you did a great job with what you could! Nice gusher too haha

[@NYDRAINS]

Thanks again Chad 👍

[@pheurbelvls3710]

That burst 💥 was beautiful, especially in slow motion. Great job. 💚💚

[@67andrewbaker]

Another brilliant video. You really explain what is going on and make it easier for us to understand. That is one huge crawlspace.

[@triciaabrams8848]

Very nice crawl space to work in!

[@karencary3312]

That is one the cleanest crawl spaces I've ever seen.

[@brucetheloon]

Even if the downstream pipe was cleared first, with that much pressure behind the backup it would still explode unless the caps were replaced seconds before the flow hit. The open access ports are the path of least resistance unfortunately. If they had a chamber around the U bend, like we've see with most places on the channel, it would've been fine. Nice video job and thanks for being willing to do this sort of work.

[@Cxndy_55]

I know it was a disaster just look at all that poop and other stuff🤢🤮

[@lorumipsum1129]

Honestly I'm surprised he didn't think of putting a bucket or something underthat

[@nancyhiler7389]

Another good video. I sure jumped when it exploded out. Lol. Thanks for sharing your day with us.

[@margaretckamaka5552]

Young man you are very knowledgeable and always good job down ‼️ 🌺🇺🇸🤙🏽🌴🍍

[@NYDRAINS]

Mahalo👍🙏

[@MrDbone75]

Good evening everyone from wellington Somerset in the UK

[@rtsolution11]

I think most people mistake drain clearing with drain cleaning. You clear it and go @ 49.95 PER line. The scale is still there, the pipe still needs cleaned (descaled), you simply make the water flow again through a small hole your cutter creates. It WILL stop up again, and if they continue using wipes it will not be long. Sharp scale "hooks" the wipes and they just stack up.

[@danachappell3861]

What a fountain!! Definitely not a fountain of blessings!! Great job on finding the blockages, but man, that explosion was gnarly. Can't wait for your next escapade.. uh..er.. adventure!!

[@kimberlywagner1638]

Great job in getting us the best view.

[@carmeloleonfigueroa4574]

From Puerto Rico 🇵🇷, Great Job Drain Cleaning !!! 😀👍🏼👍🏼

[@chrisbrackett9779]

7:15 it’s remarkable that people call you to unblock a drain and then put restrictions on how you do the job and it ends up costing the homeowner more in the end because of the clean up they’ll have to do. Excellent work. That was a weird cap on there.

[@NYDRAINS]

Thanks 😉👍

[@victoryplumbingservicesaz1240]

My so glad we dont have those traps here. But have you tried the flexshaft out at all? We have two of them and really like them for scale cleaning.

[@juliegranne6181]

Your honesty is so YUMMMMEY. 🤩🙏🏼👍🙏🏼👍

[@RODALCO2007]

Great waterfall, there was a bit of pressure behind it.

[@NYDRAINS]

Definitely

[@Fireship1]

A scaly line and a massive blowout. All in a day’s work!

[@GoukiLoki]

3:51 THERE SHE BLOWS!

[@24maggz]

Love how much explaining you do! Also water rush made me jump lol great video as always 😊

[@zalmaflash]

The "BEST VIEW POSSIBLE" made me jump when the torrent at 3:52 hit. But it was fun.

[@polarbear1754]

You are not only a good drain cleaner but the finest psychic I've ever encountered. You answered both questions that I was thinking. I'm sure the homeowner wasn't expecting to find his pristine crawl space covered in sewage back up. Now, who does the clean up?

[@NYDRAINS]

Lol 😆 🤣 , definitely not his first rodeo!

[@skimpgaming.YT_real]

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[@3nines999]

Have you thought about wet vaccing the U trap to get out all of the scale. You do and awesome job and your camera work is great. Also thanks for the explanations.

[@NYDRAINS]

Yes, when there's a good amount to remove

[@NYDRAINS]

@@adamluke1289 I'll keep that in mind.

