Fantastic video - narrator is easy to super thorough and easy to understand - gives multiple options and advice - saved me $250 a plumber charged me last time - THANK YOU!
OMG, baking soda and vinegar twice, no luck. Bought a little snaker, like the one you have; followed all of your instructions and bam!! Free flowing water!!! Wonderful video and thank you so much!! Now, maybe you can show us how to install a simple ceiling light fixture??? Please? Thanks again!
Thank you so much for watching! I’m so glad I could be of help. I will definitely make a simple light fixture video! I just installed one on my guest bathroom so please stay tuned! 🙏🏽😊 if that video doesn’t help let me know the specifics you need 👍🏽😊
Best advice to avoid kinking the cable is to only have 4" of it out between the tool and drain opening. Push the cable by hand when you're in a straight section of pipe, no real need to spin it unless you're at a bend or some other resistance like a blockage. Also, put your drill on the slow speed setting and go slowly, don't crank it super fast like you were doing. If the cable jams you will bend/kink it permanently and ruin it. After cleaning it you should let it dry, then add a light coating of oil to prevent rust, before coiling it back in the container.
This is by far the best video explaining how the job is done. I was lost for an hour and your video helped me (and a panicked wife after shower). Thank you so much, you are an amazing person!!!
Thanks so much for this video. A bathroom sink wouldn’t come unplugged after plunging and using liquid plumber. I checked the P trap and realized it must be farther down. I was nervous to try an auger until I watched your video. I got nervous using it at first when I hit something but tightened it and it kept going. So after weeks of dealing with a clogged sink the auger worked! I didn’t get your same auger, mine is just a hand crank. But I mainly wanted to thank you for the encouragement and easy to follow video that gave me the courage to give this a try with success!
Hi! Thank You for your Video Drain Plummer Tip Fix Demonstration.! Your *Drain* *Clog* *Repair* was so successfully effective, inside your lovely home, until I thought it was staged!
To avoid sewer gas and bad smell caused by acidic materials, pour baking soda solution at least 10 minutes before your drainage cleaning work. Also use face mask and turn on exhaust fans.
If you are unclogging your kitchen sink with a coat hanger beware and put a bucket under the sink. Our sink was completely clogged with some water in it. The coat hanger pierced the pipe and water went everywhere. The pipes were very old and would have broken anyway but just as a precaution, put a bucket under it, It would of saved us some panic and a couple hours of cleaning up!
I've only watched two videos and this was perfect. I would not have done this correctly otherwise. The takeaway from the other video is to clean afterwards with baking soda and even use lime juice to help with the smell. I'm wondering if i should get a haircut first before attempting this so i don't start the problem all over again 😂 thank you!!!!
this helped me out. I realized I was trying to shove the snake instead of using it to remove the clog. It took me a while and the entire 25 foot snake. Nasty stuff coming out.
Thanks. Excellent illustration of the use of the tool! 👍 P.S. $78 to ship to England, so I bought a less fancy one (no drill feature) available here for £23 = about $31. You lucky fellows get a better deal! USA USA USA! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸😁
@@FixThisHouse I did it! Boy was a it nasty but now all our drains work like new! Thank you so much for the great details to follow in this video. I had no idea how to use what I rushed out to get. Saved me big bucks!
i wonder what would you have done if there was a X in your frain that could not remove. i have that problem. and that hair you cought would not have pass the X
Nicely done. Don't forget to change gloves when you use the hand showerhead to lean up. Air dry the snake and a light oiling to prevent rust. Keep up the good work. Cheers.
I used one of these and the coil broke off in the drain. I’ve tried pulling it out with needle nose pliers, magnets, you name it, but it is very stuck down there. What do you suggest? An optical camera? Pulling up the whole shower floor and cutting out the pipes? Another auger to push it thru or extract it? Please help!
