How To Repair Your Damaged Drains For Dummies!

Our drainage repair team show you how we identify and replace a damaged drain.
Featuring:
Jem, Warren, and Ty
Jenny - Video Editor
Filmed on a GoPro Hero 8
We are The Drain Unblockers, showing you how we work.
Mersey Rod is your one-stop drain unblocking specialist for all types of drain problems. We offer specially tailored drainage services including:
Drain Unblocking
Drain Cleaning
Drain Repairing
Drain Inspection
CCTV Drainage Survey
Blocked Toilet
Drain Jetting, etc. At affordable prices.
Contact:
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[@antoineduchamp4931]

This guy is just amazing: how he works at the pace he does I do not know. His standard of work is highly professional, and he knows exactly, exactly, what needs to be done in the instant. A real professional - most of his work is done bending his back.... he must be a strong lad, that is all I can say. I am amazed.

[@catherinebrady2640]

I agree 100%. His whole team is amazing. I just wish sometimes when he mumbles, he would speak more clearly or louder.

[@georgewelsh7088]

Brilliant job and great leadership. This must boost your business because customers can see your work beforehand. You come across as both professional and honest.

[@7timsch]

A real credit to the boys and shows the breadth of their abilities. Most videos are the unblockings, but this helps show just how knowledgeable and skilled they are; not just one-trick ponies. Jem's also just a pure, natural leader. I'd go to battle for him, and I'm sitting at a desk in Ohio, and a Manchester United fan.

[@rmc24]

Fair play to Jenny who gets one of these videos edited and posted on most days of the week! Smashing it!

[@QueenAggyEst2025]

Shes the mysterious legend of the drain unblockers! ✌👍😎👏👏

[@jennypennyxox]

Thank you very much 😁

[@mrboyban]

It is a blessing in the skies to know this country still have capable tradesman willing to get things right. Terrific work mate!

[@breebw]

4:18 "A tenanted property". I started working for pensioner housing trust a couple years back as a maintenance manager. The thing that quickly surprised me was some tradesmen/companies took the stance the job is "for a landlord" so should be as cheap as possible. Which usually meant a patch up & a poor job. Even more surprising was how hard it was to shake that thinking, and companies still did bodgy jobs. In the end it was a complete renewal, sourcing new builders/plumber/electrician who had good reputations, maybe not the cheapest. Finally, we got solid, proper resolution to maintenance. If you guys were in our area, we would use you in a heartbeat.

[@Mikesorrento3344]

Our septic recently backed up. No showers, no toilet. That gets one’s attention quickly. Nice job.

[@byronrobinson8633]

Been watching you guys for almost a month now and still for the life of me can’t understand a word you guys say. I still like watching. I don’t need to understand you to still tell you guys do good clean work. I need subtitles. Haha

[@Yoyo-me]

Nooo, I said I am the only one 😁😁😁... I just struggling to understand a word from these guys but anyway... The work was really profi

[@romanbrough]

I live a couple of hours drive from these guys and have to listen carefully to understand them. I often listen to videos from the USA, and at least a third of the time just cant understand the commentary.

[@QuimBeeLivingstone]

As a young boy, while other kids were playing cowboys and indians, Jem was playing cowboys and engineers! 👍👍👍 I love these repair videos almost as much as the unblocking!

[@TheDrainUnblockers]

Thanks QB!

[@mattcat231]

Nah, he was playing dungeons and sewerpipes, lol

[@alexpade648]

Err

[@HannahMattox]

I love Warren 😂 I remember watching the first time, I didn't catch him asking Ty his name, but heard him say the part about forgetting it and even forgetting his wife's name, and from that moment forward, I've loved everyone on this channel 😂😂

[@kiljoysvnzr0]

If I may make a suggestion, usually when we have a repair what involves working in a soggy trench we bring along a wheel barrow full of crushed rock (3/4 gravel mostly but even road/base rock will work) and dump it in as something to walk on as we do the repair. Helps maintain your footing and makes it a bit easier to get a decent grade for the "fall" or flow of the pipe. I understand you guys know exactly what you are doing so please understand this is not meant to be critical but something that works for us. Best of luck.