[@leannkennedy6568]

Hahaha your hand when you were saying one and two looked like batman. (1:57)

[@peter15871]

No comment's critizing you work or how you do it ! .My only remark is replace those scaled up old pipes, im sure the waste would benifit on some nice smooth surface .Other than that ,exellent job ,your da man ..take care..

[@juliegranne6181]

Good morning from 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧👍👍👍✨

[@NYDRAINS]

Good morning 🇬🇧

[@tarikpompy8984]

Great job man. I think you should charge more money for the work that you do. Awesome job and keep the post coming.

[@davidsimpkins8639]

Crawl space??! That is one of the most beautiful "crawl spaces" I've ever seen. I mean, I been IN some, but....

[@garywicker2791]

Man don’t worry about it. You got the job done. And that’s all that matters. Good job….👍. Now go get a beer…🍺

[@NYDRAINS]

Thanks 😉👍

[@sandraflinn9914]

Great job!

[@NYDRAINS]

Thanks 👍

[@juliegranne6181]

So interesting and colourful. Lwush. What a gush.,🤪😂🤪😂⛲⛲⛲

[@rebel3353]

in cases that messes like this happen, are you responsible for the clean up or is the customer, or could the customer pay you to clean it up?

[@throttlebottle5906]

democratville

[@dangda-ww7de]

For $49 do you really expect the plumber to cleanup? lol

[@rebel3353]

@@dangda-ww7de hence what I said on the last line...

[@NoahTheGamer1212]

thats awesome as our plubing in the uk looks different

[@NYDRAINS]

Thanks 👍

[@patrickwilson9833]

Holy mom a a tsunami of sewage ...wow great work getting it cleared

[@MoonkaiYT]

You should post some videos on kitchen sink clogs 😊

[@NYDRAINS]

😉👍

[@timsullivan826]

How long does the cast iron pipe last before it needs to be replaced?

[@jerrylieberman918]

Great content!!

[@plumbcrazy375]

Here is my comments you know what you are doing so keep doing it ha ha

[@MARKE911]

Do they allow other types of pipe besides cast Iron to be used there?

[@MalleusSemperVictor]

Yeah but these are probably all really old systems that pre-date when PVC became first sort of used in America which was the 50s-60s. I would bet that NY still has a lot of Orangeburg pipe which is even worse.

[@DielectricVideos]

@@MalleusSemperVictor Orangeburg is still all over the place in AZ as well, I have 30 feet of it under my front yard and roots are occasionally an issue.

[@vids2002]

I was legit going to ask why the out line wasn't done first 😂😂

[@throttlebottle5906]

sometimes people love a crawlspace swimming pool :)))

[@dangda-ww7de]

Cant do every line for $49.

[@vids2002]

@@dangda-ww7de Never said you could or that he would or should lol. Just me, as a person with common sense, would pay for both lol

[@jasonmelton3389]

What gloves are those that looks like they have rocks on them ?

[@NYDRAINS]

They do! Sort of

[@archymarchy]

Can you use a magnet to pull the scale out from the traps? Yes I know the pipe is made of metal and it will be magnetic to it as well.

[@NYDRAINS]

Won't be the most ideal method

[@JohnTheFrugalFatGuy]

Geez, If I was paying to "clear a line" I'd expect that after it was done my crap would flow from the toilet to the sewer. What a clever play on words to create two lines with a U-trap.

[@rymenhonoodle3908]

Hey brother… just curious about asking homeowners permission to eel the outlet side? Is it an additional charge (per side) or for another reason? Thanks bro

[@rymenhonoodle3908]

Nevermind… I ask to early in the video 👀 haha… you’re now explaining the “why I didn’t snake the downstream first” Thanks

[@NYDRAINS]

Lol 👍

[@chrisborczon4810]

OK next trivial U trap question. Is the out cap always slightly higher than the in cap like it shows here?

[@NYDRAINS]

No not always

[@samuelfratto6299]

Did you have to clean that mess up?

[@NYDRAINS]

Cleaning lady

[@jeffdonovan8639]

Seen many of your videos. Why are New Yorks Sewer pipes so narrow and old? Debris such as tissue is supposed to go through narrow channels like this one is it, interrupted also with u-bends etc,

[@NYDRAINS]

Some of these lines are over 100 years old, and the homeowner usually won't change it if it's not broken or collapsed.

