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In this video, This Old House plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey shows us every common household drain, and how to unclog them like a pro.
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Richard demonstrates how to handle simple clogs in a bathroom sink, kitchen sink and toilet using different mechanical devices and the proper techniques. When using a plunger he recommends creating a seal with the flange and pulling back on the plunger allowing the clog to break up.
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@LY43537 Год назад

You know, I've always been jealous of people who had dads/guardians who taught them basic life skills like how to properly snake a drain since I never had anyone to help me like that. Thanks, This Old House, for filling that void.

@AssetAddict 2 месяца назад

Sadly... I'm with you. My dad was rich and was a white collar worker.... attorney.

@imgadgetmanjim 2 года назад

My dad was a plumber/steamfitter and I went on plenty of jobs with him. Tip: if you are blocking the overflow hole to use a plunger it is more effective to use wet rag than a dry one.

@christiandestefano9997 2 года назад

i use a plunger or painters tape.

@billabell1301 2 года назад

This guy. Sitcom in the making

@precinct1baltimorecountyre588 2 года назад

I usey wifey finger

@photoobject Год назад

I would make one addition to his theory. If you don't fill the basin with water, then when you use the plunger you are just compressing air. That won't do you any good. Water doesn't compress and you will get more of your force to go against the blockage.

@TheReal1953 Год назад

@@photoobject Actually, if you're doing drains on a daily basis, you also have an air 'blaster' kit in your arsenal. Once you plug the overflows, you pump up the device and pull the trigger. Often the blast of air will push the clog down the line enough to clean. But the caveat is that it could just push the clog further down the line and stop. So.....we would try the air 'blaster' first and then follow up with a snake and water to clean.

@michaelallen5505 Год назад

I worked for a company with 800 vacation rentals. I got a call every other day about a clogged toilet. The guests would say it's no use, they'd already plunged it. Well, they should have done it like Richard at 1:02 because that's the right way. Actually, don't pull it that hard unless you like poop in your face. No more than two or three "pulls", not pushes, and the clog is gone. And clogged tub? It's hair. It's always hair. It's never anything but hair. Unscrew the popup or pull out the tub drain linkage. Then use needle nose pliers. As I would tell folks, "Look, I pulled out the entire cat." Same for bathroom sinks. It's always hair. Unscrew the popup lever under the sink with a pair of channel locks, pull out the stopper, needle nose pliers down the drain and pull out that fur ball. Good to go.

@d.a.s.s4614 2 года назад

All great advice. As a municipal maintenance tech ive used all of these options plus a couple more. One thing to note about the rubber bladders is they work well but make sure that no chemicals/ acids have been tried first. The rubber and acid do NOT mix. The acid can cause the rubber bladder to deteriorate and burst...often while being used under pressure. Not fun!

@SuperSadom Год назад

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@butterpecanrican_ 2 года назад

This show/channel is absolutely PRICELESS for homeowners. I've been watching TOH since I was a child though lol. I love this stuff.

@peoplethesedaysberetarded 2 года назад

Yeah; isn’t it weird seeing Norm and friends these days? How did we get so old, man?

@butterpecanrican_ 2 года назад

@@peoplethesedaysberetarded you know what I'm saying? 😭😭😭

@debluetailfly 2 года назад

I learned about a wet vac a long time ago. Plug up overflows in sink and other nearby sinks or tubs with wet rags, fill with water, place end of vacuum hose over drain, open sink drain, turn on vac. You will be surprised at all the nasty deposits that come out of the drain. I have also sucked out things from drains without drain guards, such as toy cars and plastic grapes. You can repeat if need be. May as well do nearby drains while you have your tools out.

@yarpyarp5647 2 года назад

@tradde11 I've seen Steven Lavimoniere and hvacr videos use it sometimes outdoors on plumbing and hvac clogged condensation line and when there is no p-trap which causes the vacuum to hold water in the line

@mrdrains2088 2 года назад

You are 100% right - Using a wet vac is one of the best ways to clean out a blocked waste pipe or trap - works very well.

