Crazy Shower Drain Clog. Watch This Satisfying Clean-Up!

Clearing and cleaning a crazy shower drain clog. Don’t miss the before-and-after transformation.
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[@clouddragons]

I will never forget the shower in my dorm during my sophomore year of college. It would drain slow, for a few months. And then it just straight up stopped draining one day. We could only shower for about five-ish minutes before it would overflow (think a standing shower with tiled lip about 3” tall). It took maintenance forever to come fix anything, so I popped off the drain cover with pliers and just started digging down with some floral wire I had turned into a make-shift snake. I pulled out what was probably YEARS worth of hair, dirt, soap, and who knows what else. All from people who had lived in that dorm before I did. Absolutely, hands down, the foulest thing I have ever experienced.

[@blt981]

@@clouddragons right on for fixing it your self. Plus. That’s how plumbers feel that’s why the6 charge what they cha4ge can you imagine a clogged toilet with turds floating or someone with diareria Or vomit

[@trealelizabeth9176]

My dorm last semester had the same issue about once a month but maintenance always came the next day. I thought about cleaning the drain properly so it would work for the rest of the year, but I didn't want to see all that

[@_Hollie_]

Youd think theyd hire people to sort those drains out on a somewhat regular basis. Even if not annually you could definitely have them go in biannually into rooms on rotation. I can imagine how bad the whole system is in that place

[@doomslayerforever2858]

The gallons of semen those shower drains have to deal with

[@AlvinKazu]

Did everyone praise you as a hero for doing it? Well done!

[@Beeperoni]

My old roommate used to force bars of soap down the drain when they got “too small to use” that’s exactly how ours looked.

[@cropdustin6867]

waffle stomp

[@lindabarrow8]

Looks like lots of hair product!!

[@strikerj4810]

What you do is take the old soap bar and get it to meld to the new soap bar. Usually takes a few days for it to finally meld together.

[@lemin0u]

Thats so dumb lol

[@daniellejackson6498]

Exactly why I use liquid body wash

[@Bcarr122391]

Pro tip: wash your body AFTER you rinse the conditioner from your hair. Helps to break down the fats in the conditioner and reduce the likelihood of clogging.

[@linuxtuxvolds5917]

I always shower head-down anyway so

[@blondejovi_71]

What fats r u putting in your hair... Mayo?

[@Angelcynn_]

​@@blondejovi_71 They're talking about the oil from your skin that you wash off. Believe it or not, your skin has a ton of oils on it.

[@laglord]

Wash my body, check.

[@stlmtndew2654]

Takes too long

[@NO-MAD-CLAD]

Back when I was a first year apprentice we got a call to do a drain in a guys place. We figured out that the blockage was lower in the system. We needed to use the basement cleanout closest to the backflow due to having a relatively short power auger. It was located in this guys downstairs office. He was a day trader with a massive wall of old CRT monitors. We got past the blockage. What we didnt know was that the blockage had come out in one big chunk and was now proping open the backflow valve. What we also did not know was that the city was blowing out the sewers in the area with high pressure that day. My boss was standing over the cleanout when we herd a loud hiss/rumble then BLAM. He got hit in the chest with a sh*t guyzer so powerful his back touched the ceiling. The entire room was flooded with 3 feet of sewage. We were both covered head to toe and every peice of computer equipment in that office was totaled. The city had failed to post a notice that they were blowing out the lines so they ended up having to remodel the guys whole basement and replace all that gear. I still can't beleive my boss got right back up after taking that hit. He walked out of that house with a 1000 yard stare and told me I had an hour to go home and clean up before we had our next job. Dude was a 70 year old MACHINE.

[@Kate-rd1eg]

This is THE BEST story I've ever heard in my life. Thanks for the laugh

[@Misheezee]

That is the best story ive found in a long time! Taking a shit-hit that hard is insane!

[@FFadeaway]

1000 yard stare lmfao dude was a hardened vet, onto the next mission soldier. That’s fucking hilarious.

[@negusplox]

dude i'm crying holy shit lmao "a shit geyser"

[@mrsducky3428]

Possibly coconut oil. People use it for hair conditioner, personal lubricant and for dental "oil pulling"

[@RandomAxeOfKindness]

That's soap and hair care products, 99%. Seen it a hundred times.

[@dash1dash2]

Coconut oil has such a low melt point (78F), I doubt it would be able to even stay solid like this an cause issues that couldn't be resolved with warm water.

