Blocked Drain 296 - Smokers Lung Blocks the Pipe 

Hey Gavin nice result, they seemed like nice customers too. That black slime type stuff is most likely biofilm, a bacteria that grows into a gooey jelly like substance. It can be caused by many things including medication / digestive issues when a lot of undigested fat sticks to the pipes and gives the bacteria a good place to set up home. Certain types of body washes can also cause it if they are not rinsed away well enough as they coat the pipes, you often see it in washing machines where too much fabric softener is used as it also forms a nice bacteria friendly coating, hair in shower pipes is another good host. Since it is a bacteria it will often come back if the pipes are not spotlessly cleaned / bleached after removal of the slime. You can get products like bio-clean which are non caustic biological cleaners (bacteria) that will eat and dissolve all that black stuff, takes a bit of time to get working but after cleaning a blockage of that stuff it is a good follow on treatment to try and stop it coming back.

I always appreciate that you make life easier for the next person. Lifting the access so it doesn’t have to be dug up again is so great. You also take the time fix the ground back to the way it was no wonder everyone loves you so much.

Nice work Gavin, I’ve never seen such a glob of goo like what you pulled from that pipe. Looked like it was rubberized. Well done sir!

The best answer to putting wipes down the drain " You can but be prepared to call a plumber " 🙂 Thanks for all you do Gavin. 😊

If the X-Files taught me anything, it’s _never_ to mess with the black oily sludge you find underground 😱

Looks like someone poured a bunch of latex paint down the drain.

I think that you were spot on when you thought the clog was from medication. I worked in a hospital and cleared numerous drains that had the same type of rubbery stuff clogging the sink drains. I was told that it was from certain types of IV’s that would jell up when exposed to the open air. Nurses would dump unused IVs in the sink and due to low water flow faucets there would not be enough water to flush the drains completely.

Oooo....look at all that beautiful red clay.

I found some of this stuff in my parents washing machine! They were elderly and disabled. Apparently they were soiling clothing and just dumping in washer. It was almost tar like. Glad to know now. Combined they took about 65 medications!

4:46 I've seen those, that's a alien slug thing from "Night of The Creeps" careful they make zombies but are afraid of fire.

OMG....that looked like liver! hahaha...... are you sure no one cut up a body and tried to flush it? lol Great video Gavin, missed the workers but it was a beautiful day.

Oh no you buried the black sludge! Now they are going to have a sludge tree. The neighbors wont like that. 😂

One of the Japanese unblockers on you tube comes across that black medication sludge a lot

Jeeezoos...wtf have those people been eating! 😮 lol

Keep up the good work love watching on RU-vid have fun in the Weekend an yes I'm in hospital

It likely could be psyllium powder. That product is used in fiber laxatives and gels up if not enough water is provided or a load got dumped into the sewer line. It looks like that consistency. Or activated charcoal slurry, which used to be used for stomach pumping in overdose situations. It is nasty, gooey, and gets all over clothes. It's likely a combination of more than one thing. And ever since I've seen first-hand from your videos the issues with wipes, I don't flush them any longer.

Well done Gavin. I like the attention you pay to detail, like preparing before digging even starts so that there's not a terrible mess afterwards, using a Furnco (sp?) to absorb movement in the joint, taping the clamps so they're clean for the next plumber (hopefully you), and then restoring the ground back to how it was before. Just overall a really good and thoughtful job

Thinking about how that IO was originally reminds me of when I was in high school here in the US, we had shop class. Above the blackboard in the classroom was a large sign that read "If you don't have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over". I've really tried to live by that all my life. Not too many craftsmen live by that creed anymore.

🐸 Beautiful job bringing inspection point to surface! 😉👍✔️

Looked like somebody coughed up a lung.

I have to say, this is the first drain video that makes me go eeeeewww! That slimy crap had to be nasty just touching it!

Looks like some kind of algae ..or paint cellulose sludge

It's more fun when its ROOTS!

Nothing like some lovely biofilm!

“looks like the black stuff mated with a fresh one” on point😂

This was very interesting. Black usually means old blood (top of the gut bleed), but the agar consistency was incredible. You mentioned pipe relining to your client, I'm guessing you don't do them, but if you were ever to, it would be great to have footage, however brief. More rain your way, hopefully more (no-dig) stormwaters for you.

At first i thought you pulled out a dead fish . That gunge was horrible at least you got rid of it back into the dirt .

I hope your saving a really good one for 300. Drain addicts 700 will be tough to beat

Another great unclogging. Your the best. Cheers mate!

That looks similar to the algae we see sometimes in A/C condensate drain lines Although that looks a bit "tougher". While I'm thinking about it - Calling all HVAC guys. Use DWV fittings when you can instead of pressure fittings on the larger condensate lines. It will make it easier to clear. If you can't use DWV, consider electrical sweeps. They will help too.

Hi Gavin, Well that was something different. Glad hou fixed it for them. I hope the people that use to live there are ok?. Stay Safe my friend ❤👍 Hi Mrs P 💛 Hi Mini P🍦 🤗

Hi Gavin happy Friday good job as usual keep up the good work keep the videos coming

That’s really nice of you. It may cost more this time but will save a lot in the long term.

Hello Gavin from Tennessee.. love your videos.. would love to work with you and learn from the Master himself.. have a good day mate!

After we bought our house we had a new dunny installed cause the old one used to get black mould a lot, when it was removed that same looking sludge lined the pipes, I always thought it was just mould/fungus. The new dunny is now getting the black mouldy stuff too under the rim where the water flows around. Makes me wonder now how far it goes, as over the years we get a stink from the pit thingy next to the house. Cleaning the dunny I have to use bleach/domestos as it help it to unstick and desolve. Maybe I need to dump 50 bucks of that shit down the pipes too

I never realized a colon cleanse actually took the colon with it!