@wfisher5813 Год назад

Yes I use a wet vac, the easiest way ever. On double sinks I just fill both sides with water, plug one side and suck the 😅😅other. It takes two seconds and pulls everything out like a tornado. Boom. On and off. ❤. On bath room tape overflow and suck. Boom in seconds. The other ideas is a waste of time. And you do not have to clean the plunger or snake. Just dump the water vac.

@judim5379 Год назад

Omfg I absolutely Connor wait to try this. In fact I might intentionally block a drain JUST to do this before my adhd brain forgets I ever learned this

@davidsmith7384 Год назад

A note about the rubber bladder...You need to make sure you're using it in front of any branches in the plumbing behind the clog. Otherwise you will shoot water up and out of a plumbing fixture...could be a flood if you're not paying attention!

@insultobot 2 года назад

More of this style of real information in a usable everyday scenarios. Bravo

@thethingswe 8 месяцев назад

The part where you block the overflow on the sink had not occurred to me since it's years between drain clogs... and frankly, was half asleep when attempting this. I already spent an hour trying to do it with a wire to no avail. Tried boiling hot water. Nada. I thought I'd try a plunger but it was coming out the overflow and didn't think to block it. That was the ticket: plunger with emphasis on the pulling up, not the pushing down...and wrapped up tight paper towels to block the overflow. What a clogged drain... but back to free flowing now. Thanks for posting this.

@Mark_Nadams 2 года назад

Thanks for the caution given about chemical drain solutions. It is often the go to solution of a home owner. The danger to the repairman is real. I was on the receiving end of a caustic flood once a long run drain was cleared. I had no way to get clear of the flow on a ladder and ended up with chemical burns everywhere it touched.

@JustinOhlson-yo6sf 9 месяцев назад

I was able to remove a good sized block from my tub today, all thanks to this video. I was able to go through the vent and remove the block. Thank you very much for the wisdom.

@garykorzelius5930 2 года назад

Nice job! I have been clearing drains for years as a maintenance mechanic in a hospital so I was familiar with most of the methods however, the rubber bladder with the hole in it was a new one. Thanks I learned something new today.

@davidblevins9513 2 года назад

They have been at harbor freight for years now the worst thing you can buy other then the drain cleaner.

@workingshlub8861 2 года назад

gotta be careful with those rubber ones...things can go bad real fast if your not sure what line goes where...

@mrdrains2088 2 года назад

I'm not a fan of using pressure bladders or pneumatic RAM's on waste-pipes or drain, especially anything hidden behind walls, under floors or in ceilings - I've seen pipework come apart so would always recommend one of or a combination of snaking cable, Flex Shaft, jetting or a vacuum.

@davidblevins9513 2 года назад

@@mrdrains2088 but 1500psi or a nice hard metal snake won’t but air will lol 😂

@mrdrains2088 2 года назад

@@davidblevins9513 I usually run 4000-5000PSI through a 1/8" whip hose on smaller pipes if the mechanical auger or Flex Shaft cant get the job done.

@stephenpatrician560 Год назад

I love you guys! I've been watching you for 40 years and you always have a solution to help me with my DIY fixes! Thanks!

@jong7753 2 года назад

Good info, if you're house is newer. Do an episode on galvanized drain lines, drum traps, and the like!!

@donalddayton1818 Год назад

I've often used a small wet-vac for clearing plugged lavatory drains.

@brucestorey917 2 года назад

The reason plumbers use a cross, as you first described in a double lavatory situation, instead of using the double wye alternative you described is, with a cross, both lavatories are vented out of the top of the cross. When you use a double wye, the lavatories are no longer vented since you have “jumped/broken the vent”. If a plumber who knows the codes and what they are doing was to use a double wye, each arm coming from the trap to the double wye would have to be individually vented between the trap and the double wye. Whenever I snake a double lavatory or a back-to-back fixture/drain, I always use a drop head on my cable (not a wire) so the head will drop down into the vertical drain/stack instead of crossing over and into the drain of the fixture I am not snaking.

@shadeiland 2 года назад

I was thinking the same thing. Without the vent it turns it into an s-trap. I don’t know a code that allows s-traps. It’s also the same reason there in a limit on the trap arm length.

