My mouth fell open when he explained what was going on. If the plumber is there, EVERY person in the house knows not to do ANYTHING like run water or flush toilets. Entitlement...or just ignorance? Maybe stupidity? Who knows. Some jobs wouldn't even exist without some people's stupid actions.
Right next to that is usually the water meter we shut it off but you can still get the occasional person that has to flush the toilet but usually only two and a half gallon flush
But that tells me there is a break in that pipe, right? How are the tree roots getting into the drain of there's not a hole or crack in the line somewhere
Tree roots are incredibly good at finding water they will infiltrate any pipe through a crack or joint. There is no stopping roots huge trees have giant networks that can even extend across the street.
Absolutely but they still get one flush per toilet. Little do they know it costs them $25 per flush after I have politely asked them not to flush or run water.
@@dontknowdou7434And it’s “or”… not “are”, jsyk. Have you ever used a sewer machine?? Have you ever handled a cable other than the one in your britches?
Perfect reuse of a retired handicap van with lift!! Perfect!! Smart!! Van may look older and a bit rough but the money savings and saving of their backs is priceless. Well done!
I’m a plumber and I drive a retired para-transit bus with the wheel chair lift. My back knees and hips thank me every time I no longer lift sewer machines compressor and generators. I also use it for a staging platform or for a stage to sing to my customers. 🤔 now I know why they close the door so fast.
I had the same problem at our home here in San Antonio, TX back in the late 1990's & had to call Roto Router every other month. I rented a mini excavator on a holiday weekend & got a free extra day rental because of the holiday weekend. My awesome neighbor helped me for free for 3 days straight replacing the green thin walled sewer pipe with schedule 40 pipe at our home & my Parents home right around the corner from where the pipe exited our homes all the way out to the main 3 foot diameter sewer line where it ended. We haven't had a single problem with the sewer lines since replacing them back then. My awesome Dad paid for all the materials so we saved a lot of money in getting rid of that headache...
I’ve had to buy a expensive drain snake like that last month because there nobody within 80 miles that does drainage clogs crazy. Keep up the good work
This happened at my brothers house and a few months later the roots grew back, so we dug down to the drain line found the roots, cut them away, replaced the damaged section and put salt around the pipe line hoping to discourage the roots from growing back around it. Its been years with no problems.
Great vid. Me and my brother replace the kitchen cabinets in one of my mom's rental apartments. Took 2 days 1 day for demo and rough install the second was install and build out from the wall due to drain pipe. After that installed the counter top threw in the sink and plumbed it all together. Alittle drywall touch up. But it came out nice. The renters are super happy. Anyway thanks for your vids you and your crew
I have been in the trenches for years doing plumbing repairs. If it wasn't for preferential treatment, I would probably still be a plumbing tech. I was the call back clean up guy for the company. The company wondered why I wasn't making any money like other techs but they fail to realize that they book the jobs.
That's a good way to get messed up or have a quick fix. Would hate hate hate when some asshole would use the bathroom when I was doing a repair. Inspections ain't that bad it helps to see the functionality of the system. But is nice when people ask
Add some rootx right after cutting them. That will kept them from growing back plumbers don’t like to say that because cutting root’s is like us getting a haircut it’s gonna grow back. Rootx works.
How have we not mastered this whole "indoor plumbing" thing yet in 2023? It amazes me that after thousands of years of removing waste from our structures, we haven't figured out a method or system that is robust enough that we could literally jam a small pig down a floor drain in our homes without backing up? We seriously can't figure out how to prevent something as slow-moving and harmless as a tree root from disrupting our sewage pipes? I can't believe how antiquated and rudimentary our sewer pipes are that we install today. Most people don't realize that after a few years under ground that buried sewer pipe usually has all sorts of small cracks and open joints for water to seep through, which attracts nearby tree roots and allows our untreated sewage to seep out into the ground. Isn't there some sort of continuously extruded, thick, flexible, plastic product that can produce a single, unbroken, never ending, pipe or something? Kind of like how slipfored concrete curbs use wet cement to form a single continuous curb of any length right on site. Like that, except for sewer pipe! A vat of hot plastic travels along above a trench, extruding pipe as it goes, and after the entire length, it gets cut off, left to cool and harden, then the ends are finished and dressed, and connected to the system. Leaving you with a single durable plastic pipe that can't get crushed easily, no joints to fail, no places for tree roots to push through, etc. Almost seems too easy! Lol. 😅
The solution is replace the section of pipe. Not keep coming back and trimming roots. There’s obviously a break for the roots to get in which means water is getting out. This is how sinkholes are created!
