I am a plumber , we dont do this type of job everyday, But i know that machine with 100 feet of 5/8 cable in it , weights 240 pounds give it or take, i wish people would appreciate more what we do as plumbers, kudos to this man

@NYDRAINS

Жыл бұрын

Appreciate the comment 🙏 👍

@cblanton42

Жыл бұрын

ABSOLUTELY!! I had to move one of those things out of the way a week ago when I was renting a drywall lift from Home depot, I had no idea they were that heavy until I grabbed it to just tilt it back and wheel it a few feet... I was STUNNED at how heavy it was!

Once again, my back is killing me just watching you maneuvering your machine through that crawl space. Nice Job !

@NYDRAINS

Жыл бұрын

My back is still killing me as we speak! 😆 thanks 👍

My hat goes off to you guys ! Couldn’t pay me enough to do that kind of work! Good job !

@NYDRAINS

Жыл бұрын

Thanks 🫡 👍

Once again you’ve proven to us that no job is impossible for you to get cleared! Excellent job my friend! That actually looked like a tough one 💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽

@NYDRAINS

Жыл бұрын

It sure was! Thanks again Knuckles 👍

Always cracks me up . . .Use wipes? "No." and you're cutter is full of 'em! Another great job. Thanks. Felt bad for your back wrestling your machine down stairs then up into a crawl space! God bless

@throttlebottle5906

Жыл бұрын

notice it's often a male that say's no, but they don't know/control what the women are using(even guests, wipes galore) 🤣

@NYDRAINS

Жыл бұрын

Thanks again. It sure was tough on the back 🙏👍

You really got taken over the hurdles on this job getting the machine in there. If I was doing that job the customer would have gotten $49.95'd all the way to the poorhouse just to get the machine in that dungeon. $49.95 for the stairs and $49.95 per obstruction in addition to the $49.95 for the clog. He won't be shopping in the baby wipe isle at the grocery store anymore for sure.

@rupe53

Жыл бұрын

I'm thinking... $49.95 to show up and another $49.95 for each half hour after that!

@leetanasa9255

Жыл бұрын

You certainly earned at $49.95, seems more and more homeowners don't take care of their pipes,nor make the inlet and outlet pipes more accesible,bless you its damn dirty job and an obstacle course at times

@NYDRAINS

Жыл бұрын

😆 🤣 🤑

My back and knees ache for you hauling the machine and then working in that awful crawlspace Don.

@NYDRAINS

Жыл бұрын

I still feel the pain Hugh 😞 👍👍

Who knew NY had tar pits 😂 😎✌🏻

@NYDRAINS

Жыл бұрын

Lol

Bravo to you for getting the beast into the crawl space in the first place!

@NYDRAINS

Жыл бұрын

💪🫡👍

Engineer here. Quite a simple job of knocking out the plastic caps. After that? You don’t get me in there for love nor money. Fantastic work and really under appreciated what this job entails.

@throttlebottle5906

Жыл бұрын

if you thought those were plastic caps... I don't want to use or be within 1000 miles of anything you've engineered! 🤣🤣 the first cap(right) looked cast iron with a thick lead outer ring/threads(universal fit), the second cap(left) was an all cast iron cap, in which someone worked hard in the past to get it installed and sealed(blue pipe dope). typically the threads are very galled and would need a pipe tap or thread chaser ran afterwards to allow an standard cap again, hence the thick lead ring universal caps, they'll fit most anything, threaded or beaten in, the lead conforms to the old cast hole/bad threads and will seal well. There was not a plastic cap in sight on the whole video. 😉 I'm not being mean, just poking fun and helping you improve(hopefully)

@NYDRAINS

Жыл бұрын

Lol thanks 😉👍

@level1804

Жыл бұрын

@@throttlebottle5906 It was a joke! Thanks for the dissertation. Lol.

@throttlebottle5906

Жыл бұрын

@@level1804 this day and age one can never tell and surely someone else will come along and think they were plastic caps, especially after reading your comment.... 😏

This video reminded me of some old soviet toilets I have seen as a plumber here in Lithuania, where the toilet has been in use since 1960s and because of the very hard water, the toilet chute is so chocked up with limescale that there is only a small 40 millimeter size hole in the middle of the chute where shit almost can't even pass trough. The inside of the cast iron lines are a bit better because of the much bigger water flow from all the apartments in the one apartment building combined drain into this one line by design.

@NYDRAINS

Жыл бұрын

I can see why, this house was built in the 1890s! 😉👍

Trying to drag the Spartan through that opening looked like a workout all in itself! Nice job Donald!