@brucestorey917 2 года назад

@@shadeiland technically, you are correct - while it really doesn’t look like a typical s-trap with the long arm to the double wye, it sort of is an s-trap. You are also correct about the trap arm length. There is a maximum distance from a vent to a trap. This distance depends on what size the trap and horizontal pipe is. The minimum length of any trap arm to a vented stack/tee is two times the diameter of the horizontal pipe size. For example, the minimum length for a 1-1/2” trap arm is 3”, and the minimum length of a 3” trap arm is 6”. The shorter the trap arm is, the more the configuration looks like a typical s-trap.

@anthonyjohnston2178 Год назад

I was thinking the same and used drop heads

@zhawkruns4ever316 Год назад

As someone who unclogs drains for a living, I am begging you to either stagger your back to back drains at different heights or use a wye. Crosses are very hard to unclog. Same thing with back to back toilets. Always use a wye, crosses are impossible to navigate with a cable underwater.

@tuckermcelroy2538 7 месяцев назад

@@brucestorey917 You're on the right path, but not quite correct. What matters in these cases is the total fall of the trap arm, not its minimum length. A trap arm (the pipe which runs from the trap weir to the vent pipe connection) cannot have a vertical fall of more than ONE pipe diameter. That's why you can't use a wye (or double wye) here. Angling the last few inches of the trap arm down at 45 degrees with a wye makes it drop more than one pipe diameter, thus creating a siphon. Use a sanitary tee or sanitary cross and put in a clean out fitting just above it.

@glorious.warrior 9 месяцев назад

My old man showed me the bladder trick because we lived in an old shot gun house and it would clog weekly. We were poor but this would get us through and I’m glad I learned early to do things yourself. Thanks dad!

@ecpoirier Год назад

Nothing is more appreciated, than a knowledgeable person sharing their expertise to make the lives of their audience better. thank you.

@ladder9110 Год назад

The tip on the bathtub upper entry aided me in breaking the clog on my plumbing. The auger was able to go 5' down to the clog on the horizontal pipe before the stack. Thank you.

@kjfacilities-maint 2 года назад

Great info. I always love Richard's cutaways!

@mgillard96 2 года назад

Awesome! Always learn something new from Ask This Old House but the pull up with the plunger was a new one and seemed particularly helpful. Can’t wait to try it, oh wait, hope not to have to use it!

@jimholmes2555 Год назад

I love the patina on the old Waterloo tool box in the background.

@agostinodibella9939 Год назад

Great tips here for clogs, especially going down the overflow opening to put the snake down the drain.

@kasunrphoto 3 месяца назад

This is what I was looking for. Great information on slow draining sinks and plumbing behind it. Thank you for the video 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

@ilovefunnyamv2nd 2 года назад

I like that last note that liquid plumber can eat through the pipe. so realistically its only good as regular maintenance to avoid clogs on a line that is regular problem, but also it'll break your line if its left to sit, which it probably is unless you can flood the line

@photoobject Год назад

Liquid Plumber is made from NoOH (Sodium Hydroxide) which is designed to Not harm your pipes. It only works against organic material. Never ever use NaOH in a stopped-up drain. The water will dilute the concentration rendering it ineffective, and then you have a hazmat situation. The other tip I'd give you is to use it on your drain 1st thing in the morning after the water in a slow drain has gone down the pipe. Then you can be assured that the chemical will contact the blockage at full strength.

@ericwotton2046 2 года назад

On this episode of This Old House - brown trout fishing!!

@tylersmith293 2 года назад

Draino or like is garbage. I’ve done residential maintenance for a decade. This is gold info.

@benanwyll2382 11 месяцев назад

thank you for all your content! Grandma's tub is draining again and I didn't have to call a plumber.

@jab1982 2 года назад

Very helpful video, thanks!

@stephenjones8928 7 месяцев назад

I trust these guys. All of them through the years. Always have since the very late Seventies.