I had to use a drain snake about a year ago to clear a clogged pipe from a kitchen sink. I was using a borrowed 15 ft unit that came up just short of the blockage. I ended up discovering a short section of pipe that was at a slight incline collecting debris. I was able to cut the pipe out and replace it while lowering the connection so it would flow properly again. I also installed an access "T" that will allow me to use the snake in case of any future issues. Now we own a 25 footer but have yet to need it. The best part is that when I originally called the experts, I was quoted "Up to $1200" as it was a long weekend and an unknown blockage that we couldn't resolve with a snake, draino, or plunger. I said "No thanks" and spent about $45 and three hours and did it myself. The savings were invested in Bitcoin and have tripled in value. so not only did I come out looking handy but a financial genius as well. It looks like Disney World in 2022 is gonna happen for this family.
Mine tangled the first time I used it while trying to wind it up. It won’t go all the way back in no matter if I do it manually or with the drill. On the plus side it unclogged the drain.
Doesn't work in my situation, my bathroom sink drain is plugged, the drain I'm sure hits a vent pipe in the wall leading up 0 (360) deg as well as turn 90 deg turn for the wast water to flow to the main drain. In other words a L shape fitting. Any who when I put in the snake up through the P trap it wants to enter the vent pipe and not turn into the drain where the blockage is. It's possible that the drain turns down 180 and the vent is 90 deg ? Any body got any suggestion to get the snake to enter the drain and not the vent before I tear everything to rat sh*t. D
@@FixThisHouse haha. Man. I snaked my toilet as far down as I ever have because of this video. But it’s still clogged !! I couldn’t believe it. Try again?
Thank you for watching! Yes it looks like I pulled out rat! Just a heads up, be prepared for the smell when you pull it out, the trap sewer gases will get you puking 🤢..just turn on the exhaust fan. 🙏🏽😊
Hi! What length snake did you use? You might need a longer auger. My parents drain had the same issue, they used a 25’ snake didn’t work. Come to find out the clog was a lot further down the line. They ended up using a 50’ snake
This would read like a bad bar joke but; a water filter/purifer adapter, the green part of a dishwashing sponge, and most likely the carcass of a rat is blocking a double L drain layout; what do I need to address first; dissolving the corps*e of the dead rat with sulfuric/muriatic acid/clean liquid sosa (the equivalent of the american draino) OR just directly address the blockage with the drain auger??? I know this isn't* reddit but at least here, video evidence keeps the posers away. Hope you can guide me through a more viable solution. 🤞🏾🙏🏾🤞🏾
Thanks for the video! My wife was on the phone with the plumber and I told her to hang up and give me an hour. I bought a similar snake for $10 and we got it unclogged! Probably saved us at least a couple hundred dollars.
I love you💖 why? Because I was feeling completely defeated when I thought I had solved my problem by cleaning out the trap pipe first. Apparently, it was a double clog and I sat down almost in tears with the fear of how much a plumber would cost. Then I remembered I had 25ft snake in my trunk that I never returned from a year ago since I didn't know how to use it but someone recommended I should have one as a home owner. Your video has brought joy to my life in a time of despair so I love you!
I think that drill feature is essential. Saves tons of time. One thing I disagree with, though. Please don't use that on a high speed setting. 500rpm is the top end of it, and I'd say 200 is fine (that's low speed, high torque mode, and like half throttle on the trigger). And set the torque clutch on the drill to the lowest setting that will turn the snake. Start off slow, then ramp up to where you feel comfortable (up to 500 rpm, at least on my Ridgid model). I run it for about 3 seconds, extend the snake a few inches, then run for another 3 seconds, etc. (If your model has an auto feed like my ridgid, that means 3 seconds free spinning, then 2 advancing, then 3 free spinning, etc.) That gives the drill enough time to catch the clog or clean the drain, and doesn't just hammer it into that clog so it binds. The clutch mode is VERY important because it keeps you from getting that snake bound and then just wrapping it up or kinking it up in the drain.
I wanna tell you that I watched this video did what you said and it worked! Not only that but you aren't trying to be a badass or know it all like most of the other plumbing vids on yt. Thank you so much and God bless you.
Let me first just say THANK YOU! You just saved me hundreds of dollars on a plumber. I purchased the exact same drum auger as you did from my local hardware store (True Value) and followed your instructions to the letter. It worked just as you said it would. I even extracted the same giant wet rat-looking clump of hair that you did. Now my shower works great. Thank you again.
