MASSIVE HOSPITAL SEWER CLOG! BABY WIPES - Ep. 58 Drain Pros
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- MASSIVE HOSPITAL SEWER CLOG! BABY WIPES - Ep. 58 Drain Pros
In this video we had a late call come in from a local hospital that the sewer main leaving the building was fully backed up and had lifted/unseated the man hole cover. After arriving we found the man hole had blow out and was filled with thousands of baby/adult wipes. We blocked off the road with cones to hydro scrub back to the man hole with 4000 psi of water for a few hours before the clog finally released and allowed thousands of gallons of sewer to free flow into the city sewer. I love when people argue with me that wipes are flushable and don't cause clogs, it makes me laugh. Glad we were able to get the hospital back up and running clearing the sewer blockage!
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50 or 60 years from now, when tens of thousands of plumbers are posting their sewer unclogging videos and pointing out the presense of corn...no one is going to have any idea why that is a tradition to do in these videos...all hail Ratty....
I wonder if he watches DA 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Haha 🌽! I have watched a bunch of his videos! It’s awesome seeing how he battles some of the same fight I go through with drains half way around the world 🌎 👍
@@DrainPros you should invite him to the states and do a video with him, I'm sure he would be blown away by your huge ass jetter 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Fr lol
Drain Addict has attachments that look like they spray a lot harder. Seems like a double barrel would have opened that faster. A sewer vacuum would have helped by clearing that manhole.
I was taught only flush the three P’s: poop, pee, and paper
If you flush feminine care products and wipes you should be forced to clean out a backed up sewer line. Same goes for those who put grease down drains.
That true oh no I flush a wipe down the toilet
😂 The 3 P’s! Love it 👍
If people stopped doing that, drain cleaners would go out of business.
what about pvomit? Can I flush that, or ...
Tired old mechanic nah old drains will always need fixing from natural things like roots and stuff
If in some very odd circumstances I ever need to build a dream team of drain uncloggers I'm getting Post10, Drain Pros and Drain Addict together.
Haha that quite a dream! I’m in fine company with those two 👍
Came here from post10 and drain addict videos lol
Don't forget NW and Spec Shtorm, the Drain Avengers assemble. ♡ T.E.N.
Go find drain cleaning Australia. Amazing channel.
Suddenly alarms are going off at the sewage treatment plant and they have to kick into high gear lol
Haha I’ve always wondered that! Definitely would get a good spike in the number from this one 😂
would be fun to see, but to be honest, those sewers are so big and expansive, probably wouldn't notice a change in flow at the treatment plant.
As an electrician I have serious respect for plumbers. No way I would stick my hands in half the places you guys do. Well done. Someone’s gotta do it I guess!
Have you ever been shocked?
Here's one for ya. A coworker had a job at the Pentagon. At Noon dozens of condoms appear in the flow. Apparently a lot of "secretaries" were not hired for their typing skills.
Lol 😂.. what better to do on taxpayers time! 😂
Make love not war. Now I get it.
😆
Sweet corn.......where's ratty?
Oh wrong channel.
Haha no partner in crime for me, but almost always have the corn 🌽
😂😂
This should be required viewing for everybody, especially those who think they can use the toilet as a trash can. You are to be commended for the work that you do. Not only are you professional and knowledgeable, you treat your customers well, and you do your job with a great sense of humor. After hours of work in the rain, it must have been a huge sense of satisfaction to see that huge gush of water and "stuff" dumping into that manhole. More power to you!!!!
Thank you Lynx! Appreciate the support 👍 You hit the nail on the head, after all the hard work and bustin butt seeing that drain coming flooding out like that is sure a relieving/accomplishing feeling. Always Worth it after all is said and done!
All Hail RATTY, eater of already chewed corn 🌽
Haha 😂 All hail!
not chewed corn .
Same shit , All round the 🌎 .
Stay safe , keep your for clean .
Who’s ratty
Franfran04 A toy rat that Drain Addicts (another drain cleanning youtuber) has that joins him on his shit-tastic adventures (#pun, not an insult)
Literally the most dangerous sewers in existence, hospital sewage, yikes.
Yeah can only imagine what is mixed in with that sewage! 👍
believe it or not I worry more about factories than hospitals
@@brettvibbert5001 Why? All factories are industrial waste and nasty chemicals such as caustic and acidic industrial cleaners and chemicals and heavy metals, hospital waste is fecal matter, microorganisms such as viruses and bacteria and God knows what else.