@abar7178 2 года назад

You guys are great. Thank you for your time. I am a self taught Jack of all trades in many of the disciplines I have acquired. I was impressed, I knew all the mechanics of every clogged drain you showed. However, I never really acquired the theory of the processes. A lot of it is logical in the practices. Thanks for the theory. Now in your video you showed the part that you brought from home. the one with the spiral on the end that operates the bathtub drain. I have exactly the same one. However, the spiral end that traps hair. How does that Mechanically work when it corresponds to the directional lever it attaches to or what does it actually do? Cant figure that one out ??????? Thank you in advance Semper Fi

@traebagley4387 2 года назад

When installed, the cylinder, either brass or plastic depending on the age, is in one of two places. It’s either raised up above the tee, allowing water to drain. When the lever is moved, it drops the cylinder down, preventing water from escaping. Since you’d get your snake stuck in it, it is best to remove it prior to snaking. Just keep pulling up until it all comes out of the overflow. Then manually remove the hair from the cylinder. The threaded rod it’s attached to is adjustable to accommodate for varying tub sizes. Semper Fi.

@ruthloewen3884 Год назад

I had never thought of using a plunger in a sink, but it unclogged my bathroom sink very effectively, after Drano did nothing at all.

@madcrabber1113 Год назад

Richard has outlasted all of the hosts.

@ryanporter1819 Год назад

Another trick that sometimes works on tub drains is to find a way to block the overflow, fill the drain with water a little above the drain, use a powerful wet vac to suck the clog out. This trick works great on drum traps.

@syfodias-jedimaster Год назад

If no overflow is it possible through roof vent?

@farerse 2 года назад

I like the information and fishing jokes!

@Recyclingandcreative 3 месяца назад

Even though I don't understand it, I can guess the content you shared. Wish you good health

@Corinthians-kjv 2 года назад

My friend is the #1 Hometown Custodian!

@joshm3342 8 месяцев назад

There are many homes where the main sewer line is buried beneath a concrete slab, so NO CLEANOUTs at each 90 degree bend. I have a stubborn kitchen sink clog which affects ONLY that fixture. The other 7 drains in the house work perfectly. After removing the trap, when I run the snake in, I don't know if the snake goes DOWN to the main sewer pipe, or UP the vent pipe. Looks like I'm going to need to run a snake straight down the vent from up on the roof. Writing this helped me think through my problem. It won't be fun, but tomorrow I'm heading up the ladder!

@tonywong9105 7 месяцев назад

Wonderful videos, long live This Old House!!!!

@taqveem 2 года назад

I always thought lavetory was a alias for the toilet and not the sink. You learn something knew all the time. I have a slow draining sick, or lavetory, which I'll look into now with these tips.

@jeffreygilbert4967 Год назад

I thought the same thing. Only thing I would add to future videos is a quick comment on the terminology; I think that the vast majority of us laymen (and women) who are untutored in the plumbing trade only thing one thing when we hear the word "lavatory."

@nolangietzen4668 Год назад

Thanks for the garden hose attachment ended up giving me a idea i rigged up a old sink sprayer to clear my sink drain with water pressure an it worked perfectly thanks 🙏

@marcfarley9944 2 месяца назад

I’ve pushed a bladder in from the clean out using all of a 25 foot hose to get past the junction with a washing machine drain and was able to blast out a clog that my 25 ft auger couldn’t reach. Not sure that it doesn’t just move and spread the clog sediment/mass further down the line though.

@M_Dragonsblood Год назад

Thank you for this video. I used to watch This Old House with my mom and dad, I learned a lot from the show. This was when Bob Vila was hosting in the 80’s. I am glad there are still videos to learn from. I will be attempting to clear the bathroom dint tomorrow. It is so bad it’s driving me insane. I don’t want to try chemicals again.

@mikeb359 Год назад

My father in law used Baking soda & vinegar to remove clog. He used too much and it solidified and when he removed the trap he found the white hardened baking soda ball..

@hydrocarbon82 Год назад

I used to rent sewer snakes and the two funniest stories: one guy had the snake go UP the vent, and realized his mistake when he heard it clunking against his siding; the other was a guy clearing his outside lateral of roots and realized why he had roots - a break in the pipe let the snake auger up & out of the ground! FYI powered sewer snakes were the most dangerous tools we had - or at least, people gave them the least respect. One guy lost his eye, several had their hands wrapped in the cable, one person nearly lost a toe.