[@icomefromb5403]

@@dash1dash2 youre thinking of mct oil, coconut oil can resolidify.

[@wanka6392]

@@icomefromb5403 You are wrong, learn to read.

[@ContentMadame]

​@@dash1dash2coconut oil is solid at room temp.

[@chloered5100]

This is what my student accommodation shower drain looked like. From the first day we moved in the shower had standing water after like 5 minutes of water running. I tried everything my broke student self could get my hands on; vinegar, baking soda, bleach, hot water, whatever chemical unclogger I could find in the pound shop. I’d unclog it every two weeks and it would still get blocked. After a few months I finally found one of those cheap flexible shower uncloggers and when I tell you I nearly heaved up a week of food when I saw what came up. There was so much shampoo and conditioner buildup and mountains (and I mean MOUNTAINS) of hair in the drain. But what made me so grossed out was that 98% of the hair was brown or black. My housemates were blond and my hair was purple. We’d been using the shower for months and there was only a teeny amount of our hair so god only knows how long the rest had accumulated over. I asked the maintenance guy if he had any advice for unclogging the drain and explained what I’d done already. He was like “wait you can take the drain cover out?” Made me realise if he didn’t know you could take the drain cover off, That shower had probably never been unclogged as long as that student accom was running 😐

[@Hellsong89]

"Technologie!" said Soviet when he saw a sledge hammer....sometimes you dont need official training for the job but then again this type of people really make me want to say it should be requirement..

[@mattthorne8419]

Tbf i think maintenance guys at student accommodations are just random guys off the street with no qualifications. One of the worst was when i was in a student house and he broke everything he tried to fix hahah. One time he complained that the house didn't have a water shut of value and he had been looking for it for years..... it took me 5 minutes to find, it was behind the downstairs toilet.

[@ikigai47]

Quagmire's shower

[@ericolens3]

gigiddy

[@duranmendez6360]

🤢🤢🤢🤢

[@johnderekflores]

Giggity

[@mysticunicorn4332]

Hahahaha

[@davidminutella]

@@johnderekfloresgoo

[@charlespelletier9621]

We working at Yale University. The building's roof kept overflowing and leaking in the dorms below. We tried sending our cable down the line it would only go into a 6-inch roof drain 6 ft 7 ft maybe. So we sent our camera down the line and saw something but couldn't figure out what it was. Finally, we got the cable to go down and cleared the clog. Sent the camera back down. found the head in the pipe in a wall We cut the pipe apart to find 7 drain cables abandoned in the pipe. All 7 were broken. Took 8 hrs to do the repair and remove 65ft of cables.

[@edmontonlivermoore4935]

Ohhhhh that’s a fat paycheck

[@Goddess2018]

New England problems lol. Everything is so old and original still

[@sarakollaritsch3695]

Reminds me of when I was in university. I got a frantic knock on my dorm room door one morning and opened it to a campus maintenance worker. Water had been leaking from the drain pipe in my shower into the ceiling of the bathroom in the dorm beneath me. The student living in that dorm apparently was unbothered and waited until it was a straining paint 'pimple' full of dirty water trapped by the paint of the ceiling to call anyone and report it. The poor maintenance guy was so worried it was going to pop that he asked me if I'd be willing to not use my shower for 24 hours so that they could get everything and do the repair the next day. He was cringing just asking me - and I get why, that's the sort of thing some people have serious issues with - but I was fine with it. Urgent situation and all that. Turned out that the part they needed wasn't in and they had to order it and wait for the weekend to pass before it would arrive. But the maintenance worker was kind enough to come in and do a quick, temporary fix with some sealant so I was able to use my shower in the interim. Fun times. I think the maintenance worker was relieved that I was so chill about it. If I remember right, this was also during covid, so I had to sit outside my room the entirety of the check, temp fix, and repair.

[@heyitzphil9792]

What a bunch of hacks do that ugh great job mate

[@charlespelletier9621]

@heyitzphil9792 and they most likely still billed Yale for that crap ass work.

[@jrod42223]

Homie taking an extra couple minutes in the shower lol

[@leonardwashington3422]

Lmao damn it hadn't occurred to me that it might not be soap build up 😂😂😂😂

[@JohanJolos]

for real that's what it is, don't play soapy worm in the shower cus this is actually what happens

[@PandaFG]

Shiii calcified 😭😭😭😭😭

[@lgarcia1249]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂bro

[@kittydaddy2023]

Plumber: I don't know what this is Please don't tell him

[@dustin628]

Yeah looks like hair color and conditioners all building up. I cant believe how deep it goes tho i thought itd be just on the top! Looks amazing after!