All good instructions and demonstration. One thing I might add is the metal "snake" is often not attached to the wheel. I learned this by surprise, lucky I caught it before it snaked away down to the main system all downhill. I took a piece of blue duct tape and wrapped it at 3 feet before the end, so I have a clue when the cable is almost fully deployed. Clean and dry the cable after use and use some oil, WD40 or even a bit of motor oil on a rag and run the cable through the oily rag. Thank goodness for TH-cam!!
WD40... Why didn't I think of that. I bought one last night (Rigid brand), used it at my mom's. Brought it home, rinsed it off w the hose outside, and let it air dry (like directions said) on the sidewalk. Thought about it when I woke up today that humidity increases in the early morning. Went and coiled it back up and noticed it was already starting to rust. Guess I could soak the cable in vinegar or something to get rid of the rust... But, on the bright side the cable and reel are both only $~40 as needed. Rather than $160 on the low end for an independent plumber to make a simple house call. I wonder if WD40 might remove some of that rust since it's only in the cable crevices... As long as I don't have to buy a snake to snake out the snake that broke in the drain while I was snaking the drain. Y'know! 😄
Watched a bunch of videos on this but this is the most helpful so far, thank you for your great demonstration of the Auger to get that giant glob of stuff from the drain. Great video.
THANK YOU SOOOOOOOO MUCH!!!! OMG I had a horrible clog in a sink. Tried everything and even got a drum auger but I wasn't using it correctly till I watched you and now I believe its clear WOOHOO!!!!!
Video was very helpful. The snake I have is hand feed only, but, the tip on pulling it back and turning the handle worked great. Leave only approximately 4 inches of snake line from the top. It holds it in place better while it works itself further down the drain. Once that is down I extended more line until there was almost none left. Never saw what was clogging it though. Used this method in my washer drain. Works so far.
Pulling that mass of hair is so satisfying to watch. Can I use this on my toilet? We have to flush 3 times sometimes with bucket water and not sure why.
Haha yes so satisfying yet scary to see what’s going to come out lol. Yes you can use this for toilets as well, but I highly suggest to try using a plunger first. 🙏🏽😊
Thank for the video I improvised a little on my tub shower combo but everything you said was spot on. How am I meant to clean the cable? It smells horrid! Hahaha
Glad I could be of help! What I did to clean the cable was rinse with hot water. If you have a deep sink this would help greatly or just take it outside and just wash it off with mild soap and with the garden hose 👍🏽😊
Take the drain snake tool outside and spray with a garden hose then in a spray bottle, mix 2oz bleach with 12oz water and spray the drain snake cable. Let it set for 20 minutes, rinse with hose water, dry as you wind it back into the tool casing.
Thank you SO much for showing us how to do this! I have to be my own plumber today and I've been very anxious about trying this, so I hope it will work for me.as.simply as it did for you! God bless you!
Fantastic video - narrator is easy to super thorough and easy to understand - gives multiple options and advice - saved me $250 a plumber charged me last time - THANK YOU!
I’m glad to be of service and able to help you! 👍🏽😊🙏🏽
OMG, baking soda and vinegar twice, no luck. Bought a little snaker, like the one you have; followed all of your instructions and bam!! Free flowing water!!! Wonderful video and thank you so much!! Now, maybe you can show us how to install a simple ceiling light fixture??? Please? Thanks again!
Thank you so much for watching! I’m so glad I could be of help. I will definitely make a simple light fixture video! I just installed one on my guest bathroom so please stay tuned! 🙏🏽😊 if that video doesn’t help let me know the specifics you need 👍🏽😊
Best advice to avoid kinking the cable is to only have 4" of it out between the tool and drain opening. Push the cable by hand when you're in a straight section of pipe, no real need to spin it unless you're at a bend or some other resistance like a blockage. Also, put your drill on the slow speed setting and go slowly, don't crank it super fast like you were doing. If the cable jams you will bend/kink it permanently and ruin it. After cleaning it you should let it dry, then add a light coating of oil to prevent rust, before coiling it back in the container.
Thank you so much for this advice 🙏🏽👍🏽😊
Damn I've kinked the cable.
Thank you for your extra advice
Will WD-40 do?