@neverenoughtime3151 2 года назад

At 4:18, why would Richard say "If the original plumber cared at all about us..." and then introduce an admittedly (4:25) non-code compliant method? IPC and UPC do NOT allow a double combo in this configuration because it can cause the trap to be siphoned (vent connection below the trap weir). The proper alternative, instead of the combo, would have been a cleanout above or below the double sanitary tee.

@zhawkruns4ever316 Год назад

He makes the closet auger sound so gentle and easy. Its only easy on an unclogged toilet. Clogged ones are much worse.

@docyoungblood9521 2 года назад

as a retired plumber, I would have mentioned that if you are clearing a blocked drain through a cleanout, if it doesn't spill out when you open it...you're probably in the wrong place also you said if your pipe is old the drain ball might cause a leak, while the truth is, NO drain system is designed to hold pressure...NONE!!! And if there is a fixture (vent) between the drain ball and the clog...well it ain't purty! IMO never a good 1st option

@sofjanmustopoh7232 Год назад

Unfortunately many house with double sink were rough in with a simple 4 way fitting . Making cleaning a drain blockage very hard. Those water bladder clog buster should be used carefully. My friend used the bladder . Fill up the drain pipe with water . Water went up the vent pipe instead of busting the clog. When he take off the bladder . All that water in the vent pipe come draining on his floor . Yeah be careful !!!!!!!

@patharrington2970 Год назад

With the sink I use the wet vacuum it works great try it next time it smells so just open a window it only takes minutes to fix

@bozodog428 2 года назад

Richard is the best!

@teeing9355 2 года назад

For sinks and bathtubs that keep getting clogged with hair, get a 25 Inch barbed drain tool (cost about $2). Use it when drains start running slow, which at my house is every 3 months.

@Sanctuarygirl415 2 года назад

And/or a tub/sink shroom they get everything😎

@karenroy9045 Год назад

Excellent video. Thank you

@johnduffy6546 2 месяца назад

Gotta be careful when fishing in a commode. You might just catch a 'Brooklyn Trout' Love your show & videos!

@markpalmer7832 Год назад

I now used a very large shop vac for all clogs from sink to toilet... Works most of the time.....as a Landlord....I have tried and own most of other tools.....Pressure washer with long hose is last resort.

@markcooper4380 7 месяцев назад

Great service, wish we had a similar one over here in the UK. Thank you so much

@lebronjameslol3521 2 года назад

NICE STUFF, I was unsure about the word "any". I suppose some would be easier to just replace.

@firstnamelastname6717 Год назад

At 7:07 it got kind of arkward lol! 😂

@JonFoster48386 Год назад

Good video. I have trouble explaining how things like this work to a large number of people...

@chuckbeattyo 9 месяцев назад

4:00 Bingo, this is my problem, old Apartment Building, my kitchen line meets very likely an old T which my bathroom sink line meets also, and grease buildup just overflows BOTH my kitchen and bathroom sinks, together, every 4 months. I snake it both ways, until yucky grease is loosened up, and carry on for a few months. I can't see the in wall exact plumbing, but an old T likely or something else, used in this 70 year old apartment building, in the walls, can't get to without opening the wall. But thanks, your 4:00 problem is similar I think to mine. Patience, snake auger fiddling, is what works for me. Am going to run water my next snaking of my dual lines which get blocked, as that's the thing I've not been doing. So thankyou very much!

@waterboy8999 Год назад

That was a great tip with 2plunger in the shunky, but I've never heard a was basin being called a lavatory.

@PedroRodriguez-hy5ty 5 месяцев назад

Richard is the man

@mikmik9034 Год назад

Another channel says to first try putting Dish Washer Liquid into the drain and let it sit for 10 minutes then Run HOT water into the drain to clear grease build up. Many times this will cause the grease to breakup and move along?

