That was scary. I'm not one to scold. But damn Ollie, when you saw the acid, you should have got goggles. I mean, i know your job "goes to shit" every day. But it would go "down the toilet" if you got blinded. I know youre a get it done kinda guy. But please take a minute to think over situations before diving in. We love you. Be careful.
I've been watching for a couple of years and this is the first time I've been seriously concerned about your safety. I'm sure you learned a few lessons for the future. You're an awesome man and I'd hate to see anything happen to you. Cheers from Minnesota in the states!
I remember a few years ago considering one of those shoe boxes. The reason I considered it was because I couldn't find another place (rental crisis). The shoe box (actually more like 3/4 of a shoe box as the room was more a triangle *single bed in the corner , small tv and that's about it*). Of course it was well overpriced as well. I would have had to put everything in storage and downgraded my bed. Thankfully I didn't.
A Pantsless Ollie running loose in Sydney? This video is the very definition of dropping acid. Man what a view from up top there. Ollie worked so hard, he blew his eyes and pants out on that job. RESPECT.
@@seanh4841 That's gotta be dangerous sometimes, because Ollie has to go into jobs others have been in, and not know they were in there or what they did. Just...be careful out there, Ollie & Friends. You never really know.
With the amount of acid he was dealing with, a box of bicarb would be needed. I would have dumped half a box of the stuff down the drain to save the pipes and the equipment. Running water isn't enough to get rid of all of that concentrated acid.
You'd end up with carpal tunnel pumping that spray bottle before dilute sodium bi-carb would neutralize concentrated sulfuric acid. You'd be better off just dumping a box on it.
Your professionalism never ceases to amaze me, I’m sure there’s others that would consider it half draining away good enough, that and the fact that you always clean up after yourself on all the jobs speaks volumes of your level of professionalism. I also don’t know how I stumbled across your channel but it’s just the thing to wind down to after a days work !! Keep up the awesome work mate !!
@@DrainAddict Ollie I love your channel but why would you kneel in liquid with acid in it? Why would you go anywhere near the pipe with bare arms, and without a face shield or at least glasses?? I dont understand why you would take that risk?. You really should go to the eye doctor to make sure theres no damage. By the way kneeling on hard surfaces every day can damage your knees. Why not get some knee pads. or you can buy a workers padded kneeling frame, then you dont have to kneel in sewerage or hard surfaces everyday.? I love your work but this video was cringe.
@@jasonrichardson1999 He carries heaps of stuff, and this job cost him a $100 pair of overalls and almost blinded him. If I was his wife I would give Ollie a serious talking to.
From my chemistry book "Copper reacts with hot and concentrated sulphuric acid to form copper sulphate, sulphur dioxide gas and water." "Sulphur dioxide can cause respiratory problems such as bronchitis, and can irritate your nose, throat and lungs." Ollie - you be careful now!
and it's the Sulphure Dioxide which redissolves in the moisture in the lungs, throat, eyes etc, to form another acid which literally burns the linings in the body Goodness knows what lunatic thought it was a good idea to pour that stuff into a blocked drain that was leaking over the floor - even diluted it wouldn't do the expensive carpet any good, nor any drips on the stainless sink - never mind anything going into the between floor spaces in a high rise block!
I'm just glad you are able to see beautiful Sydney's skyline once again. I can't say much about the pants, but I'm sure some corn will get Ratty on his feet in no time! Be safe Ollie 🙏
Hey drain addict, when I was coming to Sydney with my dad a few hours ago, my dad said, Oh it’s the drain Guy from RU-vid, we saw ur DrainGo van! My dad so happy!
OMG! How scary! I'm joining with the others and saying what a professional you are to continue after getting acid splashed literally in your face!!! I am glad that God was watching over you and that you are ok and able to go home to your family at the end of your day safe! Thank you for the video. Blessings!
