Author Topic: hehe, - sewerage problem. Moray? (Read 791 times)

Angus · « **on:** November 19, 2007, 05:53:46 PM »

Hello you all.
Now, I have a problem. Plumbing problem. Blocked pipe, - it runs from the Kitchen, so it probably is stuffed with bread-dough flushout and fat.
So, I have pursued the problem with the skill of a hunter, and isolated it into a pipe of only some 8 feet, - but through a lock and under the floor.
The water seeps, so I go and think chemical. However, on the receiving end, there is a septic tank, who's digestion right now is up to the standard of a good ruminant.
So, - do I use some crazy sodium remedy, milder sodium (fat soaking things from the milk industry, - nochloride etc), or just the acid (Saltpeter Acid) from the Dairy shop as well.
I want to dissolve the fat from the pipe without killing the flora in the septic tank, - if possible.
So....suggestions?
A doze of acid, - then a ton of hot water, them sodium + water?
Or just some wire?

All help wholeheartedly welcome....

nirvana · « **Reply #1 on:** November 19, 2007, 05:55:24 PM »

Try and snake it out first then....I guess use one of the mystery solutions. I'm no plumber though, ask Filthy.

mietla · « **Reply #2 on:** November 19, 2007, 06:02:59 PM »

global warming is a scam. Ask Lazs

Louis XVII · « **Reply #3 on:** November 19, 2007, 06:13:45 PM »

RTR · « **Reply #4 on:** November 19, 2007, 06:37:34 PM »

You need eskimo.

He's good at blowing stuff up, and I bet he could get that pipe clear!

RTR

nirvana · « **Reply #5 on:** November 19, 2007, 06:49:17 PM »

I retract my answer and change it to RTR's suggestion.

Angus · « **Reply #6 on:** November 20, 2007, 03:29:59 AM »

Day dawns. It is 9:26 in the morning, but so far up north, it still dark.
I eagerly await for the dawn to fight the problem.
There will be no surrender, and if necessary, chemical attacks will be applied.
Luckily for me, global warming is at full work, so I have some 10 centigrades plus today, instead of minus. So, I don't need gloves, which is good, since I don't have any. Well, there's hardly a winter any more

Viking · « **Reply #7 on:** November 20, 2007, 04:30:41 AM »

Easy for you to say, you're so far south!

Jackal1 · « **Reply #8 on:** November 20, 2007, 05:01:54 AM »

Just use a sewer tape or snake, then hot water.
With a septic tank the worse thing you can do is use a harsh chemical.

Angus · « **Reply #9 on:** November 20, 2007, 05:44:39 AM »

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Originally posted by Viking
Easy for you to say, you're so far south!

Hehe, Norðlendingur.

And Jacka1, TY. Hence the speculation of first using acid, then sodium, or vice versa.

lazs2 · « **Reply #10 on:** November 20, 2007, 08:13:16 AM »

yes.. man made global warming is a scam.

angus.. is there a "cleanout" in the line? it will be a "y" in the pipe with a pipe plug in one leg.. normally 4".

The idea being that you pull/unscrew that plug and run a snake or flush from there. Normally, the kitchen wall has the cleanout.. kitchens are prime suspects for grease plugs. If not... you will have to take some undersink plumbing apart.. you want to get past the "P" trap before you snake it.

an option...you can try water pressure. there are tools but you can run a hose through the window and seal around it with rags in the sink and turn on the water.. the tool is a rubber bladder thingie that expands to fill the drain while letting water into the pipe.

once unplugged (if it wasn't roots that caused the problem or a broken pipe) then you need to once in a while.. run some enzyme product down the line once in a while to eat up the grease.. shouldn't harm the septic..

atco international makes several products. we use "zyme" in commercial lines.

lazs

Louis XVII · « **Reply #11 on:** November 20, 2007, 10:29:04 AM »

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Originally posted by mietla
global warming is a scam. Ask Lazs

...and science is rubbish - ask jackal.

FiLtH · « **Reply #12 on:** November 20, 2007, 12:00:24 PM »

If its a kitchen sink, and any fat is dumped in it, chances are the pipe 5ft from the sink is clogged for quite a few feet. Snakes, unless you use a grease cone dont work well on grease. The cable goes through and then the grease closes back around the hole again.

If you can get to the pipe, the best thing is to cut it out, take it out and push the grease out of it completely into a bucket. Use a stick or something. Then buy two no-hub couplings and put it back in place. Make sure both upstream and downstream lines are clear before re-assembling.

If you cant get at it. Do as suggested. Work the heck out of a snake, and use hot water. Eventually she'll go. Also most people who have garbage disposal dont use enough hot water to chase it down with. In my opinion the disposal is the nastiest thing you can have in a house short of a urinal

Good luck

PS dont use chemicals. Ive seen traps melt right onto the floor then its a heck of a mess to clean up. Besides it does nothing to the grease.

This might help:

Jackal1 · « **Reply #13 on:** November 20, 2007, 01:24:14 PM »

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Originally posted by Louis XVII
...and science is rubbish - ask jackal.

When you are payed to say it, yes it is. It is then the science of the scam.
It doesn`t take a scientist or brain surgeon to clear a clogged line though.
Thank God. Plumbers would then be wearing lab coats.

Dichotomy · « **Reply #14 on:** November 20, 2007, 02:12:26 PM »

Threadjack

I've heard flushing rock salt down your toilet every so often will keep the roots out. Any truth to this rumor?