@marciejoyboroughs7534 8 месяцев назад

I never thought of it for sinks, but we use this method on the toilet. We live in a 2nd-floor apt. As the water drains slowly from the bowl, hold an upturned bottle of regular liquid dishwashing detergent over the deep part of the bowl so that the concentrated soap will seep into the drain pipe. Put about a cup of it in. Let it sit for half an hour or so. Then slowly pour a 5-gal bucket of very hot -- not boiling -- water into the deepest part of the bowl. Often the water starts draining and clearing before all the hot water is added. If not, it can sit for about 5 min and will probably start draining. If not, just a couple of plunges gets it all flowing. Usually I then pour another bucket of hot water down, just to be sure the clog has moved far enough down the drain. Works great.

@flat-earther 2 года назад

7:40 Drain cleaning bladder to inject pressurized water into clogged drains. Really cool.

@carultch 2 года назад

I recommend equipping it with a pressure gauge on a T-fitting, and a valve to operate it locally. The valve enables you to turn it on and off, without having to walk back to the original hose bib valve, and the pressure gauge enables you to get feedback on when you clear the obstruction. Do a control experiment on the cleaning bladder in an empty piece of pipe open to the atmosphere, and see what its baseline pressure is (about 20 psig in my experience). The valve also enables you to pulsate the water flow, which helps clear it as well. Another recommendation is to temporarily equip your drain with a T-fitting and a valve-operated discharge tube. It is very difficult to turn off these bladders prior to clearing the drain, as water will spray everywhere. Having this auxiliary discharge tube gives you a way to redirect the excess water.

@dkhnova Год назад

You can climb up on the roof and put a (very long) auger straight down the vent pipe.

@stephenmayock3776 2 года назад

You should also list all the things you should not put down the sink especially in the kitchen.

@roberthernandez1985 Год назад

The combination double wye is legal in Jersey it’s such low flow the venting for the sink will still Exist under wet conditions

@Mithinco 2 года назад

Thanks for the useful and valuable information!

@gunsofsteele Год назад

I got one! Oh?. Just a crappy carp. ☹️ Thanks guys!

@victorsoto2188 2 года назад

Thanks for the great video, I just ran into an issue with a bathroom sink that would drain very slow; I placed a snake about 5 ft to clear the clog and nothing happened. It looks like the drain in this house is made of galvanized pipe and corrosion has accumulated with the many years and choked the the drain passage. Of course now the snake doesn't turn down so I guess I have to dismantle the trap and guide it into position. Note: this issue is on the 2nd floor, so clearing the clog may clog the 1st floor, I suggest to run the the water on the 1st floor bathroom sink so it can continue removing the clog. It's never easy! Peace

@182QKFTW Год назад

The Grand Canyon in the old metallic drain. I have seen it from someone that used drain cleaner regiously. A remodel exposed it in the slab. It was my uncles' house

@jerridavis6462 2 года назад

Thank you for this important video! I needed this information! Enjoyed from Texas!

@oldtimer4888 2 года назад

I had a problem tub drain for many years. Reluctant to spend the $, I bought the Bauer chordless power drain cleaner at Harbor Freight and a 3 amp battery. That thing is worth every penny. I ran it through at the p trap and flushed the line with the water attachment shown in the video. Problem solved.

@DrGearHeadSS 2 года назад

What about those sewer jetter kits for pressure washers? Like Clog Hog. Any experience with those?

@weeverob Год назад

in the event you need the Closet Auger I'd recommend changing your diet.

@rgp6364 2 года назад

Wonderful presentation! Thank you!

@waterheaterservices 2 года назад

That toilet auger is the famous Malarkey Master Model 2

@Chiroman527 Год назад

Great Old House Plumbing Video. The Plumber is terrific and offers pragamatic solutions to Clogged piping. I offer a "story". Some years ago, while sitting at my basement desk, with a sewer pipe overhead, I smelt "something" Foul. I checked the waste line run that was overhead and would flow to the opther side of the basement and out the exterior of my house to a Septic tajnk (That's another Story altogether). The bottom of the waste line was OK, BUT when I ran over the Top of the wasteline, I sensed the caste iron waste line was Cracked !! It split open like a tin can. That Wasteline flows from a bathroom in the front of the house (in a Master Bedroom). That bathroom sink, toilet and Shower all seemed to flow OK. Where I am in NY (Westchester County near the CT Border) we have "hard" water. I presume that the hard water aided in rotting the pipe mixed with waste sitting in the pipe and finally Cracking it open!! An Emergency Fix ( many plumbers were reluctant to come for this) cost me $1K !! to replace perhaps 20 feet of caste iron waste line pipe. Now, I use a Anti-bacterial product periodically to combat Organic build up a few times per year.