Thanks for the advice!!! 💰
Thanks for the video. I’ve used this before, but a little refresher before I jump under my sink and kink the snake. Thank you, Sir! ✌🏽☺️🙏🏽
Thank you so much! And best of luck on your project my friend! 🙏🏽👍🏽😊 I hope you get the clog out!
Cleared a shower drain today with the help of this video. It was the perfect explanation!
I’m so happy I could help! Thank you 🙏🏽
This is by far the best video explaining how the job is done. I was lost for an hour and your video helped me (and a panicked wife after shower). Thank you so much, you are an amazing person!!!
Thank you so much for the love and support! 🙏🏽😊 I’m glad I could be of help!
Thanks so much for this video. A bathroom sink wouldn’t come unplugged after plunging and using liquid plumber. I checked the P trap and realized it must be farther down. I was nervous to try an auger until I watched your video. I got nervous using it at first when I hit something but tightened it and it kept going. So after weeks of dealing with a clogged sink the auger worked! I didn’t get your same auger, mine is just a hand crank. But I mainly wanted to thank you for the encouragement and easy to follow video that gave me the courage to give this a try with success!
What a beautiful, satisfying sound towards the end!
Oh my god, those sounds of unclogging and clearing is so beautiful!
Brilliant thank you! Saved my parents drain with this video.
This is the best video thank you so much for posting, probably saved us hundreds. You did a great job of explaining at the most simplest terms.
You gave confidence that we can DIY, save some significant dollars. Thank you so much
Hi! Thank You for your Video Drain Plummer Tip Fix Demonstration.! Your *Drain* *Clog* *Repair* was so successfully effective, inside your lovely home, until I thought it was staged!
Thank you for this video!! You made it so easy ❤
I’m glad I could be of help! 🙏🏽😊
Thanks so much for this video I was able to do it in less then 20 minutes. Save me lots of money
Thank you very much. Awesome video and helpful around-the-house tutelage.
Great step by step instructions! Thank you so much.
To avoid sewer gas and bad smell caused by acidic materials, pour baking soda solution at least 10 minutes before your drainage cleaning work. Also use face mask and turn on exhaust fans.
Awesome i didnt know how to use this type of snake and i got to do a sink so thank you very much
I’m glad I could be of help! 👍🏽😊
If you are unclogging your kitchen sink with a coat hanger beware and put a bucket under the sink. Our sink was completely clogged with some water in it. The coat hanger pierced the pipe and water went everywhere. The pipes were very old and would have broken anyway but just as a precaution, put a bucket under it, It would of saved us some panic and a couple hours of cleaning up!
I've only watched two videos and this was perfect. I would not have done this correctly otherwise. The takeaway from the other video is to clean afterwards with baking soda and even use lime juice to help with the smell. I'm wondering if i should get a haircut first before attempting this so i don't start the problem all over again 😂 thank you!!!!
Use lemon juice as it’s more acidic and will eat more off minor soap scum.
@@andrewburgemeister6684 Fair enough! Thanks!
This is the best video, it saves me!
Thank you 🙏🏽 so much!
this helped me out. I realized I was trying to shove the snake instead of using it to remove the clog. It took me a while and the entire 25 foot snake. Nasty stuff coming out.
I bought that exact auger this morning for probably the same problem. Be patient? Don't use force? Sure wish I'd have watched your video first. 🙃
Thank you 🙏🏽
Thanks. Excellent illustration of the use of the tool! 👍
P.S. $78 to ship to England, so I bought a less fancy one (no drill feature) available here for £23 = about $31. You lucky fellows get a better deal!
USA USA USA! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸😁
Thank you! 🙏🏽
this is why i buy a new one every time
excellent instruction how to use augar. Thanks.
Great Video ❤🙌🏾🙏🏾 Off to Lowes I go. THANK YOU
You got this! 👍🏽😊😎
Perfect! Thank you for your help. I now know what to do.
Extremely helpful, thank you very much!
Thank you 🙏🏽! Glad I could be of help!
Good job!
Thank you! 🙏🏽
Awesome job
I’ll give this a try, thanks!
Great information !!!
Omg, that looked like a dookie! Great and satisfying video!
very nice. good catch haha
Good job brother. Thanks for sharing
Thank you 🙏🏽 so much for watching!