@@darthgamer6080 E.Coli,Ebola,MRSA,Encephalitis, Gastroenteritis,Giardiasis,Hepatitis A, Leptospirosis and god news what
two hours work and still saying "real quick" every few words, that's enthusiasm
Noticed during editing that I say it a lot 😂 even at times when I know it’s definitely not going to be “real quick” lol
Hey 2 hours in the trades is real quick
Why are you trying to disturb the Ninja Turtles?
@@DrainPros i do the same... "yeah will be done in 5 minutes..." (2 hours later) 🤣🤣
Here was an actual 20min job though
th-cam.com/video/XU_KCpJLb20/w-d-xo.html
But these are Americans, right?
Love the comment you made "people think that wipes are not an issue", should put that in BOLD LETTERS with a little picture on the top of all your invoices.
Haha 😂! 👍 keep the sewers flowing
how the hell the maker of ' wet wipes ' won their court case(s) re: blocked sewers is beyond me...
Yea i work in sewer utilities and on one hand I want to slap the shit out of people fro flushing dumb stuff but in the other hand its great job security
@Wilson, we get it, you've commented a hundred times the same thing, message received good buddy, 10-4
But hey, it's things like wet wipes (along with tampons, condoms, diapers, grease, etc.) that provide plumbers with job/employment security😉
The crap we find in our sewers at the apartment complex I work amazes me. We even found a baby doll head that was about six inches around, still haven't figured out how that made it through the toilet.
Was it fabric or plastic?
If it was rubber, it was probably vandalism by a tenant who was moving/being evicted. One way is using a snake, placing the end through the neck hole then pushing it through the toilet and as far down the pipe as possible.
@@georgeford6056 it was one of those hard plastic doll heads. No idea how it got in there but we got some tenants that could cut an anvil in half with a cotton swab.
Poor doll😂
I'm sure Ratty is very proud of you guys!
👍 Doing our best!
Drain Pros more like Drain Gods
If it was a hospital just imagine all the biohazardous filth that was in that pipe
human poop is far more biohazardous that almost anything else that a hospital produces in terms of waste. And most of that other stuff gets picked up by special disposal companies.
@@thtadthtshldntbe i know they have special services for those type off stuff but you never know what is in the sewage
Always more conscientious when we’re at medical building to protect ourselves from pathogens, diseases, and other stuff like that! Like you said, imagine all the stuff that’s in there 😷!
Right lol
I've done work in the morgue's garbage disposal. Enough said...
Beginning to think a class action lawsuit needs to be filed against the manufacture of these so called flushable wet wipes fo false advertising!
Jayknee Garner Maybe a $2 per pack surcharge that goes direct to the water companies for the blockages they cause. I have often thought the same should apply to chewing gum which ends up all over paving.
Honestly after all these years I can’t believe that they can still advertise “flushable” 👍
One could argue that they are, indeed, flushable. 99 times out of 100, they'll go down if you flush them.
Should you?
I have family in the industry, and let me say, you'll be providing some fine, grade-A job security.
The thing is, they ARE flushable, it's just that it will clog the drain or sewer.
Are you joking!? These things keep us in business! I love wet wipes flush more of them guys.
Wow 😯 2 hours, 2 frikkin’ hours, but that was one hell of a blockage. Great patience and great job. 💚💚
Thanks Pheurbel! Been my butt trying to get it open but I was definitely worth it in the end seeing the results 👍
Where I live my whole town got a compete overhaul of the sanitary sewer system. We have a hospital. When they did the new line from there, they installed what looks like a vault style sewer. I asked what that was, they said it has a basket in it to catch anything that doesn't belong in the sewers so the line isn't getting clogged
That’s awesome, I have never heard of that before but it seems like a great idea.. if people are cleaning out the basket routinely I’m sure that stops all kinds of issues from happening down the line 👍
@@DrainPros around here hospitals are required to have muffin monsters before the sewer
If in doubt...
C4!
😂 C4 would have definitely taken care of the problem quicker than I got it done 👍
When I was younger I remember many hospitals and public buildings had small wall mounted electric incinerators in bathrooms for nappies, feminine hygiene products etc. Reduced anything non flushable to a few specks of ash. Perhaps it's time they made a comeback?