Necessary but expensive, it's sometimes easier to pay for an auger in small $500 increments than to pay several thousand dollars for an excavation and repair.
@@christopherbeevor9315 It's not about the 'right' thing, there are choices and trade-offs. One is more expensive up-front, with fewer ongoing costs. The other is cheaper up front, but has more continuous maintenance costs. Not right, not wrong, just different.
Either way the blockage has to be cleared lol. So…. It’s not their problem. The bow eta can do whatever they want. They did there job, well. These guys are incredibly smart and fast.
"TREE ROOTS". Keeps a plumber in business! I see the tree behind the van so.......looks like there's a future dig up of the sewer pipe and new PVC one to replace it coming.
So you're cutting the roots out of the pipe and allowing them to grow back and cause a larger issue for a quick repair rather then locating where they are, digging the pipe up and replacing it? We've had to replace septic tanks due to roots making their way in between the sections and failing inspection so I know the pain of doing it but it's the proper way.
Have you ever tried hydro jetting with the root cutter head. I've done it with my machine I've got a 4,000 PSI 5 gallon per minute 14 horsepower Kohler command engine. It literally eviscerates the roots. You could actually cut through plywood with it it's so strong It just makes it easier than having to run the machine through
I’m curious if copper sulfate or whatever those blue crystals are does that stuff actually work or is it worse? Supposedly it kills roots but it takes like that chemical to sit in a certain place for a long time I don’t think just flushing a couple bottles once a year, we do a whole lot you need to let it sit for weeks.
what happens when you remove the tree roots but dont fix the hole the tree roots created? wouldnt that cause flooding on the line between the house the main?
It's a short-medium term fix as the tree roots will come back as the pipe hasn't been fixed. I've no doubt that you discussed this with the owners before you left, but perhaps it would be good to clarify on here.
I've got a Spartan 1065 sewer machine just like yours. It's a beast!I read a lot of stories about guys damaging their back loading them up. I use a couple of 2x8 wood planks to roll it in and out of my pick up. It's pretty easy. Great job guys!
Did you take the interior out of that conversion van? I've done this line of work my whole life, I'd feel very strange pulling up to a customer's house in a conversion van lol
Turn off the water man! If somebody complaints show them this video.. Ah that was disgusting!😅 Like your videos! Love the different fans with exactly the right tools for the job!
You most likely know this already, but to anyone who doesn't... If there's roots in your sewer line then it needs to be repaired where they are getting in... I met a few plumbers that say you don't have to use glue on sewer lines and I just say okay and glue it anyway because I have seen roots coming in through the joints and plugging the pipe on both sides of the septic tank... They will break the pipe and get in also.
@Ozzy3333333 knock yourself out. I have a job and a family. That time and frustration is worth trading for a subject matter expert to come in and do the job right the first time. I do plenty of projects on my own but I know when to, and not to call in an expert. I wouldn't represent myself in court, I'm not doing major electrical or any sewer.
Using a wheel chair van for this business was GENIUS. no heavy lifting into the truck
RITE!
Would love if our vans had that so we don’t have to lift Ridgid 300’s around so much
@@plasma9839whose the owner. Cares more about his pockets than your back it seems
Handicap lift van is pure genius
Jaw dropping moment
Who absolutely HAS to take a shower when plumbers are at your house to fix their problem? The absolute entitlement of some people. Jesus.