[@cropdustin6867]

waffle stomp

[@mikeindahood87]

I work at a hospital. We were unclogging a main sewer line on the first floor of the building. We couldn't get it from the initial toilet we pulled to rod it out from. We went to another toilet on the same line to try unclogging it from there. We got it unclogged.... We thought. Two minutes later, as we are cleaning up, we get a call about a flood in the basement. Sewer water was RAINING above the walk-in coolers/freezers that store food for the entire hospital. Come to find out, the second one we tried rodding it out from was on a double combo that was connecting a third toilet in another room to the same line. We skipped over the double combo and went right through a soft cap that was on the end of another combo that was turned up going to the third commode. We eventually got the line unclogged, and the pipe and combo repaired. They had to throw away thousands of dollars worth of food and get some cold trucks rushed over to store food for a few days while it was down. Shit was crazy. Literally.

[@andrew1898]

Ahh. Hospital work. Can't tell sick people not to flush their turds. Had some fun myself replacing rotted cast iron 6in sewer mains hanging 15 feet in the air in the basement

[@Jumpboy5100]

We had a disgruntled patient cause millions in damages by maliciously flushing stuff. He had a long psych history and was homless but had a good family that cared for him. He only had one leg from diabetic vascular disease. He was getting free/pro-Bono surgery to make sure he kept his one leg. He was a very difficult patient in many ways mainly because of the psych stuff. He kept pulling IVs and all sorts of stuff. Eventually he decided he wasn't getting cared for well enough and started to go to the bathroom every 20 minutes flushing everything he could find. After he clogged the toilet he plugged the shower and sink drain, turned on the faucets and walked out. For whatever reason the nursing staff didn't catch the water untill it had flooded the cafeteria under his room and the plumbing backed up and destroyed a mammography machine. This guy who was getting a free surgery and hospital stay to save his leg ended up causing millions in damages to the hospital. He got arrested, then got the surgery for free in jail lol.

[@MaximilianonMars]

​@@Jumpboy5100How ungrateful, wowee zowee.

[@BlatantDisregardForYourFeels]

@@Jumpboy5100why was he the nurses responsibility to stop? Why no security especially since this guy was showing behaviors all night?

[@Raysplumbing312]

Dang. That’s trippy

[@Tiredofeveryonecomplaining]

That’s some good tile work

[@JusticeDrago95]

Fr.

[@I_am_a_cat_]

Ugly tiles though

[@G1nSan3]

@@I_am_a_cat_ thats a subjective opinion. the craftmanship is not

[@richardordonez8331]

The clog is from the thinset leaching into the drain.

[@jeffmccrea9347]

Our shower not only has a small hole drain cover but it also has a criss cross about 2 inches below it that you couldn't put your drain cleaner through. My wife takes methotrexate, an old cancer drug, in small doses once a week to suppress her immune system to treat rheumatoid arthritis. Her hair still grows and looks normal but is frail and falls out easily. Our shower starts draining slowly once or twice a year. I popped the top drain cover off the first time this happened and saw the criss cross nearly closed with something. I took a wire coat hanger, cut and straightened it, bent a small hook in one end that would pass the cross and an "L" in the other end as a handle. I stuck it down through the cross and spun it a half dozen times and pulled up a mass of hair the size of a small weasel. It drained fine after that. I have to do this about once a year. I can only imagine what it's doing to my septic tank.

[@terriseaton3049]

I like to watch these bc it is something I know nothing about. Like to learn & have things explained. It’s just fun!

[@FlushtheSystem]

Well when you flush 20 years of bacon grease down your shower, that will happen I suppose

[@frontiervirtcharter]

More likely it's a mix of biofilm, soap, and the other crap that's found in conditioner.. Bonus points if there's hair to help hold it together

[@sparklyhippie888]

Using coconut oil based stuff in the shower is so common now… 😖

[@DANtheMANofSIPA]

@@sparklyhippie888Whoa, this has never occurred to me before

[@frontiervirtcharter]

@@sparklyhippie888 Strong alkaline drain cleaners and hot water ought to be able to cut through that

[@covercalls88]

​@@frontiervirtchartermy GF always has the same kind of problem.

