jmca
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What is "CIPP"?
Plumbing input please.
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My story: After years of 'slow flushing', it became 'no flushing' and no amount of plunger helped. Called a friend with a mini-x to dig up the drain and found a collapsed section of 4" PVC. Quite possibly damaged during the backfill in 1980 when the basement wall was repaired. Just kept getting worse. Thirty feet of new pipe and a cleanout and it's been fine for 10-12 years.
Just my opinion: if your sewer doesn't have adequate 'fall', a 5 gallon bucket of water in the toilet bowl once or twice a week will help you more than you might imagine. Low volume/water saving toilets may not move the crap downstream well enough. Then again, I'm not a plumber.
Just my opinion: if your sewer doesn't have adequate 'fall', a 5 gallon bucket of water in the toilet bowl once or twice a week will help you more than you might imagine. Low volume/water saving toilets may not move the crap downstream well enough. Then again, I'm not a plumber.
jmca
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Interesting process! Thanks for explaining it!
The total plumbing I know is 'cold' on the right, 'hot' on the left, 'stuff' don't run uphill.
"The total plumbing I know is 'cold' on the right, 'hot' on the left, 'stuff' don't run uphill."
Hey, nothing wrong with that. My plumbing knowledge is pretty ROUGH in several aspects but allowing liquid to run downhill is fairly basic.
We got pretty good at that after laying over a half mile of field drainage tile. Must have been OK since the water comes out the correct end of the line. :)
Hey, nothing wrong with that. My plumbing knowledge is pretty ROUGH in several aspects but allowing liquid to run downhill is fairly basic.
We got pretty good at that after laying over a half mile of field drainage tile. Must have been OK since the water comes out the correct end of the line. :)
I have to say from your title of this thread: "Plumbing Input Please"
My determination is the problem was there was too much of that. And that was the issue.
We could do a slight subject change and discuss that the real 'input' problem was not the waste from the son but how much toilet paper he used.
My determination is the problem was there was too much of that. And that was the issue.
We could do a slight subject change and discuss that the real 'input' problem was not the waste from the son but how much toilet paper he used.
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Not necessarily. My kids plug up the toilet all the time without paper. Some people have a gift.
My helpful hint: after you plunge wad up some tp and flush to see if it goes down. If there is something like a pencil stuck. The toilet will flush fine until there is a solid to get caught.
I have a Milwaukee electric auger. My shoulders don’t like all that cranking at weird angles.
My helpful hint: after you plunge wad up some tp and flush to see if it goes down. If there is something like a pencil stuck. The toilet will flush fine until there is a solid to get caught.
I have a Milwaukee electric auger. My shoulders don’t like all that cranking at weird angles.
eveled.... what is this Milwaukee electric auger you speak of... one of my other addictions other than guns is Milwaukee tools....
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Here is a link to it. It's a really nice toilet auger even if it wasn't powered. There is one for urinals too.
https://www.milwaukeetool.com/Products/2576-20
Milwaukee has been great at providing trade specific tools. So we only need one set of batteries. Plus all the landscaping tools.
The M18 chainsaw is as good as my gas saw.
https://www.milwaukeetool.com/Products/2576-20
Milwaukee has been great at providing trade specific tools. So we only need one set of batteries. Plus all the landscaping tools.
The M18 chainsaw is as good as my gas saw.
The gurgling and slow refill usually means there’s a partial blockage further down the line or the vent is restricted, especially after that cold snap. Even if the toilet itself isn’t clogged, the drain below could be. I’d check the vent for ice or debris first. If that’s clear, having Local plumbers look and run a small camera through the line can pinpoint the blockage before it worsens.