@NYDRAINS

Жыл бұрын

It definitely was, Fire! Thanks again 👍

@Doing_it_right_the_first_time

Жыл бұрын

@@NYDRAINS Hello Donald; I do the same kind of business as you do, up here in Connecticut I also have customers with crawl spaces and places that suck to bring a machine so I also have a Milwaukee handheld cordless power auger, which I think you might want to look into because you can carry it all in your hand as I t comes in a bucket with a handle. It is great for jobs like that. The only drawback is the biggest line is 3/8 of an inch and its maximum length with 3/8 is 35 feet but 97% of the time I can get my clogs with this machine, instead of lugging down my power auger with the thicker and longer cable. I’m just letting one professional/tradesmen know of a better way without killing yourself if you can help it, especially lugging that Spartan (a.k.a. “the boat anchor”) up and down a staircase and as we both know some of these stairs really are sketchy at best as there’s been times when I’ve had the wood cracking under the weight of me and the machine. I am 277 pounds at 6 foot 1 so getting into some of these crawl spaces is not fun or easy! Another very good advantage is that because it is battery powered I don’t have to go looking for a working receptacle/power outlet! Hope to see you using that Milwaukee in future videos, hopefully soon, try it you’ll definitely like it! Best of luck in all of your jobs. Edward H. - “Integrity, plumbing, septic and drain“ in the Clinton, CT area.

@NYDRAINS

Жыл бұрын

Yes, it probably would, but most customers want to the Beast at work (spartan). They slept better at night 😉

Tough job there Donald, glad you had some help....

@NYDRAINS

Жыл бұрын

It sure was Peter 💪😉👍

Nice that the customer gave you a hand. Pretty serious scale!

@NYDRAINS

Жыл бұрын

It would have been impossible without some help! Sure was loaded in the trap.

I would hate to get to the job and then have the owner say the clean out is in the crawl space! Thanks Donald for all the time you spend making videos for all of us... I know I really appreciate it 👍

@NYDRAINS

Жыл бұрын

Another day in the dungeon, I appreciate your continuous support Ken 👍 🙏 thanks

That was a difficult place just to get into!! Great job Donald 😊

@NYDRAINS

Жыл бұрын

It sure was Suzanne, thanks again 👍

Always satisfying to watch even though we don't have that kind of technology in our place

for a second I thought that was a basement but it's a crawlspace and once again the clogged drain looses and you win just like every time😀😀😀

@NYDRAINS

Жыл бұрын

That's what I thought 🤦‍♂️🫡👍👍

Difficult access and a stubborn cap, but you got the job done Donald. great result at the end.

@NYDRAINS

Жыл бұрын

Sure was Rodal, thanks 👍

Good morning Donald 🙏 🌄 great job wow that was a real workout for you getting that machine down the stairs and into the crawl space but as usual you got the job done ✔ keep the videos coming and have a bless week 😊

@NYDRAINS

Жыл бұрын

Good morning Deborah, no need for the gym this week! 💪😉👍

Man how I missed these videos. Grest job Donnie!! Dirty Jersey out!!

@NYDRAINS

Жыл бұрын

Thanks again Mike 👍

Law makers: let's require a trap and two clean out ports where the building's plumbing meets the public sewers. Also law makers: nah, no need to require easy access to the trap. In can be placed anywhere from under a piano in a finished room to a low crawlspace with zero ventilation, uneven dirt floor, and a miniscule entry port. 😮

@NYDRAINS

Жыл бұрын

😆 🤣 😂

Monday morning mini gusher ... great job 👍👍👍👍

@NYDRAINS

Жыл бұрын

Thanks again for your continuous support 👍 🙏

Thanks for sharing the video. All your hard work, you should charge double the price, especially going into those really terrible crawl spaces and basements. Have a good week!

@NYDRAINS

Жыл бұрын

Somethings do cost extra, thanks 👍

0:45 Young Mark Hamill traveled back in time to watch you unclog a drain

@leannkennedy6568

Жыл бұрын

Hahahaha

@NYDRAINS

Жыл бұрын

Lol

These are reasons why I like sectional machines…. It’s more trips to the truck but worth it when you can’t easily maneuver the machine like in this case. You got it though.

@NYDRAINS

Жыл бұрын

😉👍

Imagine you put it in too much and it appear in one of the toilets 😂

Go on Donald, another great job 😢🎉🎉

@NYDRAINS

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for your continuous support Taylor 👍 🙏

I want the concession to sell new caps for you lol. No gym today you had your workout. Good job as always 👏 👍

@NYDRAINS

Жыл бұрын

Lol thanks 👍

Yesssss! Crawl in that space.🤟🏻

@NYDRAINS

Жыл бұрын

Lol 😉 👍

We got older. Crawlspace does NOT get easier. Nice customer to help.