Wow that acid is scary stuff!! I'm glad you are OK after all that danger you were in for this job!! Maybe use a face shield next time at the least, but perhaps a full Hazmat suit would be best! The view from the balcony was amazing, thanks for sharing with us. Please stay safe, God bless ya mate! Cheers from Phoenix, Arizona, USA.
Just thinking of you sharing that beautiful view with us and then the acid that could destroy your vision. Be careful and thank God for being with you!
Why any person, yet alone a plumber leave a job site with such potential danger in it for anyone else coming to service it or even be in its proximity is beyond me. Glad your safe.
I actually worked for the parent company of that acid manufacturer. They are in the states but have a subsidiary in Sidney. The formula for that product, Mo-Flo, used to be 99% Sulfuric Acid and a 1% odor cap. It was discontinued in the US 10 years ago.
May The Dear Lord be with you as you do these dangerous jobs. I had an incident with Muritic acid once, it splashed up in my face and I thought it was the end. Thank God my buddy was there
@@marksi100 // You're talking about the "god" of this world-rather the "genie" people desire. One that will make/keep life risk free and flowing with benefits e.g., health, wealth, looks etc. The one *true God,* Jesus Christ helps His people *through life's trials* with purpose: "..but we rejoice in our tribulations, knowing that tribulation brings about perseverance; and perseverance, proven character; and proven character, hope; and hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out within our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us" [Romans 5 v3-5]
@@DanKoning777 Thanks for that comment, it was actually very helpful to me in a difficult time I am having at the moment. I hope it may also benefit others.
I remember clearing a salon drain years ago as a young plumber on there hair washer basin. They had put acid down the drain and it melted through the flexible crappy waste connection and poured onto the floor. When I came they didn't tell me it was acid and I only realised when I was laid in it thinking it was water until it soaked into my t shirt and started to burn me! They then said "oh BTW that's acid your now soaked in"
Ohhh i know that feeling a man it sucks hard core. I m an automove mechanic & have gotten battery acid on my face & in my eye plus carb & choke ckeaner & brake kleen. The acid u can at least wash off but the carb & brake kkeen only go away when it evaporates try keeping ur eye held open till it evaps. I keep baking soda around just for dealing with acid burns & also good for stopping it eating ur cloths great vid Ollie keep it going so close to a g my man 😂
Wow Ollie , you should be wearing a respirator if you are near Sulphuric Acid ... As a Metal Polisher we used to use pure Sulphuric to make Aluminuim Bullbar's dull so they didn't shine like a mirror , other than that we made them shine like a good mirror , but while we used ACID we ' Alway's ' had a respirator over our nose & mouth as well as Safety Glasses to protect our eyes , in Hot or Cold Weather or confined places ....
I’m glad your eyes are feeling better sulfuric acid is bad to breathe in I’m glad you’re ok thank God. Poor Ratty breathed in the vapor and knocked himself out for a while. Awesome job knocking out the concrete Ollie. Thank you for sharing the view of Sydney so beautifully captured. God Bless you Ollie and Ratty 🐀.
Ollie, carry a large box of baking soda with you, sprinkle it heavily on any wet acid you find, it will neutralize it down to a safe level. Glad you are ok!
@@alastairstewart5527 I believe that most acids used in the plumbing trade are diluted and are not concentrated, as concentrated would literally eat through the pipes.
Professional acid drain cleaner typically contains 96% sulphuric acid. Spillages should be rinsed with copious amounts of water. Plastic and earthen wear pipes would not react with it. Any metal pipe would.
My old boss decided to use that Momar stuff to clear drains at work - a hotel built in the late 60s. Before you know it we had holes eaten in copper bathroom floor wastes dripping acid into the rooms below. Nice one BRIAN
When I worked in apartment maintenance and I had to install or reset a toilet, we'd caulk the base to the floor. It was vinyl caulk and you used a wet finger to smooth it. Guess where the water came from to wet my finger? Toilet. Of course, I restored and cleaned everything in the apartment including the dunny so I knew it was safe
Huy hermano tenga mucho cuidado, recuerda que la seguridad está sobre todas las cosas, gracias a mi Dios estas bien. Un abrazo grande desde Bogotá Colombia.
