Originally Posted by
CobaltSkink
My drain had been running slow off and on for several years. Finally, last year, it stopped hard.
From the basement, I tried a drain cleaner chemical. I tried using a blow bag.
I tried using a piece of electrical conduit as a rod. I got about 15' outside the house.
I paid a drain cleaning service to clean the line.
They tried cleaning via the toilet vent. Then, I pulled the only toilet and they tried cleaning from that.
They went a certain distance past where I went and then stopped hard. ($130)
They said the next step was to escalate to a "hydro jetter".
The next day, I started diggin to find an outside cleanout. I got lucky and found one exactly where I was digging.
I exposed the pipe and covered the hole with a piece of plywood.
The hydro jetter showed up the next day.
He used an angle grinder to cut a 6" hatch i the top of the exposed pipe.
The hydro jetter is a trailer mounted machine which uses water and $100 bills to clean the line.
Water pressure from a pressure head 1.) cuts the roots and 2.) rotates at the same time.
They scoped the line afterwards; it looked like clean, fired clay pipe again.
Cost $450 cash; time about 30 minutes from when the jetter showed up.
Distance about 40' from the outside cleanout.
hth,
cobaltskink
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