Thank you young man!....Now Wish me luck...ZOINKS!
You are welcome! Best of luck 🤞🏽👍🏽😊
@@FixThisHouse I did it! Boy was a it nasty but now all our drains work like new! Thank you so much for the great details to follow in this video. I had no idea how to use what I rushed out to get. Saved me big bucks!
Thank you for your videos
You are very welcome Clint! Thank you for watching! 🙏🏽😊
i wonder what would you have done if there was a X in your frain that could not remove. i have that problem. and that hair you cought would not have pass the X
Excellent.
great demo - great vid - thanks
This is very helpful. Thank you
Nicely done.
Don't forget to change gloves when you use the hand showerhead to lean up.
Air dry the snake and a light oiling to prevent rust.
Keep up the good work. Cheers.
thank you
You are very welcome! 🙏🏽 thank you for watching!
Good tutor video.
Thank you 🙏🏽!
I used one of these and the coil broke off in the drain. I’ve tried pulling it out with needle nose pliers, magnets, you name it, but it is very stuck down there. What do you suggest? An optical camera? Pulling up the whole shower floor and cutting out the pipes? Another auger to push it thru or extract it? Please help!
Thanks m8, greatly appreciated 👍
I had to use a drain snake about a year ago to clear a clogged pipe from a kitchen sink. I was using a borrowed 15 ft unit that came up just short of the blockage. I ended up discovering a short section of pipe that was at a slight incline collecting debris. I was able to cut the pipe out and replace it while lowering the connection so it would flow properly again. I also installed an access "T" that will allow me to use the snake in case of any future issues. Now we own a 25 footer but have yet to need it. The best part is that when I originally called the experts, I was quoted "Up to $1200" as it was a long weekend and an unknown blockage that we couldn't resolve with a snake, draino, or plunger. I said "No thanks" and spent about $45 and three hours and did it myself. The savings were invested in Bitcoin and have tripled in value. so not only did I come out looking handy but a financial genius as well. It looks like Disney World in 2022 is gonna happen for this family.
Yooo!! Bitcoin !! I’ve been trying to study up on that !
Mine tangled the first time I used it while trying to wind it up. It won’t go all the way back in no matter if I do it manually or with the drill. On the plus side it unclogged the drain.
Thanks!
Thanks for the video!
Thank you so much for watching! 🙏🏽
If your shower is also a tub, would the cable break the internal drain stopper mechanism, or get tangled up in it?
Great video thank you.
Why do you have to, Turn and lock it when theres a 90 degrees on pipe?
Turning it slowly will allow the snake to make those bends and snake through different angled pipes 👍🏽
Where can I purchase the same kind of snake drain tool like you use. Thks
Hi! Please look at the link on the bottom description of this video 👍🏽😊🙏🏽
good video where we csn buy
Thank you 🙏🏽! Please check the link on the description for the link to the product?
Thanks so much...
How much does that snake go for usually?
Around $20. Please check out the link on the description of the video 🙏🏽😊👍🏽
Got drunk threw up in my shower now I’m here.
Oh no! Haha 😂
Is the sewer gas smell afterwards normal and does it go away?
Yes it is normal and it will go away, it did when I did mine, just turn on the exhaust fan 👍🏽😊
awsome!
Thank you 🙏🏽
Wow bro
Thank you! Bro!
Preciate it!
Doesn't work in my situation, my bathroom sink drain is plugged, the drain I'm sure hits a vent pipe in the wall leading up 0 (360) deg as well as turn 90 deg turn for the wast water to flow to the main drain. In other words a L shape fitting.
Any who when I put in the snake up through the P trap it wants to enter the vent pipe and not turn into the drain where the blockage is. It's possible that the drain turns down 180 and the vent is 90 deg ? Any body got any suggestion to get the snake to enter the drain and not the vent before I tear everything to rat sh*t.
D
Be patient
this is a good video, want to be youtube friends?
Thank you 🙏🏽! And yes ofcourse!
After using a snake like this twice, I feel that every house should have one. Its 15.00 thats saves ya on an expensive plumbing bill.
Yes I agree! 👍🏽😊
4 years plus the original owner since the house build 😂
Will this work for a toilet
Yes 👍🏽😊
I woulda died if the hanger worked and we never got to see the snake in action.