@NYDRAINS

Жыл бұрын

Sure was!

In our region, we have a few different "classes" of plumber. The drain/sewer cleaners usually have the best equipment for unblocking the lines. Eels and jetters getting the job done in short order.

@NYDRAINS

Жыл бұрын

😉👍

11:41 great job from Poland Maine

@NYDRAINS

Жыл бұрын

Thanks 🇵🇱 🫡

$49.95 earned just getting down the stairs. Good job.

@NYDRAINS

Жыл бұрын

Thanks 💪😉👍

Yup the good old mainline 300 machine i hated pulling this out of my van let alone drag it through a crawl space. Props my guy stuff isnt easy

@NYDRAINS

Жыл бұрын

It sure isn't, thanks 👍

Morning to you Sir Donald. Your content has exceeded Drain Addicts. That was a tough one you just cleared. Good day to you.

@jd3497

Жыл бұрын

There are no other clogged drain channels.........

@NYDRAINS

Жыл бұрын

Good day to you as well 🫡

Nice smooth entry!

@NYDRAINS

Жыл бұрын

😎👍

What a mess and bad place to have to do it. But you always prevail!!!

@NYDRAINS

Жыл бұрын

😉👍

Wow Donald!! That was quite the workout. And I love it, dude says to you "Be careful of that pipe, you run over it, it might crack" Really, Columbo?!?! 🤣 Namaste 🙏!! ✌️🏳️‍🌈✌️

@NYDRAINS

Жыл бұрын

Lol thanks again Bryan 💪😉👍

6:14 thru 6:33 massive poop clog gets unleashed, 6:36 he says "not too bad"...😆

@NYDRAINS

Жыл бұрын

😆

My god! Brother I know hauling that machine was a workout.

@NYDRAINS

Жыл бұрын

It sure was 💪😉👍

Just curious on why you would take the cap off the side of the trap that is under pressure? Couldnt you clear the clog from the open side (first cap you removed) and prevent the sewage from gushing out?

@skumdogs78

Жыл бұрын

I ask myself this everytime I watch one of these videos. You can even see flow start after he pushes his pry bar into the trap.

@NYDRAINS

Жыл бұрын

This house was built in the 1890s, and the trap was filled with scale. I didn't want to take the chance cracking the trap, and then he would have a permanent leaking sewage.

Glad you didn't get a nail in the top of your head in that place.thats a hard hat area! At least the guy helped you get the machine in and out. Another 40 years you can retire! Like me,in 5 days!

@NYDRAINS

Жыл бұрын

Awesome 👌 enjoy 😉 😀 😎

Why not try to clean the trap out before opening the pressure side and making a huge mess spilling on the floor? I've wondered this for awhile now watching your videos.

@NYDRAINS

Жыл бұрын

It's always risky business forcing the cable through old traps. They crack and brake easily, especially with a hanging or exposed trap, and they will have permanent leaking. This house was built in the 1890s.

How old are those pipes? Fascinating work.

@NYDRAINS

Жыл бұрын

Most likely a few decades old. Thanks 👍

Nice job need an assistant lol!

@NYDRAINS

Жыл бұрын

Lol, thanks again

Oh, look!!! It's the basement of your screams.. uh.. er.. dreams!!! Maneuver equipment through a small space only to find a bigger mess behind that little hole. So glad you were successful in getting that man's shyt sorted out for him. Have a great day!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪

@NYDRAINS

Жыл бұрын

😆 🤣 my favorite commenter back on the scene 😎😉👍

@danachappell3861

Жыл бұрын

@@NYDRAINS Yep!! Be aware... I'm crazier than ever now... heh heh muhahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!

@NYDRAINS

Жыл бұрын

🤣😜👍👍

😮wipes keeping you paid my guy big respect from 205 pisces black alpha male Birmingham Alabama

@NYDRAINS

Жыл бұрын

Definitely

Wipes, scale, corn for Ratty, chunks of the old caps and a lot of POOPOO!

@NYDRAINS

Жыл бұрын

🌽🐀👍

I can't say I envied you this time, D. 😏 Well done mate, 👍

@NYDRAINS

Жыл бұрын

Another day in the dungeon Carsten 😉👍

@kempingerrohrreinigungberlin

Жыл бұрын

😅@@NYDRAINS

Wipes are expensive because you pay for them twice. Once at the store and again when pay to unclog them from your plumbing.