Thats what i was thinking man. Like who HAS to take a shower as a plumber literally has your pipes open.
16 year olds
My mouth fell open when he explained what was going on. If the plumber is there, EVERY person in the house knows not to do ANYTHING like run water or flush toilets. Entitlement...or just ignorance? Maybe stupidity? Who knows. Some jobs wouldn't even exist without some people's stupid actions.
You're assuming they understand there is a connection between the shower and the sewer. A lot of people are a lot of ignorant! lol
Right next to that is usually the water meter we shut it off but you can still get the occasional person that has to flush the toilet but usually only two and a half gallon flush
But that tells me there is a break in that pipe, right? How are the tree roots getting into the drain of there's not a hole or crack in the line somewhere
Tree roots are incredibly good at finding water they will infiltrate any pipe through a crack or joint. There is no stopping roots huge trees have giant networks that can even extend across the street.
This sewer line is either cast iron or clay pipe and is not 100% waterproof, and the trees will grow through the joints in the pipe
So in some time all this work will need to be redone? Sound like cutting the tree down may save some money to house owner.
@@Romczyn probably not just A tree though
Tree roots are so amazing at funding water, that they will traverse through micro cracks or pores in clay pipe
Turn the water off while you're working on the drain line. Fewer surprises that way
Im SURE THEY WERE TOLD DONT DO ANYTHING W PLUMBING.....
Turn off the main water valve AND flush all the toilets before working on the drain line.
Luckily they didn't get a Hazmat 💩🌊
Good thing the resident wasn't taking a shit
Absolutely but they still get one flush per toilet. Little do they know it costs them $25 per flush after I have politely asked them not to flush or run water.
The collar is to keep the threads of the clean out from getting trashed. Great attention to detail. 👍
Are, maybe you can just use updated equipment. These guys will take all of you on here for a money ride if you don't pay attention.
@@dontknowdou7434Such as?
@@dontknowdou7434And it’s “or”… not “are”, jsyk. Have you ever used a sewer machine?? Have you ever handled a cable other than the one in your britches?
@@THEFlea1991 I'm sorry ,you wanted to suck my what??
I like how unclogged the blockage and saw how you still had roots and cleared them all out!!!!👍🏻….. good work!!!!
That's how it's supposed to be
OK you win. I never thought of getting a handicap van for repairs. Love the lift system because my 3/4 drum unit is almost 280lbs.
wheelchair lift for the big compressor is a pro move 🔥
I was thinking the same thing
That's the drain cleaning machine not a compressor.
Honestly they make compressors feel light lol
This is why i wanted a tall boy with lift. Plus it could be work table. Dam me buying a trailer.
Wow, a lift and 2 people! That’s not how they sent me out back in the day! Thank God for smarter companies, these 2 will enjoy a longer life!!!
Perfect reuse of a retired handicap van with lift!! Perfect!! Smart!! Van may look older and a bit rough but the money savings and saving of their backs is priceless. Well done!
I agree, plus it’s nice to be able to keep all of the Sewer equipment and one spot without having to load and unload it into different vehicles.
That bathtub in the basement. "It rubs the lotion on its skin."
That's some slumlord stuff right there.
Hahaha
It puts the dirt in the hole.
All I would need to see is that van setup unfolding and I'd know I called the right people
Wrong van though
I’m a plumber and I drive a retired para-transit bus with the wheel chair lift. My back knees and hips thank me every time I no longer lift sewer machines compressor and generators. I also use it for a staging platform or for a stage to sing to my customers. 🤔 now I know why they close the door so fast.
It’s either your singing or the smell of the van.
Probably both.
The only handy man I respect as a licensed plumber. I love all the cool stuff you do. Keep it up!!
I appreciate that!
Cool work van!