Very glad to hear of your escape from the acid trap! That last plummer should have left some sort of warning note concerning the acid instead of the bottle. Even more glad to see you're OK
I was cleaning my Carb on my Garden Tractor today...and sprayed carb cleaner into a tiny part ...got blow back into my eyes.....😖 I felt your pain.... stings like...well that place that is Hot all the Time....🤘👺🔥🔥
Wow! It’s a wonder you didn’t burn your skin with so much of it getting on your clothes! I hope your eyes are still ok and you don’t have any lasting effects. Take care and stay safe👍🇨🇦
Thanks for the great view of Sydney, I am glad you are still able to see it after the acid splashed in your face. Great job clearing the blockage and clearing the acid for the new tenants arriving in the pm !
wow, that was a crazy one...glad you were quick with the water in the eyes! Hopefully no issues with that! Pants are replaceable but Ollie and his eyes are not! Thanks for the sights of Sydney!!
Thanks for the great view of Sydney!!! Another job done well and sorry about your pants… glad you rinsed your eyes so quickly!!! Hopefully the acid didn’t cause too much damage or living on the 15th floor is going to suck!!! Cheers!!!
Hey there Ollie, That was an amazing job you did mate. You are very professional in how you work. Glad a basin was close by when that wood fell, where the acid leaked. You could get to the water fast! I do agree with what you said about acid on the 16th floor. I'm no plumber by a long shot, but common sense tells me acid in a pipe 16 floors up is a no-go. Glad you got it all sorted. Wow at your pants the next day. That stuff is wickedly strong. Take care, mate. Oh yes... wow Sydney is a beautiful city, thanks for showing us the view.
Yeah I know the feeling, I work for cars in corrosion so I deal with muriatic acid all the time. That things a little. But you get used to it.. however I had a new experience about 2 months ago, I was redoing all of the sewer lines in the basement of a house and all the lines were above my head.. PVC cement and primer, mixed together, when I was pressing a 4 inch T-fitting together, a nice big blob of it drip into my eyeball. I just had to deal with it and hold the fitting together until it cured. So the fitting didn't push itself apart, and then I have to redo it all, over the years I've gotten a lot of things in my I probably the worst one was when I was welding hot BB fuzzed itself to my eyeball. That was an emergency room visit. Chunk of metal scraped off my cornea, fun stuff, but the PVC cement glue. I'm used to swimming in freshwater not saltwater, so if I had to compare what my eyeball was exposed to I would say salt water and pepper spray.
I worked in the nickel chrome plating plant part of the place I worked at for five years. I / we worked with that acid every day six days a week. But it was a much lower concentrate. But it still would hurt and eat through clothing eventually.
I hope you charged a least triple on that one! The acid, long walk with all the security and no jetter was extra challenging. At least the view you showed was really cool. Glad you’re ok after that acid man!
Here in the states we can use lye (sodium hydroxide) as a drain cleaner. It's basic instead of acidic. It tends to work pretty well unless the blockage is real bad (or something it can't dissolve). I've used it a number of times to clear drain blockages in my house, including once for a main line clog (poured it directly down the main stack vent on the roof).
Glad you are ok Ollie. Sulphuric acid is pretty nasty stuff. No matter how carefull you are, there's always an element of surprise and it nearly got you. Best lesson ever, you are not gonna forget that, i guess. Stay safe.
So thankful you weren't blinded Ollie! Thank you for doing what you do! I hope you charged them extra for the danger involved, and I hope Ratty made a full recovery! ❤
Ollie you truly are amazing example of a great tradie. What experience & patience, persistence & Professionalism you have. And sharing your trade secrets so generously.❤always love your work. Makes me work better.