[@_meekus]

I work in a city with a very old sewer system, had a back up in one of our buildings, plumber wasn’t getting anywhere snaking. we walked around outside looking for a clean out before the sewer, I noticed flies all around a manhole cover in the parking lot, he pulled it, and to the brim, 6-7 feet high, 3 feet in diameter pile o dumpage. The city brought out their Vactor truck and had it cleared within half an hour. Even they said it was one of the worst back ups they had seen though.

[@NightFlight1973]

ew

[@oddmuch1379]

Shit look like an elden ring map

[@dannys9074]

🤣🤣

[@chuegraff]

The most underrated comment I've ever seen.

[@oddmuch1379]

@@chuegraffthanks lol

[@jamiemixxismjohnson4193]

GOATed comment 😂😂😂😂😂

[@umbra1999]

LMFAOOOOOOO

[@Silver.S]

Watching everything just melt away like that was so satisfying

[@theobserver3175]

So Satisfying, Great Job Mr. Plumber Sir! ❤💯

[@Eremon1]

I came for the comments...I was not disappointed. 😂

[@macthemec]

Thats nasty, i’d be inclined to wear a hazmat suit before anything

[@randallsmerna384]

Oh - you haven't seen ANYTHING yet!

[@Tee-y6w]

@@randallsmerna384What have you seen Randall? 😮😂

[@bigbishop9081]

If that is nasty to you, you wouldn’t make it a single day as a plumber, which is 100% fine.

[@macthemec]

@@bigbishop9081 thats ok, i can do my job and your job better than you can do yours

[@cropdustin6867]

waffle stomp

[@EnoreeAD]

I was snaking a main line on a house that was sold, and then the seller tried to back out. The seller then vandalized the house, including putting a 2x4 about 18"long(no clue how a board that long fit in there). In front of the 2x4 was a large orange and a towel. All of their sewage was backed up above it. I could see it through the clean out. I put a cutter bit on the snake and went to town on it while my boss was explaining to the owner that I probably won't be able to chop up the 2x4 and they'll need a new line. Finally chopped through it all, and all the backed up sewage started coming up the clean out towards me. I yanked so hard on that snake when I saw a used tampon coming at me that it opened the line. That drain made a loud gurgle and tampon was pulled back down the drain. My boss said he'd have ran from it, but I didn't want to have to clean used tampons and poop from someone's yard. 😂

[@JohnDoe-kl8cd]

This was so oddly satisfying to watching ty for sharing

[@SuperDave-vj9en]

In 56 years of being a plumber I have never broken a cable in a drain line. It’s all about finessing the cable to make it work for you and not the other way around!

[@blueydsniper]

Worked at an auto shop, had horrible floor draining from years and years of grease/oil/whatever else going in there and it always pooled up creating a small lake to work around. One day the landlord got a draining cleaning service out there to try and clean the pipe, and they did, but also broke the cable in the pipe cause the broke into the main drain pipe, which caused thousands in damage to the pipes

[@cwagnello]

I had a clog in the drain for my kitchen sink. It was grease build up over many years. I found it because the wash basin in our garage was filling with water from the clothes washer and from using the kitchen sink. The water would slowly drain away. I ended up jetting it myself with a crappy 1900 psi pressure washer. Took about 8 hours to jet because there were 3 blockages in total. After the first I thought I was done so I put everything back together only to find out I had just cleared the first blockage. When the 2nd blockage cleared I did a test to see if it was actually clear and I could tell it wasn't so I kept on going. I saved myself at least $350 based on the last time I had a plumber clear the line for me.

[@Temmah_tjJc]

How bout the h20 bill for 9h of 1900psi water flow😂

[@ArtFiendz]

Have you thought about not putting grease down your drain?? This is why they recommend NOT doing that.

[@G1nSan3]

9h water with 1900psi is certainly not expensive lol

[@cropdustin6867]

waffle stomp

[@ryanscott642]

I feel like this is one of the most important things you can learn as a professional home owner

[@S_F_U_L]

We had a massive clog below our shower. The lines were inaccessible so we ended up using caustic soda to dissolve the clog. I didn't read the instructions so was pouring the caustic soda crystals into the drain which wasn't working. After reading the instructions and dissolving it in cold water before putting it in the drain the caustic soda ate through the blockage. I was fortunate enough to be there as it went so I got to hear the gurgling. I dose the drains once a month now and haven't had any problems since but I should probably get a fish tape or something just incase.

