Drain Addict — “Blocked Drain 934” — Clogged toilet and a “glugging” kitchen sink drain
Oliver (Drain Addict @ YouTube; Drain Go) is at a home with a toilet that isn’t draining properly.
He starts by cutting a rectangular access hole into the side of the cast iron stack pipe that runs along an exterior wall of the house. This then allows for the drain camera to be inserted to observe the blockage, and the jetter is then used to pop it. The camera is sent down once again, and tree roots are observed coming in through some clay pipe. Some more jetting is done to clear these remaining roots away. The pipe is checked once again using the drain camera, and a toilet paper flush test is performed. The hole that was cut in the cast iron pipe earlier is then sealed with a piece of cut plastic pipe.
The kitchen sink in the house is also making a “glugging” sound. Oliver locates the smaller-diameter drain pipe for that on the outside of the house. After removing the cleanout opening’s cap, some grease or other sludge is observed inside the pipe. Since it’s a smaller pipe, the whip hose attachment is used to jet inside it. Some of the material clogging the inside of the pipe ends up getting deposited onto the concrete of the nearby walkway. Oliver briefly demonstrates the surprising power of the whip hose, and then washes away the debris that ended upon the concrete. A test of the sink shows that the sound heard earlier is no longer occurring.