@NYDRAINS

Жыл бұрын

Lol

I mean WTF this guy is in the dungeon lol

@NYDRAINS

Жыл бұрын

It sure was!

Looks like you got some new equipment

@NYDRAINS

Жыл бұрын

A few jobs back, I broke the chisel.

Awful that you had to navigate through all of those piles of wood with that heavy equipment. I knew you were in trouble as soon as I saw all the leaves on the stairs to the the dungeon, things could only get worse from there. Was this a rental?

@NYDRAINS

Жыл бұрын

It was actually an 1890s home, with a lot to do on the bucket list for the homeowner.

Donald, ya done good👍👍👍

@NYDRAINS

Жыл бұрын

Thanks again Zalma 👍

Who doesn’t love working down in crawl-space shit-holes ? I do !

@NYDRAINS

Жыл бұрын

Lol

I still don’t understand why you don’t check to the main and then work up the stack ?

@NYDRAINS

Жыл бұрын

Not allowed 🚫 and the clog was in the trap anyway, would have never reached it through the mains.

Ya had some blue monster on that cap so somebody was down there messing around....

@NYDRAINS

Жыл бұрын

🤷‍♂️😉

Lots of scale too

@NYDRAINS

Жыл бұрын

It's sure was packed in the trap

I hope for jobs like that you charge extra

@NYDRAINS

Жыл бұрын

Somethings do cost extra 😉👍

That job was a walk-away. Sorry for your drain/flood issue, but not dealing with your sh!t. Ratty's gotta eat though.

@NYDRAINS

Жыл бұрын

😆 🤣

Wow, I like how you show how to fix it cuz it's so dirty and all the shit and pee and all of those😃

@NYDRAINS

Жыл бұрын

😉👍

I was having some work-related frustration. But am certainly not under my house wrestling poop and a 200lb machine. Thanks!

@NYDRAINS

Жыл бұрын

Lol thanks again 👍 ☺️ 😄

Some people don't like being watched while they work. In your case they can see what it takes to clear their drain. Maybe get whiff of the smell, the worst old soap scum and grease from a kitchen drain for me.

@NYDRAINS

Жыл бұрын

💪🤢👍

Great job Donald. Watch out lifting when your back is already bent over. Disc in the vertebrae are in a bad place already so when you lift something heavy like that machine the pressure pushes the disc through the gap you have made. Your a great worker Donald and I have the solution. Get a producer to make a comedy like “CHEERS” ! You will be Norm naturally. Do it Donald…, you’ll be rich and famous with with beautiful women on each arm. Instead of the bar being named cheers name it “WIPES” or “CHUGS” I’m sure all of your fans can come up with a great name 😂🤣🎉😊 🎶where everybody knows your name! 🎼

@NYDRAINS

Жыл бұрын

😆 🤣 thanks again Happy 💪😉👍

Great work Donald! (As always) I noticed around 10:35 you had the claw spinning stationary in the U-Bend for quite some time and I remember you mentioned previously there is a risk it could cause damage which is why you don’t favour it. Was it because the pipe looks in good enough condition you felt it would hold and mulch up the wipes trapped?

@NYDRAINS

Жыл бұрын

Letting it run in the trap stationary is ok, but jumping the trap, forcing the cable in backwards is risky business 😬 thanks again JMLH 👍

Excellent job as always and once again you have it flowing like a river 🗽🍎🐀🌽🔨😊✌️

@NYDRAINS

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Kimberly 😉 👍

What brand are those disposable gloves you got on? They look durable af

@NYDRAINS

Жыл бұрын

They sure are, link is in the description.

@t.j.pantazis8769

Жыл бұрын

@NYDRAINS - The Original 49.95 Any Sewer or Drain thanks!

@NYDRAINS

Жыл бұрын

Np 😉

Do you ever look at a job and turn around and say NO because of clutter.?

@NYDRAINS

Жыл бұрын

Definitely a few times, where it's totally impossible.

Never considered putting a cap on by screwing it in?

@NYDRAINS

Жыл бұрын

Not with the trap and threads corroded and rusted out.

God cleaning

@NYDRAINS

Жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

Do they still fit this type of trap

@NYDRAINS

Жыл бұрын

Unfortunately

Cool

@NYDRAINS

Жыл бұрын

😎

That was a crusty one. I wonder what happened to Ratty and the gang?

@NYDRAINS

Жыл бұрын

It sure was, Ratty and crew went into retirement to enjoy all the corn in the world 😜 unfortunately

I used my sectional machine its way better than dragging that thing.

I don't understand why you do not clean out the trap under the outlet cap first before you take off the inlet cap and create a mess? Just wondering...