That would be awesome, I understand why some people flush them because there gross and covered in stuff. There’s an embarrassment factor. Seems like a logical solution 👍
Spencer Wilton Good point. DrainPro is probably right about the embarrassment issue and you also have maybe limited movement after surgeries and so on. But watching this unclogging, it struck me that the hospital has a responsibility for health and safety. I mean, there sure were tissues and crap in that clog which should not have entered any public system due to the bacteria and other nastiness they might contain.
So the incinerator (with high enough temperature to destroy whatever is thrown at it) idea is not a bad idea. On the contrary - they could even construct it so that it contributes to the general heating, heating of water or similar.
Unless constructed so that is contributed to building or water heater incinerators use a large amount of energy and produce awful pollution which is probably why they aren't used for that
Municipalities need to start requiring warnings on these wipes.
Thank you to those who do this job! Seriously! I work in vet care and can handle the sight of pretty much ANYTHING. It's the SMELLS that get to me. I gag when animals just have really bad smelling poops... I do NOT have the stomach to unclog sewers! I would be guaranteed to gag and vomit daily in that line of work! 🤣 But put a bleeding out animal in front of me and I'm totally ZEN! I can do anything it takes as long as there is no extreme smell!
No feminist talk about equality on these types of videos!
It's these guys that make our confortable lives even possible.
Thank you drain pros.
Now the wipes are on their way to plug up a pumping station.
Yeah unfortunately on this one, pump truck couldn’t get there till the morning, and couldn’t leave the hospital backed up till then 👍
@@DrainPros Trust me I'm not blaming you.
Maybe the laws are different in Australia, or maybe it's because Ratty is such a strict supervisor, but I don't think Ollie would have let all that trash go down to the City. I've watched DA enough to know that he would have scooped out as much of that trash floating in the first manhole as possible before he jetted. He probably would have had a strainer basket at the exit of the 8" pipe in manhole 2 so he could catch the trash already in the pipe and toss it in the bin where it belongs. Finally, I'm betting he would have jetted the line heading to the city sewer as well just to make sure it was all good.
*This* is the video to show people who flush wipes why it is wrong. Great work as always.
You hit the nail on the head with that M Seuss! But sadly people will go on flushing them and tomorrow I’ll still have a job 😂!
Just gonna bump the pressure up a little bit “turns nob aggressively”
My hospital got rid of the “flushable” wipes for this very reason. It sucks because they were super handy for cleaning up messes but people kept flushing them instead of putting them in the trash so we lost the luxury 😭
I can imagine how useful they are for something like that! Stinks that people can’t dispose of them properly so you could continue to use them! 👍
Thank you Gentlemen for your service!
Ill give it to you guys you are some tough and hard workers. Also I could only imagine how terrible a hospital sewer stinks.
My hat's off to you guy's I'm going thru a total sewer rehab and you guy's are appreciated from me!
The majority of people in the USA have no concept of how toilets and sewers work! I didn't either until I married a man who had grown up poor and had to take care of the plumbing for his mother. I learned and all of the USA needs to learn how they do work. As for me and my house the ONLY things that get put in our toilets are pee, poop, and paper! Now, with video, the idiots that are patients and workers should have to learn. When the clog was broken through, oh my! You did a awesome job. Thanks for educating people, one clog at a time!
Thank you for the kind words Karen 👍 Still can’t believe how many wipes there were!
I always knew to not flush wipes- we’d get reminded regardless- but I worked at a nursing facility, the confused elderly would flush them because if they could move enough to get to the toilet the would and we were understaffed. We got a bunch of newbie staff at one point and apparently they didn’t care because we got a letter about it, on the other hand we shared a system with a day care and basically very small children and confused elderly are about the same so who knows.
Regardless I really appreciate the job you do so much.
You gotta do the DrainAddict walk and swing your arms as you go!
Watching videos like this - I no longer flush wipes - even the ones that say flushable.
You are not supposed to flush anything but toilet paper, crap, piss and puke. Just saying... 😉
That’s a smart move Sliverbane! It will save you money and a headache in the future 👍 Thanks for the comment 🍻
Me too, I always used to flush wipes until I started watching these types of videos
thank you. please spread the word, make the world a better place. or just keep it secret cuz we enjoy these videos.
You have exceptional customer service skills. You explain everything, do a great job, are flexible and then do a super clean up or help out after the job. You are worth every cent you charge.