Oh oh, the für to look how a rotten Snake skin, Good Work the Drain unblock and make leugth Greeting 🇦🇹

I don’t know what it is either but I think it moved. Haha

WHAT IN THE WORLD. I think it's sentient.

What Einstein thought it would be a great idea to bury an access cap 1 metre under ground?

Whatever that black sludge was it was extremely sticky. Great job though, it seemed a crazy clean. And great idea with io to surface. Stay safe and see you next vid. Hi to mrs P

A very good Friday evening to you all from Wellington Somerset in the uk

The black sludge is mineral deposits, if they have hard water the minerals will build up in drain pipes over time. Very difficult to get rid of.

Wow at first I thought those were dead fish.

Awesome

I never thought of medications causing issues is sewer lines. I suddenly thought of the chemo patients at home and radioactive waste that's expelled into the sewer lines. Never thought of that before outside of the hospital. 🤯

Well Gvain, I have been lurking for quite some time on your channel. I must say I was not expecting that, umm that was very interesting. Great job, and the attention to detail is outstanding I must say.

I heard it's sludgy slime due to medication. Saw a Japanese pipe cleaning vid, said the same too.

What was that black stuff?? I thought it looked a bit like silicone but who would do that? My husband wanted me to tell you what great work you do. A wonderful clean out and repair job once again. Cheers 👍👍👍

Weird one what was that stuff. 👍👍

Gavin that look like black slug in the sewer drain but u cleared it for the customer they were happy to get it cleared si u on the next one right O 👍👍👍👍👍

Great job done Gavin, that was not nice looking stuff in there looked like silicone 👍

Zombie apocalypse style clogged drain. An, oh bloody hell of a mess in it. Nice clean out and IO addition.

Looks like someone jumped on the colon cleanse train... haha..

I’ve seen buried openings on Ollie’s channel. Why do the original plumbers bury the access instead of bring it to the surface? They went to the trouble to put a threaded fitting and a cap on it.

Decomposing giant snake? 🤨😜

There's a fungus among us!

Your right there mate, there is a medication that can make the stool black, I work with a client that take medication, it does create black stool.

extremely high cholesterol pipes for heart attack 😂

You can always tell a professional job. Just look for the grey duct tape :D

For a moment, I thought little black mice 🐀 were the culprits, then illegal disposal of used motor oil! Well done Gav, hope you are enjoying the DC-43. Remember when I offered to get you one for Christmas, and you are already praising your new toy! One day, strap the Toad on the back of the DC-38 and take him for the ride of his! Ratty enjoys zipping down the gutter strapped on to Ollie's DC-43! 🚀

I flew jumbo jet all over the world and virtually all hotels requested that "no" toilet paper be flushed down the toilet. They had a covered water proof container for you to put toilet paper in. I adopted that system for my house. Yes I have been to your country many times...I even brought my skydiving gear so I could skydive in Australia and Hawaii. I had a great life...retired now.

You’re supposed to drink Fibregel not flush it down the toilet!

It looks like Fish you got out.

Looks emergency flushes of something with the po po at the front door😊

Looks like someone flushed homemade slime

🐸 Fish fillets? 🤔 I don't think it was whale blubber. 🐋

9 minutes in and I'm thinking serial killer...

Did someone pour flex seal down the drain? Lol

What the hell is that stuff ? 😎✌🏻🎃

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Are there any missing people reported in the neighborhood lol.

leg wax?

Hi Gavin. Did you ever find out what was the cause of the ' black goo in the loo ?' Sue, from Adelaide.'

Think they tried to cook up some stuff( braking bad type thing) and did not know what they were doing. Flushed it to hide the evidence!!!!!

Some people will flush old outdated or unused medications down the toilet. Looks like some one flushed a large bottle of Metamucil or the likes of it down the toilet. Man I wished you could have that sent to a place to test and find out what it is..lol! I bet you are glad that it didn't start to move...lmao!

I’ve seen you do this a couple of times; what purpose does the gravel serve?

It looks Iike the bottom of my washing machine vent when I have to use 3 different brands and 3 different conditioners (allergies)

bismuth sulphide, pepto bismol

Should have also called a priest to clean that drain.

Ugh, wth was that 🤢 ! Great Job !

Hi - what was the duck tape for?

Did you ever find out what that was

Hi Gavin that slime-like substance is most likely a Biofilm, a gelatinous mass of Bacteria in huge colonies.

The result of someone eating the fruit of the rubber tree?

Do you ever figure out what that slimy stuff is?

to the penetrator what is medication got to do with block pipes From paul chapman at London uk 🇬🇧

Are you sure it's not rotten flesh

If that's what some medications can do to a sewer pipe, imagine what it's doing to us! I first thought some kind of bacterial growth...but perhaps a combination? I'd be getting that lab tested to be sure, so we can all learn more about our pipes - inside and out!

Yeah they're putting something down the drain and they got caught. Going to cost for pretty. Penny. 👍👍🙂🇨🇦

That top piece looks odd. Does it screw off? It just looked different than most cleanouts?

Don't see the reason to put bandseals solid pipe would have been more stable . You don't need movement on pipework underground if possible

That gunk looks like some kind of eel ,look closely you'll see what I mean!

I thought you were pulling dead fish out of the pipe at first. Did somebody actually excrete that???

Too much Metamucil?

That's where the motor oil went to the last time I changed oil in my car. 🤢🤢🤢🤮

man, might wonna pour a bottle of chlorine down the drain once in a while if its like that.

My kids popped A bean bag chair filled with tiny beads. To hid the evidence they started to flush them down the toilet into our septic tank! Oh joy, aren't they just special?

I have heard some chemo treatments can cause dark thick 💩 💩 💩

venom........