It’s not too bad driving it around in the winter, but the smell is quite potent during the summer
the only reason why i have the most massive producing blueberries in the state but it’s in the septic lines ! ❤. love the channel
I had the same problem at our home here in San Antonio, TX back in the late 1990's & had to call Roto Router every other month. I rented a mini excavator on a holiday weekend & got a free extra day rental because of the holiday weekend. My awesome neighbor helped me for free for 3 days straight replacing the green thin walled sewer pipe with schedule 40 pipe at our home & my Parents home right around the corner from where the pipe exited our homes all the way out to the main 3 foot diameter sewer line where it ended. We haven't had a single problem with the sewer lines since replacing them back then. My awesome Dad paid for all the materials so we saved a lot of money in getting rid of that headache...
I like your snake machine lift. Thats a heck of a back saver. Especially the bigger ones.
We find it definitely helpful.
Handyman Sewer Service, Your shit’s our bread and butter!
using that wheelchair loader for your equipment is genius.
I’ve had to buy a expensive drain snake like that last month because there nobody within 80 miles that does drainage clogs crazy. Keep up the good work
This happened at my brothers house and a few months later the roots grew back, so we dug down to the drain line found the roots, cut them away, replaced the damaged section and put salt around the pipe line hoping to discourage the roots from growing back around it. Its been years with no problems.
I wish there was a more permanent solution without digging up the pipes
Great vid. Me and my brother replace the kitchen cabinets in one of my mom's rental apartments. Took 2 days 1 day for demo and rough install the second was install and build out from the wall due to drain pipe. After that installed the counter top threw in the sink and plumbed it all together. Alittle drywall touch up. But it came out nice. The renters are super happy. Anyway thanks for your vids you and your crew
TOOK A SHOWER WHILE PLUMBERS WERE THERE. Good god, people 😅😂
I shut the water of when possible in my rental to stop them from flooding them out. Great job cutting the roots.
I have been in the trenches for years doing plumbing repairs. If it wasn't for preferential treatment, I would probably still be a plumbing tech. I was the call back clean up guy for the company. The company wondered why I wasn't making any money like other techs but they fail to realize that they book the jobs.
That's a good way to get messed up or have a quick fix. Would hate hate hate when some asshole would use the bathroom when I was doing a repair. Inspections ain't that bad it helps to see the functionality of the system. But is nice when people ask
A temporary fix. you just trim roots that will grow back event thicker. It's best to replace the pipe.
Add some rootx right after cutting them. That will kept them from growing back plumbers don’t like to say that because cutting root’s is like us getting a haircut it’s gonna grow back. Rootx works.
Plumbers must have incredible immune systems
Quite the basement dungeon!
What a great van, custom H/C. Love the lift.
And, how fast do those tree roots grow back?
At this property it’s usually every 2-3 years we have to come back
Every time you shred roots out of a drain they come back stronger. Overall the pipe needs to be repaired
you still need a drain in the meantime.
I have respect for yall! I couldn't work on sewer lines.
How have we not mastered this whole "indoor plumbing" thing yet in 2023? It amazes me that after thousands of years of removing waste from our structures, we haven't figured out a method or system that is robust enough that we could literally jam a small pig down a floor drain in our homes without backing up?
We seriously can't figure out how to prevent something as slow-moving and harmless as a tree root from disrupting our sewage pipes?
I can't believe how antiquated and rudimentary our sewer pipes are that we install today. Most people don't realize that after a few years under ground that buried sewer pipe usually has all sorts of small cracks and open joints for water to seep through, which attracts nearby tree roots and allows our untreated sewage to seep out into the ground. Isn't there some sort of continuously extruded, thick, flexible, plastic product that can produce a single, unbroken, never ending, pipe or something? Kind of like how slipfored concrete curbs use wet cement to form a single continuous curb of any length right on site. Like that, except for sewer pipe!