[@marzgtp]

Lots of babies stuck!

[@theSemiChrist]

lol underrated coment

[@cropdustin6867]

waffle stomp

[@TheGCbear]

Overcrowded Daycare

[@ashleyblansett2755]

Oh I love these type videos. It’s very satisfying! Thank you for sharing!! 😃

[@marsman3967]

Usually we never use the flex shaft for drain cleaning, just for descaling cast iron piping. We have a cable machine and jetter for the actual cleaning

[@blt981]

@@marsman3967 not a plumber I’m a retired 67 1st responder but serious dyi guy kids all gone FEW BUCKS TO SPENC ON GOOD TOOLS AND GUNS … work on 5 housed moms ours kids brother I laws . Cast iron pipes. Bought the RIGID FLEX SHAFT WOFKKS GREAT THINKING ABOUT A JETTER DO THEY MAKE A REASONABLE PRICED ONE THAT YOU KNOW OF…….

[@marsman3967]

@@blt981 No

[@blt981]

@@marsman3967 ok then what’s the best netter to buy on yourrecomm3ndation

[@jonathankardas482]

Same here. The chain whacker is dangerous and even for descaling it can destroy old cast iron easily. I like to use double blades for descaling then jetting. Chain whacker comes with too much risk imo.

[@kayceetaylor2151]

That's beautiful work, man. You did great!

[@towndrunkjr.5420]

Dedicated showers are notoriously bad for dirty drains. A lot of bath products cause buildup (in fact a lot of soaps are basically some sort of fat). Unlike a bath tub, the drain never gets flushed out with that gush of a large volume of hot water. The drains are also one of the hardest to clean, because there is no way to bypass the trap. Best thing you can do to prolong time before inevitable blockages, is to dump a 5 gallon pail of piping hot water down the shower every day or 2 to help flush all that gunk down into the main line.

[@TzUuup]

Did that with an annoying clogged kitchen sink drain. I snaked it with a 25 ft hand snake with no success. My food disposal was able to force water down but not clear the clog. After dumping 5 gallons of boiling water down, it cleared right up

[@MM-24]

This is all so gross

[@garrettmillard525]

Every day or two is insane... that adds up really fast. Hot water and an alkaline drain cleaner will fix any and all issues that arise. Better to pour a little bit of drain cleaner and hot water once a month.

[@towndrunkjr.5420]

@@garrettmillard525 That works too! I grew up in a rural area with no city sewer systems, and chemical drain cleaners absolutely destroyed septic systems. They're also not good for metal drains if you happen to be unlucky enough to have them. I just didn't want to be the reason that someone messed their system up, or hurt themselves trying something they shouldn't. I still stand by the fact that hot water is the safest way to clean a drain for someone with no plumbing knowledge.

[@garrettmillard525]

@@towndrunkjr.5420 There's a million different chemical drain cleaners. Lye and other relatively mild alkaline drain cleaners are entirely safe for septic systems, and can help prevent scum buildup in the tank. Definitely a good point about metal drains though.

[@royerno8500]

Never used this i use a jetter you are absolutely🎉 correct about being patient i find jetting my drains everu 6 months really helps

[@darronshirley7886]

One day cleaning a long line i dropped a second 3/4 inch vable and as the line cleared i was pulling the cable out and pulled the first 100 feet then moved on to the second 100 and when i got to the end there was another cable so i started pulling it and found 95 feet of 5/8 cable and on the end was a full pair of denim jeans and the line was running clean

[@kkilljoy3588]

How in the world???

[@terencejay8845]

I was called to a rubber factory (UK) because their drains were clogged. Turned out it was from all the French chalk they used in the moulds being cleaned out down the drains. It was before drain-jetting was common, so we spent hours with rods and plungers pulling out buckets-worth of old sodden chalk.

[@juniorrok1]

Dude can't be beating it in the shower 😂😂

[@TheTippsAttack]

I've never used a draining cable, I've never done any type of work like this, but you asked for my experience so here it is: GREAT!