What a view! Thanks Ollie. Rough go with the acid! In the states, these kinds of incredibly harsh ‘drain cleaning’ acids are produced in limited quantities and available only to the plumbing trades, and even then, they hardly ever work the way people expect. Nearly every clog can be physically defeated with appropriate tools used experienced plumbers. Edit: Think about getting the Ridgid K9-12 FlexShaft for those small diameter drains
Had something like that when we moved into our new home. The previous owner redid the grout and rather than scoop up the excess and dump it in the bin they just pushed it into all 6 of the floor drains. Also ended up sealing the twist off grates with grout.
My heart skipped a beat when i saw the smoke. That strong can burn your lungs or collapse them. Dangerous in a confined space. Not to mention making your able brittle. You did a awesome job. Glad you didn't burn your eyes. I can't believe they left the acid like that. Not good. Beautiful city. Nice view. Be safe sir
That was painful to watch, knowing how dangerous it was for you. I'm so glad you got your eyes washed out so quickly. I hope it was a lesson to people not to use acid like that. Job well done. Beautiful view of Sydney!
The apartment with a great view.. took me about 20 minutes to find it on Google maps. Pull up street view and was a little confused for a minute. Hey look 150 ft tall rock wall with a building on top of it.. a place that you're in is huge.. I marked it on Google maps. And not too far from there right behind that building in off to the right I found a building that I thought was kind of cool it's the ADA of Sydney building.. that's a cool looking building too.. I like the wavy design of the building. I marked that one on Google maps too.. can I have it at doing that every time I look something up I got a mark it. I tried finding the one that you were in an orange jumpsuit on a contaminated, asbestos location with a crushed pipe that was like 20 m deep.. I had no luck so I couldn't Mark that one. There's about 70 locations in Sydney that are contaminated with asbestos sites in and around Sydney Australia as well as companies and corporations that deal with it. I found all of them but I couldn't figure out which one you were at..
This could have been very bad for you Ollie ,Safety glasses Ollie especially when you knew they put sulfuric acid in the drain you really should be more careful ,that was a cleave trick of removing the chain and just using the cutter to remove the junk in the line one of the contractors left behind my guess the tapers and plasterers I hated that when they did that in the resort I worked at, I'm so happy the rat survived the Acid fumes 🤣👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 All Good Ollie ,I never saw a 13 floor in a American Building they skip the number 13 ,and go from 12 to 14
Beautiful view of Sydney. Thank you for pointing out the land marks. Dreadful about the acid. You NEVER COMPLAIN about smells. The fumes had to be bad. I hope your lungs and face are all right. Watch the residue on ratty & your tools. Your pants! Oh my gosh, you were in those, you were wearing those. That was a dangerous assignment. I hope your invoice adds a hazardous chemical fee. Chunk of concrete, was that a brand new building, or did a tenant put up with the slow/spotty drain? Two sinks in the bathroom? Beautiful view. No smog. So many floors up. PHX AZ USA.
Makes you appreciate the many blessings of good health when you can walk away fairly unscathed from danger as we seen here. I bet looking out at that wonderful skyline after the near miss made it even more beautiful! We live and we learn in the crucible of this classroom we call life! Glad you are OK, Ollie! Ratty just needs some fresh oxygen outside to revive! ✝🐀
Perfect intro to do some Geoguessing: Br. St., the middle one of the three brick high risers I would say. Correct? What a breathtaking view! Beatiful! Again: Thanks for sharing and showing us around, to the good, the bad and the ugly corners of Sydney 😊
Ollie, You can replace pants, even heal skin. Please buy and use safety glasses, you only have two eyes. I sent you a tip for that. I have dealt with sulfuric acid spills as an EMT and HAZMAT technician. The burns can be horrible. Take care and God Bless.
I thought Olli had changed careers and became a real estate agent 😃 The acid destroyed your pants and almost cost you your eyesight but the blockage didn't do it, that's why you need the best drain cleaner in Sydney 🤩
Hey how's it going I am one of your long time viewers of your channel and subscriber thankfully you did not panic when you got the sulfuric acid in your eyes good job of not panicking