@NYDRAINS

Жыл бұрын

There is always a chance of breaking or cracking the old trap, which has happened in the past, by forcing the stiff cable and blade through the trap. This house was built in the 1890s.

if you have to use wipes a sure fire way to see if they are flushable is to put a wipe in a container of water for 24 hours if it has dissolved it's flushable, but it keeps its' shape and durability than it's not. or you could just use TP like everyone else.

@sewerrat7612

Жыл бұрын

Things don't stay submerged like that in residential sewers if it takes 25 hour can still clog your line especially with cash iron

@NYDRAINS

Жыл бұрын

😉👍

They certainly don't make it easy for you to get to, do they? Thankfully you had help.

@NYDRAINS

Жыл бұрын

Thank goodness 🙏 😅

Fun fun

@NYDRAINS

Жыл бұрын

😉👍

Brother are you kidding me? Save you some time, After you pop the first cleanout run a 6ft closet auger through the outlet then turn it around and run it back up the U. Once it's flowing use a short flex cable with chain head if you want to descale. I make my own with old snake end in poly-tube, connect it to a battery drill, set clutch low. Shit you can still use a C- cutter if you want. 1 guy and the whole set-up might be 25lbs.

@NYDRAINS

Жыл бұрын

😉👍

Hey bud, has there ever been a job that you looked at and said oh hell no can't help you? Argue look at it as a challenge? Take care and be safe. Tony

@NYDRAINS

Жыл бұрын

In many cases, I like a good challenge, but there are some that's a total nightmare or are just Impossible, sometimes you just have to know when to walk away Tony.

they used to make pipes like that 30 years ago, still big cast iron brass sewer riser was heavy cast iron massive and not like now plastic shit they will do and after the matter

@NYDRAINS

Жыл бұрын

😉👍

To Work by this Condition!!!!!! Not accept! The Houseowner must to clear this Manure heap, then I Work.

@NYDRAINS

Жыл бұрын

Lol

Wouldn't it make sense for them to just replace the trap with PVC?

@jd3497

Жыл бұрын

The entire 4" cast iron run could be replaced with 3" PVC and it would have better flow.

@NYDRAINS

Жыл бұрын

I did recommend, it's an 1890's home, so he said he will put it down on the bucket list!

5:51 let it go and free yourself first so that I can run off shit

@NYDRAINS

Жыл бұрын

Lol

It maliciously floods people's rooms

those sewer traps in ny are ridiculous. i ma, we don't use them anymore, they make no sense.

@NYDRAINS

Жыл бұрын

😉👍

Why was that so thick and sludgy looking? No wait, don't answer that

@NYDRAINS

Жыл бұрын

🤢 slowly building up, bacteria causing the color change.

Was hoping to see rats that I hear about ? I hear they are as big as cats

@NYDRAINS

Жыл бұрын

Lol I've seen a few in my days, they will stop you in tour tracks!

@NYDRAINS

Жыл бұрын

And their rat holes are big as a softball!

You wont need to go to the gym with that kind of workout.

@NYDRAINS

Жыл бұрын

Definitely

Good dungeon to hide slaves. Only need chains and shackles

👏👏👏👏👍👍👍👍👍

@NYDRAINS

Жыл бұрын

💪🫡👍

Man, if you didn't have a hernia before hand you will after having that equipment dragged down there. Place must have been under construction. Yucker poo @ indoor swimming pool.

@NYDRAINS

Жыл бұрын

Actually it was an old house, built in the 1890's

Yeah, don’t crack the PVC but let crap get all over the concrete floor and other stuff to get contaminated….lol. Some people.

@NYDRAINS

Жыл бұрын

Lol

They just a copy of the blocked drain 🙄🙄

Why don’t you just use a toilet auger for trap clogs instead of opening both caps

@NYDRAINS

Жыл бұрын

I have in the past, if you've watched previous videos.

Should have cleared the trap before taking off the upstream cap.

@NYDRAINS

Жыл бұрын

This house was built in the 1890s, didn't want to take the chance cracking/ breaking the trap.

@oldbatwit5102

Жыл бұрын

@@NYDRAINS I didn't realise that was a risk.

@NYDRAINS

Жыл бұрын

Me neither until I learned the hard way, by cracking and breaking a few!

Can you run some water and leave it running and flush the toilet. Sure. You mean now? No next week when I’m not here to see what is going on.

@NYDRAINS

Жыл бұрын

😆 🤣

👍💪🇫🇮

@NYDRAINS

Жыл бұрын

👍👍

Why didn't you simply unscrew

@NYDRAINS

Жыл бұрын

It's not that simple when it's sitting there with years of rust.