[@britt3795]

K so we had just bought our home 1st month everything was ok only thing we had to fix right off was reconnecting the ac power line. But after a month noticed the downstairs toilet kept getting clogged. We tried everything including a auger snake thing. Nothing worked so we called our home warranty they sent some plumbers who cleared the line. They had to take the toilet off and had pulled out a bunch of baby wipes. I mean goobs of them. Then a mont mayne 2 goes by and it does it again the same plumbers come out again pulling out baby wipes. Then a 3rd time they come out this time the plumber ran the line got the snake head stuck then ran a 2nd 1 outside to unstick it. Turns out the sewer pipe had collapsed. He eventually got his line out along with another 1 that the previous owners plumber had left. We couldnt get any of the warranties to cover the work needed done our insurance insurance only covered the home itself not the lines in the yard, the city only does from the alley or sidewalk. So we got 4 ppl grabbed our shovels dug 5ft down 7 or 8ft across. The pipes where old clay pipes original we would pull 1 out then another would fall apart😅. Finally was able to replace that section with pvc.

[@AngryDigitalNerd]

In my experience in plumbing, patience is the key which a lot of professional plumbers lack.

[@blackwolfalch]

Someone’s been busting in the shower for ages

[@alpowell1056]

Wow excellent job 👏 clearing the line out!

[@alexchavez5322]

Beautufil. It cleared my mind, too.😂

[@theplumbersplunger]

🔥🔥

[@nochildsupport4889]

I like watching stuff like this cause I want to open a plumbing business

[@user-kv5lq9xm8c]

I remember in SOI East at camp Geiger, bravo company barracks had a huge plumbing issue where all three floors’ toilets had flooded. Turns out it was years worth of baby wipes and coom socks backing up the pipes

[@calincampbell5123]

coom will never not be funny

[@halolover3167]

That was so satisfying!

[@disquiet3163]

Those flex shafts have made me A LOT of money. Great product when used correctly

[@MichaelGronski]

I like the chain drain cleaner!!😊

[@AncientChi]

Ive never lost a cable, close once or twice but so far ive been lucky

[@FallenAngel53]

Brilliant thankyou ❤

[@Pontiuspilate666]

Rigid stuff has always worked well for me. These videos are like ASMR for me! Thanks

[@coreybarnwell2621]

A flex shaft is definitely awesome. Most drain cleaner chemicals are absolute trash. If you ever wanna clear your own drain without tools, the only one that really works is Pure Lye. It will eat through and liquify anything. Just be extremely careful, follow the instructions, and WEAR SAFETY GEAR. It can blow back in your face. Follow the warnings on the package. It's way cheaper than any of the name brand drain cleaners as well. If dissolves hair, grease, food, calcium, you name it. It takes maybe 30 minutes per soak, and you might have to do it twice if it's really bad, but by that second time, it will drain like it's brand new. Just don't use it on cast iron drains or in a toilet. It will rust cast iron, and it gets so hot that it'll crack a toilet. Other than that, you're golden. The flex shaft in this video is about a thousand times more affective than a regular snake though. I would let the pros stick to using it. Like this guy said, they can get stuck or occasionally damage the drain, and if you don't know how or don't want to do any plumbing, you may end up calling a plumber anyway to cut and replace some of your drain line. The flex shaft unmatched at busting up hard scale deposits like this, and then follow behind it with the lye to dissolve what sits in the drain. Just seriously take precautions. Some of the minerals in the scale can react violently with the lye, and don't even attempt it if you've already put other chemicals in your drain. Let a plumber clear and flush it like this first. Then use the lye to dissolve what's left in the drain

[@BigGRIGinc]

I’m dying lmao that cut to the spunkcano

[@Tc99mx]

What an awesome tool! Nice work on taking the extra time versus jamming it in there. 👍🏻👍🏻👏🏻

[@dm7097]

Got called out for a plugged kitchen sink line years ago. Ran the rigid cable drain snake through several times and would immediately back up. Cut a section of the line out, and found it full of spaghetti! Customer told me that she started cooking it, and dinner plans changed, so she dumped the full pot down the disposal.

[@emlsolutions6776]

No matter how many times I would man-splain to her that she had to let the disposall run long enough to clear, she would just hiss with impatience and shut it off after three seconds at most. When the sink inevitably backed up, she called the plumber. They removed the disposall and exposed a pipe stuffed with red beet and orange carrot peelings, and she's the only one who eats that stuff. Her doe-eyed look of totally blameless denial while the plumbers reminded her to let the water and disposall run longer was priceless; the bill she got to pay wasn't.

[@roslynjones5886]

You did a great job

[@anythingroam2423]

Looks like hair coloring. I clean out hair traps at a salaon for the hair wash sinks and that looks exactly the same. She washes her hair out in the shower after she colors it.