Haha yes! I was really hoping that hanger worked too 😂
@@FixThisHouse haha. Man. I snaked my toilet as far down as I ever have because of this video. But it’s still clogged !! I couldn’t believe it.
Try again?
Looks like a freaking rat!!! Dang I'm gagging!!! THANKS for the info+++, I'm going in for "my rat" lol 😂😂😂!!
Thank you for watching! Yes it looks like I pulled out rat! Just a heads up, be prepared for the smell when you pull it out, the trap sewer gases will get you puking 🤢..just turn on the exhaust fan. 🙏🏽😊
7:46
I used the snake and my tub is still clogged I used drano 2 bottles but I still have clogged tub
Hi! What length snake did you use? You might need a longer auger. My parents drain had the same issue, they used a 25’ snake didn’t work. Come to find out the clog was a lot further down the line. They ended up using a 50’ snake
This would read like a bad bar joke but; a water filter/purifer adapter, the green part of a dishwashing sponge, and most likely the carcass of a rat is blocking a double L drain layout; what do I need to address first; dissolving the corps*e of the dead rat with sulfuric/muriatic acid/clean liquid sosa (the equivalent of the american draino) OR just directly address the blockage with the drain auger??? I know this isn't* reddit but at least here, video evidence keeps the posers away.
Hope you can guide me through a more viable solution.
🤞🏾🙏🏾🤞🏾
Damm that spinning with the drill probably made it break a pipe line buddy
😅
WHAT IS THE DIAMETER OF THE TIP? 10-15mm?
Wow, that hair ball looked like a dead rat 🐀!!! Great job!!!
Lol! Yes it got my stomach rolling haha. Thank you 🙏🏽
@@FixThisHouse 🤣🥰
may i know wht name this tools?
Thanks for the video! My wife was on the phone with the plumber and I told her to hang up and give me an hour. I bought a similar snake for $10 and we got it unclogged! Probably saved us at least a couple hundred dollars.
I’m glad you got the issue fixed and I was able to help! 🙏🏽😊👍🏽
LITERALLY SAMEE
Nice.
I used that Everytime my good friend samee needs me to unclog a drain from one of her rental properties!....
They wanted 240
Thank you!
I love you💖 why? Because I was feeling completely defeated when I thought I had solved my problem by cleaning out the trap pipe first. Apparently, it was a double clog and I sat down almost in tears with the fear of how much a plumber would cost. Then I remembered I had 25ft snake in my trunk that I never returned from a year ago since I didn't know how to use it but someone recommended I should have one as a home owner. Your video has brought joy to my life in a time of despair so I love you!
I think that drill feature is essential. Saves tons of time.
One thing I disagree with, though. Please don't use that on a high speed setting.
500rpm is the top end of it, and I'd say 200 is fine (that's low speed, high torque mode, and like half throttle on the trigger). And set the torque clutch on the drill to the lowest setting that will turn the snake. Start off slow, then ramp up to where you feel comfortable (up to 500 rpm, at least on my Ridgid model). I run it for about 3 seconds, extend the snake a few inches, then run for another 3 seconds, etc. (If your model has an auto feed like my ridgid, that means 3 seconds free spinning, then 2 advancing, then 3 free spinning, etc.) That gives the drill enough time to catch the clog or clean the drain, and doesn't just hammer it into that clog so it binds. The clutch mode is VERY important because it keeps you from getting that snake bound and then just wrapping it up or kinking it up in the drain.
I wanna tell you that I watched this video did what you said and it worked! Not only that but you aren't trying to be a badass or know it all like most of the other plumbing vids on yt. Thank you so much and God bless you.
Thank you 🙏🏽 so much! Means a lot! I’m glad I could be of help! Please be safe and Much blessings to you and your family 🙏🏽
Let me first just say THANK YOU! You just saved me hundreds of dollars on a plumber. I purchased the exact same drum auger as you did from my local hardware store (True Value) and followed your instructions to the letter. It worked just as you said it would. I even extracted the same giant wet rat-looking clump of hair that you did. Now my shower works great. Thank you again.
