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NYDRAINS (NYDRAINS @ YouTube) is working in a narrow bathroom, with a clogged toilet at one end, a sink in the middle, and a shower at the other end. When the sink is turned on, water begins to back up into the shower.

A pit with the U-shaped trap connecting the building to the external sewer system is located down a hallway from the bathroom. Some water seepage is noted around one of the trap’s two lids, suggesting that the trap is probably clogged.

The lid that doesn’t exhibit any obvious seepage is removed by tapping at it with a hammer, and once it’s open, the pipe appears empty on that side of the trap. The other lid is then tapped open using the hammer, and it is under pressure. The backed-up sewage leaks out into the pit, where it eventually drains out through the other opening. What appears to be some wipes are visible in the pit after the sewage drains away.

A motorized plumber’s snake is used to clear the clog in the trap. When the snake is removed, wipes are found wrapped around the end of it, and they’re peeled off by hand. The pipe leading back toward the bathroom is briefly cleaned with the auger, too, to ensure there are no additional obstructions in that direction.

Back in the bathroom, the previously-full toilet bowl appears to have drained. The water in the sink is still running, and no water is observed backing up into the nearby shower. The toilet is flushed, and it drains away fine.

At the trap pit, water can be observed flowing through the system via both of the trap’s inspection openings. The lids covering those openings are then put back in place, and tapped in with the hammer. The pile of wipes that were removed from the trap is shown.

Gavin (Penetrator Blocked Drains @ YouTube; Turbo Plumbing Solutions) is at a home with a blocked sewage drain. The drain system is located on the exterior wall of the house, but the vertical section of piping runs through an enclosed canopy-covered shed structure with a workbench, tools, and other items inside of it.

In order to avoid getting sewage on the items, Gavin decides to jet from on top of the canopy. He uses a ladder to climb up there, and then removes a segment of what appears to be a vent pipe. This releases some of the backed-up water, and it also gives an opening into the system that he can insert the jetting nozzle and hose through.

It doesn’t take very long to clear the blockage using the jetter. Once that’s done, he rinses down the roof he is working on top of, and manually removes some leaves and other debris that were clogging up the gutter along the edge of the canopy. Jetting on the roof did help avoid getting sewage on the various items in the shed-like structure.

Oliver (Drain Addict @ YouTube; Drain Go) is at a house with a backed-up sewage system.

In the yard, right next to the boundary trap inspection opening, is the stump of a large tree that has been cut down at some point. This suggests that there might be roots in the pipe.

Once the inspection opening lid is removed, there are a large number of flies inside the riser pipe, and roots are visible deeper within the pipe.

The hand lance is used to do some initial clearing of the roots that are visible in the shaft. That’s enough to pop the blockage, and the backed-up sewage begins to drain. The lance is then used to cut some of the roots that still remain. Eventually, Oliver puts his arm down into the shaft through the inspection opening, and manually pulls out a number of the root fragments.

After a brief inspection with the drain camera, a nozzle replaces the lance on the jetting hose, and it’s used to start clearing away the roots that are deeper within the system. While using the camera to check on the progress, some damage to the pipes is noted. More clumps of roots are also noticed throughout the drain.

Using the pipe locator, the point where the pipe leading back to the house switches between plastic and clay piping is found, and it’s marked above-ground using spray paint.

Some more jetting is done to clean up the remaining roots. Once they’re gone, Oliver rinses off some splatters on a wall near the inspection opening, and then has somebody inside the house flush the toilets. The water and some toilet paper pass through the system, indicating it’s flowing again.

Oliver (Drain Addict @ YouTube; Drain Go) starts by jetting though an inspection opening, which seems to be for a sewage system’s boundary trap, that he had to dig through some grassy soil to access.

He then moves to a different location to access the drain pipe, via a small external hatchway that leads to a very short crawlspace under a building. To the left of the small door is a drain pipe that was apparently patched at some point with another fragment of pipe. After the patch is removed, an existing drilled circular hole is revealed in the wall of the pipe. The jetter is used through this access point to pop the blockage.

After the jetting, the camera is used to inspect the state of the pipe, and some remaining traces of root infiltration is observed. Some more jetting is done to clear away the remaining roots. The drilled access hole in the pipe is then patched over once again with a fragment of pipe.

A toilet paper flush test is performed and observed at the original inspection opening, which demonstrates that the blockage was cleared and the system is draining once again.

Oliver (Drain Addict @ YouTube; Drain Go) uses his jetter to clear a blocked sewage pipe that is obstructed by roots. The pipe’s inspection openings are in a rocky, jungle-like embankment, and create an environment that appears to be somewhat awkward and challenging to work in.