[@sandrashelton3418]

Great camera work

[@NYDRAINS]

Thanks 👍

[@tgward313]

that was great for the camera

[@dennisng1443]

What purpose does the U joint serves?

[@NYDRAINS]

Stops the smell and methane gas from going back into the house

[@Riv_Longsnoot]

I’ve never seen those on main sewer lines except for on this channel. Is that just a NY thing?

[@NYDRAINS]

@@Riv_Longsnoot in NY yes but I'm not to sure else uses house traps

[@Knitone1]

A lifetime supply of wipes!

[@NYDRAINS]

😉👍

[@rachelelabbady3399]

So I haven't watched your other videos, just a few, do you not have the high pressure hoses Ollie uses??

[@NYDRAINS]

Yes upon customers request, try watching #27, #30, #35, and #39

[@Quis85]

I feel like a kid again and I'm about a ask a million questions. This is so cool 😆. So pipes like that. Would it be smart for them to have you CLEAN the pipes and kill all that scale. I'm thinking a double Barrel OR penetrator will knock all that scale off. At least make them pay to clean the main lines free them of scale. But damn this is cool. I no longer can talk shit to my mom anymore. I crack on her for watching ear wax videos. So fucking nasty lol. But here I am watching plumbing shit videos 😆. I think watching this is better than watching wax videos. Idk which is worst. Ear wax videos or this! Lmao. But yeah this was cool to watch.

[@NYDRAINS]

This pipe was too old and fragile for a water jet

[@Quis85]

@@NYDRAINS on ok. Thanks for responding back.

[@donk2831]

Who cleans up the floor?

[@NYDRAINS]

Landlord.

[@mikelauri6279]

Does every home you go to have a house trap?

[@NYDRAINS]

90% of them do

[@SL33P-WALK3R]

Just let the professionals do what they do, now you got a big ass mess in your nice crawl space. It made for a good video tho, thanks. 😅😂

[@NYDRAINS]

🤷‍♂️

[@KevinWta]

Since you cleaned both sides of the U trap did the customer pay more than the $49.95?

[@NYDRAINS]

For each drain, yes

[@KevinWta]

Isn't each side of the U trap considered the same drain?

[@NYDRAINS]

@@KevinWta Technically no

[@KevinWta]

So "technically" people have TWO main drains (in a single drain line) their house and they're paying close to $100 if they want "BOTH" of them cleaned.

[@chrisborczon4810]

At 2:11 the comment "rush of water" may not have painted the most accurate picture. I think it was not all water:)

[@fnafplayer6447]

Just curious would it be smart to replace it with pvp?

[@ajkleipass]

I presume you meant PVC, and it all comes down to local building codes. Some areas might allow it, others prohibit it, and others might require cast iron to the public sewers but allow PVC to a private septic tank.

[@christopheromeara689]

Is NY the only place with the U trap? I’ve never seen it before.

[@mattcat231]

i live 30 miles south of Pittsburgh Pa, and all of my houses have traps similar to that, but mine are terra cotta and not cast iron

[@MARKE911]

I haven’t seen a U trap before either. Why stop the main sewer from venting? That I don’t understand. When they go to smoke sewers here for leaks they look to see all the homes puffing smoke within the area they are working

[@mattcat231]

@@MARKE911 the theory to a house trap is to keep sewer gas out of the house from the mains. In the town i live in, a few years ago there was a gasoline tank leak from a local gas station, and for the most part the traps kept the vapors out of the houses. At one of my rental properties, there is no trap, and on occasion it will stink up the house, even with a vented system

[@jeddavis8468]

I know Philadelphia and other cities in PA have curb traps. San Francisco, CA has them too.