[@jetter1jem955]

Thanks for constructive comments much appreciated 👍

[@timsullivan826]

Thank you for showing us how to fix the problems with broken pipes, keep up the good work 👏 👍

[@HouseOfBabies]

Well done! Jenny the editing was great on this. I hope future drain repair videos are like this. Great video work Ty! Great job Warren. How did he feel being in front of the Camera? My 20 yr old Daughters are wonder how old Ty is? 😂 and if he is on social media?

[@schuey089]

Great job lads, very professional, I'l know who to come to if mine ever needs doing!

[@antoineduchamp4931]

I lived near Liverpool as a kid: down south here we say 'paving stones' but I had clean forgotten that in the north they are known as 'flags' - I have not heard this term since childhood. Lovely tidy job of re-laying the flags.

[@chrishelms1967]

Fantastic work Men..... willing to bet that patio looks better now then before you started

[@jetter1jem955]

Ha defo 😁😁👍

[@darrenmaw3830]

Well done guys, great job, nice to see a really professional company and team working together.

[@jetter1jem955]

Thanks Darren 👍👍

[@darrenmaw3830]

@@jetter1jem955 your welcome mate, hooked on the videos now

[@kaylee8387]

Job well done as normal, your repair jobs are the only ones I watch as your narrative makes it interesting. Whoever thinks you area bully has obviously never been bullied!

[@jetter1jem955]

Thanks for comment Keep watching 👍👍

[@briangorter7150]

Some people don't like men just being men. Someone has to take the lead on the jobs and as the owner of the business, Jem would have a lot on his plate. Sometimes while on the job, there are no "beg pardon" times, just get on with the job. Also the older you get, the harder constant physical labor becomes. Jem does a great job keeping his business afloat. He is leading and motivating, the way it should be.

[@jetter1jem955]

Thanks Brian 👍

[@doma5262]

Haha I love how you cut away and cut back and your bodge job is already covered with sand 😄 😀 😅 🙂 😉 😁 😄 😀 😅 🙂

[@YkcivD]

You lads are grafters. Excellent job as always x

[@Jimbobta72]

Another great job! Jem, you do far too much work. Get the lads to chip in and stop standing around watching you. Lol. Please keep the vids coming.

[@TheDrainUnblockers]

They're good lads really, I just swoop in to do the exciting part! They do all the heavy lifting!

[@dean825]

Excellent video, the gentleman doing the pipework underground really knows his stuff. No doubt a very reputable company!

[@jamesphair7694]

ha ha

[@HannahMattox]

Man, I love the repair jobs. I've already watched this one, but KZbin keeps telling me to rewatch so many of them 😂 I've actually already watched every video on the channel 😂

[@TheMutley68]

Not a bully just a straight talker gets the job Done

[@danielbrown4133]

How warm is warm in Liverpool mate? Come over to Queensland Australia where 40C plus is the norm in the summertime. You're a great boss, great to see someone who speaks kindly to their employees, very rare these days. Keep up the good work.

[@catherinebrady2640]

I learned so much from this video and the instructions and speech were very clear. I have been trying to learn the names if all the staff and associate faces with the names. Now I recognize Ty and Warren. I already knew Jim and Joe and I think Andrew.

[@lronhubbard8031]

I don't know how I came across this I'm a site manager for a school and have worked with a lot of tradesmen this was a well preformed job and the narration was great.

[@StefanBacklund-68]

I just love this kind of videos greetings from Sweden

[@QueenAggyEst2025]

Hello sweden! Thankypu for watching 😎😎

[@robsmith6281]

Greetings from the U.K.😁

[@francisremillard9482]

Love watching your videos here in Northampton Massachusetts, USA. Can't wait until you start doing your videos in English. Keep up the good work....

[@TheKurtsPlaceChannel]

Very nicely put together video and very entertaining as well. Thanks for posting this.