A vat of hot plastic travels along above a trench, extruding pipe as it goes, and after the entire length, it gets cut off, left to cool and harden, then the ends are finished and dressed, and connected to the system. Leaving you with a single durable plastic pipe that can't get crushed easily, no joints to fail, no places for tree roots to push through, etc.
Almost seems too easy! Lol. 😅
Those “ general 91 “ 3/4” line. Are BEASTS!!
Neat use of power wheelchair lift to lift heavy machinery and tools in van...
Everyone complaining about the shower! I run a faucet when clearing a main sewer to help flush debris! Same thing!
That old man wants his wheelchair van back, guys!
Dude I love the use of the handicap accessible van to do all the heavy lifting of the machines that's wicked smart man
So you just trim them out and leave the broken pipe? Just for them to grow back so you can keep coming back?
Am I the only one that wants a van like yours after watching the volleyball? Lol
It's always tree roots or baby wipes
That's some mighty fine turd wrestling 😂
I like the wheelchair lift for the rodder!
The solution is replace the section of pipe. Not keep coming back and trimming roots. There’s obviously a break for the roots to get in which means water is getting out. This is how sinkholes are created!
Landlord special babaayyyyyyy
Necessary but expensive, it's sometimes easier to pay for an auger in small $500 increments than to pay several thousand dollars for an excavation and repair.
@@Lee-nr5xv yeah you’re right. Do the easier thing rather than the right thing 👍🏼
@@christopherbeevor9315 It's not about the 'right' thing, there are choices and trade-offs. One is more expensive up-front, with fewer ongoing costs. The other is cheaper up front, but has more continuous maintenance costs. Not right, not wrong, just different.
@@iamamish you forgot risk of putting your property into a giant hole you created with your leaking drain
Love the work van ❤😎👍🏾
It has a very unique smell during the summer
I appreciate your re-use of a handicap van!
Thanks for sharing your work. Very interesting and helpful to understand these kinda of scenarios.
Glad it was helpful
Super van looks like a predators van.
They'll be back when the roots grow back.
Thats right, and the sun will rise tomorrow morning.
I have an idea on how to get rid of them. It may take me a month to make the tool for the 6 inch pipe.
Job security 😅man!
Either way the blockage has to be cleared lol. So…. It’s not their problem. The bow eta can do whatever they want. They did there job, well. These guys are incredibly smart and fast.
You're like the ghost busters of the plumbing world 🙌
Nice job
What's the reason for the collar you're using? Is it to protect the fitting at the end from the abrasion of your tooling?
Yes, the sewer machine can destroy the threads if they are not protected.
Love that incognito work van... props🤟
"TREE ROOTS".
Keeps a plumber in business!
I see the tree behind the van so.......looks like there's a future dig up of the sewer pipe and new PVC one to replace it coming.
Great idea the Handicap Van, I bet that rerally helps loading that hevi equipment
Roots and you didn't dig it up? Those roots are gonna come back with a vengeance.
Love the handicap lift for loading equipment 👍🏻😎
Sorry that was me in the shower.
Really ?
Great Job 👍🏼
Thanks
So you're cutting the roots out of the pipe and allowing them to grow back and cause a larger issue for a quick repair rather then locating where they are, digging the pipe up and replacing it? We've had to replace septic tanks due to roots making their way in between the sections and failing inspection so I know the pain of doing it but it's the proper way.
Donald’s always got your back.🤟🏻
Great useing an adapter to protect the cleanout threads....
But what about the clean up of all the black water in the basement?
Have you ever tried hydro jetting with the root cutter head. I've done it with my machine I've got a 4,000 PSI 5 gallon per minute 14 horsepower Kohler command engine. It literally eviscerates the roots. You could actually cut through plywood with it it's so strong It just makes it easier than having to run the machine through
It should be called the poop chute can or the brown mystery machine. Call the dude and say “we have a brown moment, need the brown mystery machine.
Love that van
I’m curious if copper sulfate or whatever those blue crystals are does that stuff actually work or is it worse? Supposedly it kills roots but it takes like that chemical to sit in a certain place for a long time I don’t think just flushing a couple bottles once a year, we do a whole lot you need to let it sit for weeks.