Thank you for the kind words Tracy! Appreciate you supporting my channel 👍
Agree! I've only watched a few of his videos and he seems like a genuinely nice guy. I hope my son turns out like him when he gets older.
This was a great episode. Drama, heartbreak, danger.....but good persisted over wipes and sea whistles!
😂 like a daytime or in this case a nighttime soap opera! 👍
Wow that was massive, I always love your videos. I'd like to see more jetter cleanouts like this on more of your jobs. Keep up the great videos. I'm still waiting for more.
Thanks Steam, Appreciate you supporting the channel. I’ll see if I can’t make a few more videos like that happen! It’s a waiting game for the good ones to come along👍
THE best unblocking video EVER! I found that epicly satisfying to watch. Awsome! Well done to guys 👍
Thanks Matt 👍 it was pretty cool to see when it opened..Wish I would have been daylight, maybe the next one!
The stomach you have to just stand right in front of all that stuff. Great job men.
That’s a lot brown but hospital would not be ok without this amazing plumber
Thanks Elizabeth! Appreciate the support👍
What I very enthusiastic guy, and how professional- well done mate.
Salute!!!!!! Great job with great enthusiasm!
Thanks Faria.. Appreciate the support 👍
after the greasebergs in sewers, we've now entered the wipebergs era
Oh god, you are a bad man... brave man.
how the hell the maker of ' wet wipes ' won their court case(s) re: blocked sewers is beyond me...
Simple: they are "flushable" in that it will go down the toilet, but what happens after that isn't their problem/responsibility.
11:25 - tampons, applicators, gloves, wipes, etc. ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTING BEHAVIOUR !!
I do this for a living too. We also take care of hotels and a prison. Syringes, shanks, wire, whole damned bed sheets, shirts, food wrappers, etc. I hate people lol.
@@isaac2152 Years after building our house we found out that some angry workers left a gift.There was a crowbar in the drain directly under the house xD
Saw the thumbnail and thought I was going to be watching a guy with an Australian accent if you know what I mean
Haha 😂 He does a great job with his videos.. Love seeing the way the sewers were laid over there!
Best yet....congratulations👍👍
Thanks Kempinger! Wasn’t exactly how I was envisioning my Sunday night but was well worth it when the drain finally popped open for us! 👍
Thank you for going the extra mile and actually throwing those away instead of chucking them down to city
Wow. This was good one. Crazy to see how explosive the water came rushing out once the clog got loosened up.
Don’t have to question if that one is fully opening and flowing or not 😂 love when the drains come rushing out like that!
Another awesome video, always amazes me when hospitals put down there drains, good work
Never have I ever seen that many wipes! Couldn’t believe how long it took for the jetter to burrow through it 👍
8:21 I was asking myself "when will it come" and then it happened
I done this 6 yrs ago and will be joining Mr rooter soon and cannot wait!
I watched this video whilst eating. So satisfying. Oh dear God. I can smell it. Smells like money! This could also work on another level. The man jetting out these drains is probably immune to *everything* He may be the key to vaccines for diseases we haven't even heard of yet. We need to take care of this man.
Such a good way to unwind on an agony filled Thursday night
The jetting machine that's being used is completely inadequate for the type of work it's being used for, that's why it tuck 2hours to clear this choke, a truck mounted jetvac is what's needed for this task, would have cleared problem in ten minutes, what they are using is fine for a domestic choke, not for this type of work, I've been at this work for thirty years, working for Dublin City Council.
That must smell amazing
like beef soup and wet wipes. imagine a sewer fire, that's gotta be nice.
Surprise! You were actually in the wrong pipe the whole time and the neighbor's bathroom is now an indoor water feature.
Great job guys, glad you were able to get the money shot.
Capt. Kenneth Abney money shot, more like poonami
😂 “poonami” now that’s a funny title
Great work
Damn, gives me an anxiety looking at the small openings and maze of pipes and covers you have to manage... and no added pressure of the hospital being backed up! Great job...
Thanks SoCal! 👍 Always feel a sense of urgency when it’s a hospital situation like this one that it’s my duty to bust myself to get them back open and flowing as fast as I possible can! 👍
If I've learned anything from all the drain cleaning videos on TH-cam, it's that all our damn pipes need to be 5x bigger
Best attitude and enthusiasm I’ve ever seen man. Some of these jobs can be intense because there are people breathing down your neck to hurry up lol. I have a tandem axle vac truck with a 12 yard tank that would’ve helped ya lol. Wish I lived in the U.S dude. They’re starting to take our guns away. Our country going down the toilet, pun intended.