[@jetter1jem955]

Jenny is good 👍👍

[@jennypennyxox]

Glad you enjoyed 👍🏻👍🏻

[@stevenotmlgpro3464]

Another nice job by all. Have you ever tried using a deburring/reaming pen tool, with removal blades, to clean the ends of the cut pipes? You just run it round once for the inside and once for the outside, leaves a lovely clean finish. They are made for metal pipe but work fine on plastic pipe if you use it gently. The blades last forever on plastic.

[@jetter1jem955]

I’ll look at getting one of those Thanks👍👍

[@tracymcdougal6381]

Always entertaining to watch a repair on plumbing.

[@richardsedorski1206]

You guys are like drugs can’t stop watching brilliant stuff plus fab banter.👍👍👍🍺🍺🍺

[@padraigellis1520]

Just wondering if the house soil pipe is going into the main drain at that point & it was broken, why not build an access point for future cleaning. But nice job, good to see the lads in the trenches.

[@Your32Maker]

Your teams work is extremely clean... 👍

[@clairehowell3951]

Thankyou that was really interesting great job as always the tennants should be really happy it's all fixed now & no more problems thanks 😊

[@MrDbone75]

Good Monday evening to you all from Wellington Somerset

[@TheDrainUnblockers]

Good morning!!!

[@colinhunter1910]

Great jobs guys again top job from the top team

[@jetter1jem955]

Thanks Colin keep watching 👍👍

[@bryannolte4910]

I always say I learn something every time I tune in to you guys. And this was no exception. Jem, you are a great teacher, these young future drain unblockers might be watching better pay attention. No class could ever teach, like hands on training! Jem, The Professor of "Drainology"!!! 👀🏳️‍🌈

[@twatmunro9563]

I agree. The other guys are fine but listening to Jem is a complete pleasure for me. Why? Because it's always fascinating to listen to somebody who has a good mastery of their subject and who's passionate about their work. Along a similar vein is a guy called Rainman Ray, who does car repairs in Florida. I haven't taken a spanner to a car in anger since about 1980, and I've no intention of ever doing it in the future, but listening to someone who is a master of their craft, talking about how they do their work, how and why they make their decisions is invariably more compelling than anything on the BBC/ITV. Even where they attempt to do this stuff -- as in, say, The Repair Shop -- all the profoundly implausible 'human interest' stories that they pack the show with really infuriates me. Why? Because I believe they underestimate their audience's intelligence and think they need that filler because skilled craftsmen doing their work just isn't interesting enough. Personally, I think it tells you more about the people who make the programmes than their audience. (And while some of the craftsmen on the show are great -- I love the guy who does the clocks and watches, and the musical instruments are interesting -- some of them, well, how many chippies do *you* know that work with a £15,000 Rolex on their wrist? Can you imagine Jem stuffing his wrist down a manhole with a Rolex Submariner on? Even if it is guaranteed to go down to 200 meters of sewage, I don't see it happening any time soon, thank God.) OK, rant mode off. Jem's the best though.

[@davidflewitt588]

cracking job as usual lads..

[@HannahMattox]

7:51 that was a good save 😂😂

[@HannahMattox]

17:05 you guys have skills that are unlike any other with those quick saves 😂😂

[@Set-Apart-hq1zk]

Great work on a hard Job gentleman

[@jetter1jem955]

👍👍

[@DarcAngel77]

Great job more types of these vids are so educational

[@enrico6744]

Amazing you work how I work good work pal

[@Kevin-ey7et]

Excellent job well done 👍

[@TheDrainUnblockers]

Many thanks

[@Kevin-ey7et]

@@TheDrainUnblockers your welcome

[@andyjackson2269]

Nice to see the pipes deburred when cut.. Quality job💪👍

[@martincook6318]

Only externally though. Pipes need deburring internally as well.

[@rickthelian2215]

Great job guys amazing 😀😀😀

[@jmom687]

Amazing, so am i right in thinking you can build your extension over these soil stack pipes. But need to move the access drain ?

[@sjacobs8958]

You gents are a treat to watch!! I'll drink a pint in your honor.