[@baffledbits3226]

Definitely need this for our laundry room drain

[@Hatedmechanic]

Funny story I worked for a plumbing company for 2 years and the first day on the job we got a call to go to this house cause nothing would drain and we sent the snake through the clean out going to city sewage and halfway bring the snake out a squirrel got shot in the air we had a laugh next day got a call to the same house and it had happened again turns out there vent was on the roof open to what ever wanted to go down my boss man before leaving turned to me and said, you've been here 2 days and already got 2 squirrels out a sewage Line that's only happen to me 4 times in 30 years I've been doing this

[@jmatt4life]

Excellent job!

[@jonathankraemer8710]

That flex shaft looks like a dream

[@ItsMissChas5]

Im very impressed.

[@burninghair]

I came home to an angry mother and sister in our 2nd bathroom with the toilet off to the side- water all over the place. They asked me if I had been flushing my hair down the toilet because I had really long hair. No, no I was not flushing my hair down the bowl. They told me to explain this batch of hair they were pulling out of the pipe... I said I didn't know what it was, to finish pulling it all out. They did. It indeed was not my hair... it was the tail of a squirrel, followed by it's body. Poor guy got stuck in the pipes somehow. I was like: So yeah... not my hair Mom.

[@CarlosRodriguez-gz4po]

This time🤨

[@Lenape_Lady]

This is incredibly satisfying to watch be cleaned.

[@xer0c]

“With drain cleaning, you have to be patient sometimes and try to work with things instead of just forcing it through” That’s what she said.

[@scoobtoober2975]

Pregame with some lye. Love it. I have old house with slow tub. Had to hose water from the roof down the vent stack. Now the tub drains fast.

[@ayokay6404]

That looks like a TON on conditioner and hair care products

[@THEHORSELOVER235]

No it doesn't. Looks more like clay

[@ashtinburton]

Before you turned the water on, the left green tab looking thing, seemed to be dripping water from the side of the drain and not from the shower floor. Is it possible there was a broken drain gasket that was allowing dirty water to build up under the shower stall?

[@Scarface_445]

Lived in a studio that flooded b/c of drain issues. This repeated itself 3-4 more times before I was finally let go. Each time my stuff was ruined, walls went bad, carpets were replaced, and I had no renters insurance. Moral of the story: get renters insurance.

[@moni23me]

Amazing! Fits right into my algorithm!

[@ccadama]

Hair conditioner?

[@Fallout3ProHunter]

Cum

[@DragonRidrr]

Definitely an excess of hair products

[@mrsducky3428]

Possibly coconut oil. People use it for hair conditioner, personal lubricant and for dental "oil pulling"

[@CarlosRodriguez-gz4po]

Used on Spitting one eyed Viper’s😅

[@kerriganunknown]

Youre an artist.

[@earag31415]

It looks like when there’s a backup and toilet paper dries up

[@ChiefWindyCheeks]

plumbers wives appreciate their not forcing the flex shafts too much on the drains....

[@bsilva1243]

They pee in the shower. Seen it many times. The same thing happens to urinals.

[@blt981]

@@bsilva1243 does the pee cause the white calcium build up.?

[@Cooowop]

​@@blt981From my basic understanding only if the pee stays in contact consistently aka not flushing the toilet after. I guess p was just sitting in their shower? I think it may be something else building up uuh

[@bsilva1243]

@blt981 yes.

[@TzUuup]

​@@bsilva1243i always pee n my shower instead of the toilet. Turn the shower on eight after

[@bumpydevoshire1067]

​@@TzUuup what kind of prison shower has a number dial on it

[@health_is_wealth333]

So satisfying.

[@Asspiss100]

You end every sentence like a nerdy highschool freshman giving his first presentation to the class

[@kerijeanbean]

I am going to guess it's a combination of body soap, shampoo, conditioner, and anything else regularly used in the shower. It is amazing how much that stuff can clog up pipes.

[@connieadams607]

Nasty

[@ephy1973]

I love the chains! That is so much better than the blades which will destroy the pipes.

[@86themadhatter27]

I appreciate him telling me how i shouldn't force the pipe through while he forces the pipe through.