Thanks Alberta, Appreciate you supporting the channel 👍 The vac truck would have been perfect for that job! Would love to have and use one but most of the municipalities that care of there own problems in our area so there’s not enough work to own one
I worked at a hospital that had the same issue in the main...those darn wipes.
Corn Ratty! “Thenk Yeww!
That was one very bad Blockage at the Hospital main Sewer trash in the sewer lines I love ❤️ your video 📷 of 💩 💩 💩 poo is the best thing to see I can't wait for the next video 📷 #DRAINPROS
Wish it would have taken place in the day time for the sunlight! But I guess that’s one thing about clogs, you don’t get to choose when there going to happen 😂 thanks for supporting the channel Anthony 👍
well done, ah always with the wipes haha know that feel
Ok so the 607 area code on the side of your van caught my attention. I have family in upstate NY. My mom used to work at the Hospital in Binghamton, my dad worked for Salameida's. They both grew up in the Greene area and my cousins own Seebers Tavern. I live in NC.
Hey man be safe, always turn that beacon on the trailer on when working in the street, install one on the truck too!
The wire got nicked a few months ago and it stopped working.. going in for new wiring next week 👍
Awesome job guys.
Thanks for the support markenda👍!
The combo of industrial manufacturers misleading the consumer with the flushable nonsense and consumer neglect and disregard is astounding.
I was so waiting for him to knock his flashlight over the side.
Triple the price every time you get wipes down drains they will eventually learn. Nurses do seem to be VERY lazy in this respect, they SHOULD know better
Keep up the awesome videos and work.
Hours of jetting to clear OMG. although the volume of wipes etc suggests that it's likely to happen again. Good job! Clogging an 8"pipe is no mean feat, perhaps the hospital should install a screen before the sewage provider sees this video 😁
Thanks Giovani.. Appreciate you supporting the channel 👍 Definitely wouldn’t be a bad idea for them!
This man needs a raise!
I had SO much anxiety, that that flashlight falls in ..
You must have a savage immune system! When was the last time you had a cold?
That there is a real pro a kinda person you’d want to hire he didn’t cut any corners and was nonstop on the job 👍
What a job indeed👍🏼👍🏼
I kept washing and sanitizing my hands while watching this video!
Unbelievable that people think they can flush their garbage down the toilet.
I thought for a second that was just full of dialysis waste AHHHH! Thank god it was just tampons and wipes lol!
Nice work, what a clog
All good 👍
mmm, coronavirus sewage yummy.
Are Hospitals “even allowed” to flush bio-hazards like wipes and gloves etc, down the city drain?
Its most likely visitors and patient who does that i believe.
@@Horna87 Good point!
They have to have them for the patients and staff but they are not supposed to be flushing them down the toilet, usually they have the metal bins next to the toilet to dispose of that stuff. It’s a constant fight between the maintenance department and the rest of the hospital staff 😂
@@Horna87... Female dominated workforce in that building.
@Keith Buckenmeyer My thought also - I am sure there were crap in that clog that should have been disposed of in a far more responsible manner.
So far so good my boy
And the WIPES always the WIPES.
Serious effort man 🇺🇸😷🤙
Thanks Atch! Appreciate the support 👍
Good job
Good work pal
Ahhhh i see the rooter scooter and Mr. Winky. I work at mr rooter/aireserv hvac in indiana. I feel your pain haha
Thanks for the amazing content bro
Thanks Oniel! Appreciate the support 👍
Wow you work very well, good job dude. Greetings from Argentina
Great jobs dude..
awesome video.keep them coming.
Thanks Tom! Appreciate the support 🍻
I mean....a fine mist of regular sewage is bad enough....but wouldn't hospital sewage require some special protection? Oo awesome vids tho!
Dam dude that was a hell of a clog good work
Thanks Eric! These kinds of clogs are my favorite, when they break loose it’s a sight to see!! 👍
Amazing, I’m just wondering what is the PSI pressure at the nozzle?!
Might I suggest that if you could build a pole with legs at a 45 degree angle to each other and perpendicular to the pole, with a light or two mounted to the pole so that it can be lowered down the side of the hole, that you would have a convenient source of light that would be out of the way of the hoses and that they could not knock down into the sewer.