[@KG-yn9qi]

I have done all the work to maintain the pluming at my start in 1980 about twenty years ago dug up main line had to do similar to what you did there! Exception was put a sweep 90 pointing up and brought it to surface! And caped for clean out access! Also have replace 90% of drain plumbing under home my home was built in 1945. Built with raised foundation and stem walls so there is a 2.5 foot crawl space. All plumbing was black cast pipe ! Just thus last year another small piece started leaking from kitchen sink, attempted to get under house to replace that section! Well in my old age, I have put on weight and have some mobility problems from injuries ! With all that found I could not fit /get under my home!☹️☹️ I had to have a plumbing co. Make the repair! The cost for them to do work and if could of done it was about $130.00!!! Does not pay to get old and fat!

[@gergelyvalernovics566]

Really nice pvc overals and rubber boots!

[@nickmitton7350]

Nice video boys. Learnt a thing or two there myself. Especially interesting were those inserts into the existing clay pipes. 😎👍

[@DarnWhippets]

Proper job. Nice one lads.

[@Edward-turtle]

Bully ??? i wish my boss was as considerate, keep it up and god bless

[@philiptotoro1127]

You're amazing Jem.

[@traceybagley814]

What an excellent and interesting video absolutely fantastic thanks for sharing

[@juliehoffman92]

Beautiful work!

[@rmcservices336]

Neat job on the pipe work & the slabs. Untreated could have been a mini sink hole. Bet the client was happy with the result.

[@edknight1982]

Those joints into the clay look good, wish I had used one of those. Think I would have put a small manhole there. Two feeds on then the manhole at the main drain. Looks much better than before tho.

[@AlfredGustafson]

This job is perfect.😊

[@jetter1jem955]

Thanks for comments Your right it’s a long radius bend not a120 degree bend Am not always right 😁😁😁😁

[@randycornell9796]

Great job guys!! Stay safe my friend's.👍🤓👍🤓 Randy.

[@trailertrainingglasgow87]

top man on the job and a great finish well done guy's

[@OfficialSamuelC]

Warren, fantastic as usual!

[@keithbrennan288]

Cracking video, just a tip, I use the mini grinder to cut and chamfer pipes, fast and efficient.

[@jetter1jem955]

👍👍

[@MrJerryleyva]

Greetings from New Mexico, USA! I really enjoy your efficient and amazing work. I was wondering, what are the oldest plumbing lines or fixtures you've come across?

[@paulashford4155]

Looks so much better!!!

[@andypeebles2242]

Good job!

[@Andy-ni2wb]

That whistle at 12:08 killed me 🤣

[@andrewready1137]

Great job!!

[@madgebishop5409]

cracking job guys!

[@bjornaandalsnes]

Good work from Norway🇧🇻

[@ajkleipass]

With the rest bends, just to be clear, they still only change direction by 90 degrees, but do so with a much broader radius than the original sharp bend, yes?

[@TheDrainUnblockers]

Completely correct!

[@trespire]

A.J. Kleipass There are 90 degree sections commonly used in hydraulics, and water cooling circuits with fast flow. The principle is when increasing the radii, the resistance to flow decreases so the fluid flows in a more laminar flow and less turbulant flow. Typically the bend radii is at least 3 times the nominal pipe diameter.

[@Muka-62]

Nice how much did it cost??

[@Hew.Jarsol]

Enjoyed that cheers. Those old clay pipes are a pain in the ass.

[@carl9976]

Good job lads. Gotta say i hope you earn well, I couldn’t do this for a job having to dig around in someone’s sewage.

[@SN-hx4mg]

Hi sir, what's the make of that seal that goes into the clay pipe ? And is that better than the rruber seals like flexi ?

[@kaib1125]

Mr Big Boy Ty

[@andrewadnitt3655]

Hi guys love the video’s, you guys do a great job, I always thought any change of Direction in pipe needs a manhole?

