I have the worst plumbing clog right now

[Rednine11]

believe it or not I have cleared some real bad drain clogs with my 6 hp shop vac...You would be amazed the stuff that comes out...

[Porsche-O-Phile]

Originally Posted by Chocaholic

When I read the title of this thread, I thought it was a medical issue.

No clog in my nose now that I just shot coffee out it!

Bastige!

[juanbenae]

had the same on tuesday... kitchen sink filled the tub.... $200 later the rooter guy drove off with a freed drain...

[Chocaholic]

Originally Posted by Porsche-O-Phile

No clog in my nose now that I just shot coffee out it!

Bastige!

Glad to be of service.

[skunked]

had a similar problem a couple years back. A quick trip to home depot and $25 snake was the fix.

As previously mentioned, look for a clean out.

[KFC911]

Originally Posted by Chocaholic

Glad to be of service.

You should charge him for a house call

[Schumi]

After three bottles of Drano Max Gel (the recommended usage is 1/2 bottle), and 20 gallons of boiling water pumped down the drain, the pipes are finally flowing free.

And I didn't have to call a plumber.

But I will look into getting the drains all serviced as they are surely not 100%.

[slodave]

Draino FTW!

[UconnTim97]

Have you considered flushing a cherry bomb?

(insert green text above)

Glad to read that the problem seems fixed for now.

[john70t]

Originally Posted by Chocaholic

When I read the title of this thread, I thought it was a medical issue.

Ahhh....Confucious call that "pondering atop a telephone pole".

[Hugh R]

For future reference, go to a REAL plumbing supply and buy Positive Drain Cleaner, nasty stuff, and some places won't sell it to you unless you're a licensed plumber, hydrochloric acid you need to pour it in with a chemical face shield and put a bucket over the drain incase it comes back in your face.

[GDNF2ET]

There's this stuff called Liquid Fire that will make your whole house smell like sulfur, but will clean your pipes out almost guaranteed.....Its got a warning label from hell on it too...

[John Rogers]

Well we had this happen at Thanksgiving this year and actually had two clogs, one below the kitchen sink line and the other below the washer line on the bottom floor. Our neighbor is a plumber and I help his computers stay healthy and when needed he pulls out his $400 plus motorized roto-router machine and it has this cutter head that looks like something out of a movie. He ran it into about 4 feet under the sink and hit something solid and went back and forth several times and the line was then open. He did the same thing down stairs and the plug was about 6 feet in from the sink. Cleaned them both right out. He normally charges $60 per drain to run the machine and extra if he has to pull all the pipes apart so I am lucky. If he ever moves I plan to buy one and probably run it once a year or so........

[peppy]

Originally Posted by GDNF2ET

There's this stuff called Liquid Fire that will make your whole house smell like sulfur, but will clean your pipes out almost guaranteed.....Its got a warning label from hell on it too...

Do not use this crap unless it is someone else's plumbing. In old pipes it will accelerate rusting and the residue stays for years and will ruin plumbing snakes.

[look 171]

Originally Posted by GDNF2ET

There's this stuff called Liquid Fire that will make your whole house smell like sulfur, but will clean your pipes out almost guaranteed.....Its got a warning label from hell on it too...

same stuff hugh's talking about. It works but don't forget to run lot of water after 5-10 minutes.

[look 171]

Originally Posted by Hugh R

For future reference, go to a REAL plumbing supply and buy Positive Drain Cleaner, nasty stuff, and some places won't sell it to you unless you're a licensed plumber, hydrochloric acid you need to pour it in with a chemical face shield and put a bucket over the drain incase it comes back in your face.

Hugh, I think this product is coming to an end around these parts. I use to be able to get it at most plumbing. Now, not so much anymore. This stuff works great. I dump it in every drain at my parents home once a year. No clogs for many years.

[john70t]

Hot water and a good plunger only here, unless it requires snaking.
The enzyme bacteria probably doesn't hurt either.

There's a saying "don't put anything in the disposal you wouldn't eat". That means mellon rinds and bones.

[nota]

I would cut the down pipe above the exposed level pipe about 6'' above the fitting
and get a slope to the other end by raising the in end higher then the out
as the level run will clog up again