[@TRMNNYC]

I have an old one that resembles today's super-Vee. I used it vs. a downstream old iron clog. Started with the long knife cutter, sensed trouble, backed away, used circular cutter, backed away again, tried lose tag cutter, still unsure, straight cable with no cutter, got way downstream, went back to tag cutter, got reasonably downstream, took the chance to reassemble the pvc & flex pro joint, and tried the flow. The scope I used really didn't tell the story. Just a feel for "enough." Tub water drained reasonably, considering level of offset after the J was almost at the level of the bottom of the tub where it met the iron. Second story apt, so less concern for breaches, more concern for getting stuck in a common channel- which could get scary expensive to resolve. But sending the naked cable down was as safe as it could be. I like your chain, but the thought of using that down common iron is scary.

[@spacecowboy2957]

I once hired a plumber to snake my sewer line which was clogged and my washing machine wasn't draining properly which I had to have drain straight into the laundry basin to keep the laundry room from flooding. I told him that the blockage obviously had to be downward as that's the only place is could've been to stop the washer from draining which was connected below the access but he told me that he wasn't allowed to snake downward as that was the purview of the city to maintain that and then decided to go ahead and snake it anyway just to be nice, I guess. I suspect that he was trying to milk me for a cash bribe but I wasn't about to have it so I'd pulled my phone out and was ready to call his employer to verify what he'd said was accurate just when he had his sudden change of heart. 30 seconds later, the blockage was removed and my problems were solved.

[@deneilbaker]

These inventions are so cool

[@janetcarbone4213]

I need that done!! Thanks

[@mirandalewis7238]

What systems would you recommend to keep water soft. Preferably a system that doesn't use chlorine. I want to build my own house one day, sonInlike getting information like this from other people. I've done my own research but it's always good to get recommendations from people who have actually used the products. If anyone has any recommendations or suggestions please let me know. I would appreciate it, thank you!😁

[@caryhuff8924]

Wise words: "You gotta be patient, and not force things thru"...

[@BrianGenX75]

That device is handy! Not going to have any money if I keep buying these tools.😂😂😂

[@TheDogDad]

That flex shaft with the tip & 2 chains can clear anything. I have the same setup & it was worth the investment.

[@chancegoss623]

Please don’t stop doing these!

[@royperez3206]

Yes me and my coworker this happened at the airport where we work we had a call to unglued a mob sink this is a everyday routine so at the 2nd floor where it happened we ran the drain cleaner in a 4 inch pipe it went in for about 75 to 80 feet and the line got stuck it wouldn’t come out or go in any further so we try and try to pull it out the line broke inside 😱 and we were like what the hell are we going to do now so at this time it was the end of our shift 😅 so we pass it on to the next shift they wouldn’t figure it out where the line is so they passed it to 3 rd shift 😮 by this time it our turn again but we were blessed they had found the area on 1 st floor removed some pipes and there it was our broken line 😂 pull it out every body was happy again 😊

[@silentscope7440]

Look at all the babies. Billions of potential babies.

[@RandomPerson_Original]

Quadrillions*

[@BK-bs2eb]

Our house from the 40s had all the plumbing corroding and building up with some kind of rust or mineral deposits to the point that the upstairs had extremely slow draining. Idiot plumber decided to try snaking the tub drain instead even though I told him the pipes were corroded and not strong enough. I was standing downstairs when I heard a thud and the snake broke thru the drain pipe and then through the ceiling which was already weak from water damage because the pipes were obviously corroding. So there's a snake spinning around above my head spraying nasty water and chunks of plaster and metal around the room and the plumber keeps feeding the snake for a bit until he realizes that for some reason there's no resistance anymore. The dude apologized for almost taking my head off and said he should have skipped trying to snake the pipe and listened to me when I told him the problem was corrosion and not just a clog.

[@ranwolf76]

I live in PR and the drain pipes from the kitchen and bathrooms are outside the walls and above ground. Which is a good thing because the pipes get clogged a couple of times of year. I usually have to take all the pipes apart and run a high pressure hose to clean them out. I'm guessing 80% of the time the clog is in the pipe between the kitchen and the drainage field.

[@TWGEManiacKomradeLogikkTWGE]

Omg do they use butter to shower with?

[@zues310]

Customer has been putting out those shower jelly fish. 😂😂

[@1FriendlyFace1]

wow i actually enjoyed watching this

[@joeuser633]

Who doesn't have interesting drain cleaning stories?

[@SUNROSE7878]

Yes I want to see more drain cleaning videos.

[@stuartgilroy]

Snaking drains always reminds me of Snake Plisskin from Escape from New York, Draino didn't work so they had to call in Snake and he shows up like "We're gonna do things my way!"