[@royordway9157]

I'm in Maine in the US. We build on full foundations, crawl spaces or slabs on grade. All of out branch connections are within the foundation. Most good plumbers do put inspection/cleanout ports in the pipes where they can do so. We use schedule 40 ABS or PVC plastic with primed and solvent welded joints for the most part. Some times cast iron where flushing noise will be an issue. What is the brown plastic you use?

[@olivierquaderi8766]

Great job

[@deathbyproxy2]

Funny how the piece of pipe to the main was spotless at the break and hummm turn the camera off just before it!! Also yeah the editing was great, cut away at the point when we would like to see the actual joint work ha ha ha!! I would love to visit that job and dig it up again to see the workmanship onto the main.

[@craigfarmer9623]

Not a bad job but also far from excellent. Their are several blind junctions on that repair and the only acsess is threw a hole saw in the soil stack. Why hasn't a 320mm PVC inspection chamber been installed for acsess if issue occur in the future? Also as its original clay and no super sleve the concrete could have been chipped away so a proper connection with a band seal could of been achieved, the push fit couplings you use create a lip against the flow which will cause blockages. I always noticed a CCTV inspection hasn't been carried out upon completion of the excivation, how can you assure the all connection are flush or their is no protruding seals ect. Also I dry mix around the rest bend to set it in place is essential, over time with ground movement the rest bend could drop causing back fall on the 100mm waste pipe ect.

[@peterwalton6680]

And he could of put a 100mm coupler instead of the band seal on the black pipe above the rest bend to finish it of nicely and you could of save a few quid on those adjustable double socket 100mm fittings, that one from the gully was straight 🤦🏼and those icon couplers are expensive too 🤦🏼 totally agree should of cctved at the end to check every joint

[@lincolngardens661]

good job!

[@DocNo27]

It's always shocking to see the exterior soil pipes in the UK. Another quality video for the lads!

[@timfricker4152]

Jem I think the one who loves you the most is Warren

[@rons3103]

Great Video Jen. I see the boys made you work your A@@ off again! When I hit the lotto, I'll have to sent you folks some cordless tools: grinder and reciprocating saw (save you some time cutting those pipes by handsaw...Workout). Time to get rid of those corded tools. I was curious if its up to the customer if he wants a decide on putting in the same pipe connections or could they have upgraded to an covered drain for the two pipe connection for easy clean out access?

[@ohmimprovement5767]

We call them "gradual" elbows ...long sweeps here in the states.

[@jetter1jem955]

Long radius here Thanks for comment 👍👍

[@arxhjw6614]

Deffo want to see that bandseal connection hiding under that sand conveniently

[@thekingmezz4320]

Your the best one

[@aerowilly65]

How come Warren wasn't down the hole doing the repair instead of the main man? Back breaking work.Done a fair bit of drainage work myself so respect from me.

[@jaycee1980]

Wow, that looked like it became a bit of a 'mare with that broken mains! Lucky no one upstream decided to flush!

[@_nelson]

Hello from northern ca Very hot weather in usa.

[@TheDrainUnblockers]

Hello 👋

[@_nelson]

Awesome channel. It's cool how you show correct away do drain pipe. Stay safe👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@frank1847]

Very interesting video lads, Is this work normally covered by the house insurance?

[@anthonykenny1120]

Nice work on pipe repairs,, Might have been a good idea to construct a small manhole incase of future issues,, Only an suggestion,, great job though

[@specialandroid1603]

How do you replace the clay pipe from the bottom of an internal soil stack to the nearby maintenance pit.

[@BlakeASwain]

Awesome job mate, love your videos! Saw your handsaw cutting pipe.... while it is adequate, check out a Japanese Pull Saw! They out perform a typical handsaw blade and can get into some much tighter spaces! Additionally the double blade allows you to cut a variety of materials with clean cut ends. I have cut loads of ABS/PVC pipe here is the US like butter.

[@simonmoffatt1715]

Where did you get the safety shield from?

[@jamestonge5066]

Should have put manhole in. The connector on the main on left side will catch all sorts of shit. Better then it was but would not pass inspection. This Jem fella is under to much stress, he won't last long. I like all your videos, cheers from Dublin