Always nice to hear about people going to the local stores. They’re always helpful and polite. I love Home Depot but it’s hard finding help there.
All good instructions and demonstration. One thing I might add is the metal "snake" is often not attached to the wheel. I learned this by surprise, lucky I caught it before it snaked away down to the main system all downhill. I took a piece of blue duct tape and wrapped it at 3 feet before the end, so I have a clue when the cable is almost fully deployed.
Clean and dry the cable after use and use some oil, WD40 or even a bit of motor oil on a rag and run the cable through the oily rag.
Thank goodness for TH-cam!!
WD40... Why didn't I think of that. I bought one last night (Rigid brand), used it at my mom's. Brought it home, rinsed it off w the hose outside, and let it air dry (like directions said) on the sidewalk. Thought about it when I woke up today that humidity increases in the early morning. Went and coiled it back up and noticed it was already starting to rust.
Guess I could soak the cable in vinegar or something to get rid of the rust... But, on the bright side the cable and reel are both only $~40 as needed. Rather than $160 on the low end for an independent plumber to make a simple house call.
I wonder if WD40 might remove some of that rust since it's only in the cable crevices... As long as I don't have to buy a snake to snake out the snake that broke in the drain while I was snaking the drain. Y'know! 😄
Watched a bunch of videos on this but this is the most helpful so far, thank you for your great demonstration of the Auger to get that giant glob of stuff from the drain. Great video.
Thank you so much! 🙏🏽😊
Qp 17th
THANK YOU SOOOOOOOO MUCH!!!! OMG I had a horrible clog in a sink. Tried everything and even got a drum auger but I wasn't using it correctly till I watched you and now I believe its clear WOOHOO!!!!!
Thanks for the video! Used this on a bathroom sink (after removing the p-trap) and finally freed a clog I had tried everything else on!
Video was very helpful. The snake I have is hand feed only, but, the tip on pulling it back and turning the handle worked great. Leave only approximately 4 inches of snake line from the top. It holds it in place better while it works itself further down the drain. Once that is down I extended more line until there was almost none left. Never saw what was clogging it though. Used this method in my washer drain. Works so far.
I’m very glad to be of help! I’m glad you got it fixed! 🙏🏽😊👍🏽
Thank you! Think tip for how to get it around a corner was exactly what I needed! Just after 4:00
Nice job. Thoroughly explained, and yet still quick and concise.
Thank you so much for watching. Thank you for Your kind words 🙏🏽😊
Mine doesn't get anything
This was a perfect tutorial! Thanks for saving me a call to the plumber!
You are most welcome 🙏🏽!
Pulling that mass of hair is so satisfying to watch. Can I use this on my toilet? We have to flush 3 times sometimes with bucket water and not sure why.
Haha yes so satisfying yet scary to see what’s going to come out lol. Yes you can use this for toilets as well, but I highly suggest to try using a plunger first. 🙏🏽😊
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Wish I saw this before calling the plumber... They charged me $300 for 30min work... Lesson learnt
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When using the snake be careful. It might bite you.
Yes 🐍 ! Lol
Good one bud
Thank for the video I improvised a little on my tub shower combo but everything you said was spot on.
How am I meant to clean the cable? It smells horrid! Hahaha
Glad I could be of help! What I did to clean the cable was rinse with hot water. If you have a deep sink this would help greatly or just take it outside and just wash it off with mild soap and with the garden hose 👍🏽😊
Take the drain snake tool outside and spray with a garden hose then in a spray bottle, mix 2oz bleach with 12oz water and spray the drain snake cable. Let it set for 20 minutes, rinse with hose water, dry as you wind it back into the tool casing.
Thank you for the video. Now to find a hazmat suit to tackle our shower.
😂...you are very welcome! It’s not so bad just make sure you turn on the vent. Whatever came out almost made me 🤮 haha
Good man. wish we were all bald after that hair poop? guess you smelled it. lol. thanks fro vid though.
😂…no problem!
Just a note: use your drill on low speed, I noticed you had your DeWalt on high speed.
Thank you for the advice 👍🏽😊
Thank you SO much for showing us how to do this!
I have to be my own plumber today and I've been very anxious about trying this, so I hope it will work for me.as.simply as it did for you!
God bless you!