[@REWYRED]

I am in Hamilton Ontario and some of the houses that were fed from combined systems had a main house trap and / or a floor drain with a trap that picked up the weeping tiles and rainwater leaders and downspouts. In the 60's through to the 90's when houses had separate storm and sanitary sewers run to the house only the storm side had a trap and the sanitary had none. I guess in both instances this was done to prevent sewer gas and odor from eminating from rainwater downspouts and their connections.. Now you wont find storm ran to the house, but to the side to pick up your sump pump discharge, rainwater leaders are to discharge on the ground where they cause flooding and foundation issues😜

[@kimberlymccreary]

That was so exciting to watch especially when you had you camera really close. What a big burst of water and sediment thank you for that 🗽🍎✌❤👍🐀🌽

[@kimberlymccreary]

Thank you so much for the heart ❤

[@jasonmislivets2101]

Do you warn the customers of the impending mess of water and shit they will need to clean up?

[@i94south34]

so its $49.95 one way?

[@lorennicholls5901]

I saw a scaly inside of pipe

[@maureengosselin3185]

why do they even have the u trap for why can't it just be a straight pipe ?

[@NYDRAINS]

The trap helps larger objects from creating a bigger problem further down the line, it has its ups and downs

[@MikeZak101]

its not 2 lines, its the same line that you want to charge double for

[@lordraydens]

the u bend makes them 2 separate lines

[@MikeZak101]

@@lordraydens the u bend is just to stop smells from the main sewer coming back into the property, its the same line!

[@lordraydens]

@@MikeZak101 right but it's considered 2 lines for several reasons. it's not like plumbers are bilking you or anything

[@MikeZak101]

@@lordraydens so is the local council responsible for jetting the line after the u bend or is it still down to the property owner, if so then its the same line as you only have one sewer line coming out, until it reaches the main sewer then its no longer your concern.

[@richardhaag3959]

LOOK OUT TIDY BOWL MAN

[@NYDRAINS]

😆

[@r.ernestwhite7259]

it's a gusher! But I don't think trhat's oil

[@NYDRAINS]

Lol

[@jord6477]

For once a nice clean workspace for you :) well......till 3m57sec

[@NYDRAINS]

😆 🤣

[@chillworth]

Almost sacrificing the GoPro for the viewers. That's commitment.

[@michaelg6686]

Some of them places gotta get them Pipes replaced.

[@NYDRAINS]

Definitely

[@leexgx]

To bad you can't use the vent line to do this to prevent all this mess

[@jefftherailroadenthusiast8889]

If you had jetted the line you would've removed all the scale build up to prevent future back-ups. Awesome video though.

[@NYDRAINS]

True, but not in this case, pipes were deteriorating

[@joem5332]

There is no in on sewage! House side of trap or street side.

[@aprilpereyra8999]

It looks like Marshmallows😩

[@NYDRAINS]

🤢😉

[@throttlebottle5906]

seems to me that whole place could be 4" schedule 80 pipe from throne to street and massive pipes to them city waste treatment plant and yet they'd still manage to clog it somehow :))

[@ldiazmdiaz]

Use a magnet to remove the scale.

[@pbsimmons2303]

I don't get how cheap ass snakes don't make a U trap but got that done

[@emt5451]

Ok if that is all one line which you have the out and in then why would you have to ask permissions to do the out? That should be all part of one sewer line I would think with the trap in between. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@lordraydens]

probably legal reasons

[@billasegan3261]

NO 🌽 🌽 FOR RATTY

[@NYDRAINS]

😭🐀 not this time.

[@joeapicelli8367]

Love the dumbass questions or requests from the customer. Like they know more than you.

[@NYDRAINS]

Lol

[@pbsimmons2303]

That ain't no crawlspace

[@davidnajmon9944]

Those pipes were installed by the pilgrims!!! Old stuff!

[@karenshort3776]

Someone is flushing stuff that wasn’t supposed to be flushed

[@jd3497]

More work, more money to pay the bills, more corn for Ratty!

[@switchinlanes023]

Bit of a mess? Give it a bit of a wash

[@donnierobertson3088]

Ok

[@bubblesmckenzie4125]

You up late like me

[@jolynna9827]

U should wear face protector...

[@jimboy819]

That's when I'd get on the roof and run cables thru there or pull a toilet up instead of fill crawl with sewer.

[@hh54vp]

I see a white thing