Drain Addict — “Blocked Drain 874” — Bathroom sink blockage in an apartment with a view of Sydney’s skyline
Oliver (Drain Addict @ YouTube; Drain Go) is working in an apartment suite in a multi-unit building with an amazing view of the Sydney, Australia skyline. One of the suite’s bathroom sinks is not draining properly. He notices that a chemical, likely acidic, has apparently been used by somebody else earlier to try to clear the drain.
While trying to get access to the drain by removing a section of the pipe in the cabinet underneath the sink, he accidentally gets splashed with some of the potent chemical. After washing it off in the bathroom’s other sink, he manages to remove the pipe.
A drill-powered drain snake is used to pop the blockage, but some of the chemical remains in the pipe. A bucket is then used to pour some water from the shower down the sink’s drain to flush away the chemical.
The drain camera is used to inspect the pipe, and the blockage appears to be scale, concrete, or something similar. Using the drain snake again, Oliver manages to break up most of the obstruction.
After putting the previously-removed drain pipe back in place, he wipes up some water that splashed around while he was cleaning the drain. The sink is then partially filled with water with the drain plug in, and the plug is then removed to show that the sink is able to drain.
While inspecting the pipe beneath the sink, Oliver notices some water on the floor, near the drain pipe. He wipes it up with a towel, and then partially fills the sink with water once more. After the water is released, there doesn’t appear to be any more water ending up on the floor.
At the very end of the video, he shows how the chemical that he’d encountered during the job had caused some significant damage to his work pants.