@izzynutz2000 2 года назад

Also after you clean your drains out especially in your kitchen you can poor a quarter bottle of Pine-Sol once a month and it will help dissolve grease and grime in your pipes

@MrSteve280 8 месяцев назад

(4:20) "if the original plumber cared at all about us...." BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

@jonathankleinow2073 2 года назад

I was all ready to riff on the fishing jokes, but then Richard brought out that... inflatable thing... with the tip.

@dastickyone5822 9 месяцев назад

When the caption read "any drain", I was hoping storm drains would be included. Do you have any videos/advice on that? Thanks...

@maureenmckenna5220 Год назад

So, the stopper in my sink was attached to the metal arm of the up and down thingy that allowed you to hold water in the sink. Had to find that out on UTube. Had to get under the sink, enclosed in a cabinet, not easy, and unscrew the mechanism to free up the stopper from the arm. Seems it can just sit in top of the lever or the lever can go through the hole in the stopper. This was a Kohler faucet. The problem was that it was stopped up and any drain opening stuff would hardly go past the stopper. Now, I can take the stopper out and clean the whole thing, including the bottom, which gets a lot of gunk on it.

@danman281 2 года назад

Nice I never had luck with chemical drain cleaners. Good use of time in video

@eddievenuto1862 Год назад

Basically in my opinion not that I'm a plumber I don't know too much about drains but I do know this. It seems to me that drains the pipe flows from in the house to outside of the house and that's where the water. Then you got to hook up for the water outside so you can have water run through your house and then you have all the pipes. Sometimes you'll need a snake a hose or sometimes you'll have to do other things to get a clog out of a drain I know that much.

@mohammedishaq2878 Месяц назад

I have been watching video and need your help in up great my house and advice from you

@CharlieBrown0507 2 года назад

Thanks for the laugh!!! And the wise tips!

@mirellawiegel1193 4 месяца назад

While cleaning the drain in the shower, I dropped the inspection cap in the drain. Since then, the following day my bathroom smells horrible. I have had three plumbing companies, the last one with a camera, which he looked down the shower drain and all was clean and clear. However, he did not look in the bath tub or sink pipes which are higher than the shower drain pipe. I'm wondering if this little hard plastic top is somehow jammed somewhere between these three pipes causing the smell. Thanks in advance

@memsb1 2 года назад

UK toilets are different. They have a small amount of water in the bottom and dump lots down on flush under gravitational pressure. Anecdotally I've certainly heard more about US toilets clogging. I've always wondered the root cause of siphonic flushing vs diet :D

@fratzogmopars 2 года назад

US TOILET problems are caused by environmentalists, politicians, and low flow toilets, not dietary habits.

@Ultrajamz Год назад

I was taught to just stop the turds down there, hasn’t failed yet.

@RoyalRawl 11 месяцев назад

@ 7:18 you get to find out about the birds and the bees 😂😂

@khaldounrahal3306 Год назад

Thanks for the useful info.

@samfish6938 Год назад

Use plunger on toilet first The secret is pull up use the black plunger with a skirt it traps air.dont use wipes they will get stuck further down pipe.

@davidmarshall5241 2 года назад

1:20 The most legendary poop knife I've ever seen

@BigJoe-g3o 25 дней назад

any way to clear roots growing in the pipes ?

@nyaknno 3 месяца назад

❤ thank you

@paulstandaert5709 2 года назад

When there is that tampon applicator stuck sideways where the toilet meets the floor, the closet auger is liable to go around it and not be able to dislodge it. Been there many times.

@OidHunter Год назад

Funny how this pops onto my YT feed while I'm taking a dump... 😅 Interesting

@jdog4534 9 месяцев назад

That "preferred" way to plumb the 2 lavys creates an S trap, which is not legal. The fitting to use is called a figure 5 which looks like a double combo, but the vent inlet is high enough not to create an s trap situation.