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Tribetime

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8. It depends on who's doing the sneaking

Reply to Rorey (Reply #6)

Sat Oct 16, 2021, 10:57 AM

Oct 2021

I started out at Roto-Rooter in the late 80s and they used to have to guarantee their lines for a year so they taught the guys well on how to make drains and what blade to use nowadays they don't really teach because there's not as much money and sneaking the lines as there is no digging them up or jetting and camera them

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Plumbing roof vents, modern vs. old style [View all] bucolic_frolic Oct 2021 OP

You can try to put an inline vent under the bathroom sink Tribetime Oct 2021 #1

Try natural drain cleaners or conditioners IbogaProject Oct 2021 #2

We used to snake it out Rorey Oct 2021 #3

Unclog a vent pipe Rorey Oct 2021 #4

That's not true about jetting versus snaking Tribetime Oct 2021 #5

Well, I'm going to be giving jetting a try Rorey Oct 2021 #6

It depends on who's doing the sneaking Tribetime Oct 2021 #8

The guy I had always hired has been doing it for decades Rorey Oct 2021 #10

Didn't know powerjetting existed, but I did hookup bucolic_frolic Oct 2021 #11

How's the toilet flushing? Hassin Bin Sober Oct 2021 #7

Sounds like you know something about Plumbing huh Tribetime Oct 2021 #9

Those seem a good fit for my problem bucolic_frolic Oct 2021 #12

So I opened the clean out at the septic tank baffle and shoved a garden hose 15' bucolic_frolic Oct 2021 #13

If you know the line isn't filled with stuff you can open the clean out inside and give it a blast Hassin Bin Sober Oct 2021 #14

The configuration of these 2 sinks bucolic_frolic Oct 2021 #15

Your problem lies in the sink drain pipe william ortiz Feb 2022 #16

Thanks this is a stumper bucolic_frolic Feb 2022 #17

welcome to DU gopiscrap Feb 2022 #18

So, I finally plumbed the line with a snake. bucolic_frolic May 2022 #19

Consider an air admittance valve Kaleva Sep 2022 #20