Very smart having a wheelchair lift on the van to load the heavy equipment.
Respect for what you do!!
Not these stupid tictok videos labeled RESPECT of a person doing a backflip.
That van is awesome
It is, although during the summer, it smells horrible.
what happens when you remove the tree roots but dont fix the hole the tree roots created? wouldnt that cause flooding on the line between the house the main?
Nice Van fellas.
During the heat of summer, it has a very sweet smell
It's a short-medium term fix as the tree roots will come back as the pipe hasn't been fixed. I've no doubt that you discussed this with the owners before you left, but perhaps it would be good to clarify on here.
I bet that van smells nice.
During the summer it gets real nice
you guys do God's work.
Thank you for what you do!
I've got a Spartan 1065 sewer machine just like yours. It's a beast!I read a lot of stories about guys damaging their back loading them up.
I use a couple of 2x8 wood planks to roll it in and out of my pick up. It's pretty easy. Great job guys!
They would be a little bit nicer if they were a few pounds lighter
The use of a wheelchair lift on the van is brilliant. Lol
it saves my back when loading and unloading the equipment.
@@HandsomeOrHandy I bet it does. Brilliant!
Awesome Van👍
It’s not too bad to drive around in the winter but in the summer it has a very unique smell
It pays nice to know how to do multiple things
Just tell all the residents that you can see up the drains, so don't take showers nor use the toilets while you're there. You're welcome.
No one obeys instructions generally....especially females/ teenagers
Or just turn off the main water valve and flush all the toilets before starting work.
Ey that lift on your van is dope! 👌🏻
You ever use rootx? We do in florida for the tree roots.
PSA: Stop flushing your tree roots down the toilet, people!
Did you take the interior out of that conversion van? I've done this line of work my whole life, I'd feel very strange pulling up to a customer's house in a conversion van lol
A few years ago, I removed the backseat to make it easier to get to the sewer camera
How did you repair the cracked pipe that had tree roots in it?
can you clear roots on 4 inch line with a 3/8 sewer cable ? or need a bigger cable like 5/8 or 3/4
If it’s fairly close, the 3/8 might work, but I would definitely recommend a larger one
That is so rude to take a shower while the plumber is working. Embarrassing.
Nice handy van
Yo that plumber van is 🔥
that van lift thing is really cool and looks handy, im impressed
and in a few months the roots will be right back?
At least they didn't "drop off the kids" while you were working!
Don't forget to add the copper sulfate down the line when you're done.
Turn off the water man! If somebody complaints show them this video.. Ah that was disgusting!😅
Like your videos! Love the different fans with exactly the right tools for the job!
That lift on the van is a nice touch
It definitely makes moving the equipment around so much easier.
You most likely know this already, but to anyone who doesn't... If there's roots in your sewer line then it needs to be repaired where they are getting in... I met a few plumbers that say you don't have to use glue on sewer lines and I just say okay and glue it anyway because I have seen roots coming in through the joints and plugging the pipe on both sides of the septic tank... They will break the pipe and get in also.
yep, $300 bucks later and they are gone, 4 months later and backed up again. you need the guy with the exposed crack.
Beats the alternative I guess. I replaced all the exterior sewer in my lot and it was $10000
@@Just-Steve Rock salt Jr. A cup a week in the floor drain. Sodium is toxic to roots. Should not have slept through science class, huh.
@@Just-Steve a alternative is to rent a machine from home Depot for 50 and a box of gloves, it's not that hard.
@Ozzy3333333 knock yourself out.
I have a job and a family. That time and frustration is worth trading for a subject matter expert to come in and do the job right the first time.
I do plenty of projects on my own but I know when to, and not to call in an expert.
I wouldn't represent myself in court, I'm not doing major electrical or any sewer.
Now Dat van is 🔥🤣🤙🏼