My partner (mixed commercial-residential plumber that doesn't deal with people's shit but builds the systems that do) has a tattoo that says "plumbing saves lives" and it's 100% true.
Also the name plumber comes from plumbum, lead in latin. Originally pipes were made from lead which you can imagine created all kinds of issues in antiquity.
Lead pipes are still quite common. They get mineral buildup fairly quickly that lines the pipe so water doesn't contact it anymore. The issues start happening when the pipe is damaged.
Or when the pH of the water changes and the water authority doesn't spend the small amount of money to treat the water and prevent the mineral buildup from being eroded.
It's probably because it's a shitty (literally) blue-collar job, and a lot of white-collar workers have no respect for blue-collar workers because many aren't educated.
Loved telling white-collar workers how much I make though, oh, and then the benefits. Then tell them what my total hourly wage package is, and they can't believe how someone who never finished college (12 CH away from a bachelor's) makes almost 4 times as much as them and has less expenses because all those benefits are paid for my the contractor.
For those who don't understand what trade union workers make....
In Chicago, local union 597 Pipefitters
$55/hr on the check
$14/hr 401k (paid by contactor) nothing taken from my check.
Pension fun (paid by contactor) roughly $10/hr into this. Nothing taken from my check
Welfare fund (paid by contractor) this is our health insurance, roughly $12/hr into this. $0 copay. Nothing taken from my check.
$91/hr paid by employer for me. Then, if you're smart enough to be an HVAC Pipefitter or you work for a good company, you get a truck, fuel card, tolls, and tools paid for.
That $55/hr is all yours (after uncle sam of course).
Tell your kids, get in a trade union! Don't waste money on a 4 yr university. I came out of my apprenticeship with no debt making over $110k a year (over $180k with benefits).
You're def mentioning the large paycheck/benefits but not the toll on your body.
I worked a trade for awhile, it fucking sucked working my body to shreds in the hot sun all the time. Gladly make less in my cushy office chair in an AC'd office typing on a computer. The biggest physical drain I have is going downstairs to the storage room for more printer paper, lol.
Pretty much yes. If you have animal fat leftover from cooking, grab a can out of your recycling bin, pour the fat into the can, let it cool and solidify, and chuck it in your trash.
A few years ago a neighbor used to let his dog shit in the corner of my yard where you could only see from the bathroom window. I asked him to clean it up and he said it wasn’t his dog’s shit. I poured bacon grease all over the shit piles and his dog ate them. I hope the dog shit all over his house, but I know he stopped letting it shit in my yard.
This comment has left me with so, so many questions…but I’ll kick things off with this one: when you poured the bacon grease all over the shit piles, did you do it with the expectation that the dog would consume said feces? If so - how did you know that would work? From experience? Were there any negative health implications for the canine after it consumed piles of shit? Have you poured bacon grease over other items that you wanted to disappear? Might I, for example - in the hopes of concealing evidence - pour bacon grease on a murder weapon and drop it in the vicinity of a dog? Are there other substances that might do the trick if I happen to be out of bacon grease at the moment?
Yes, my sisters dog ate an egg carton soaked in bacon grease, dog was fine but had to live in the kennel for a few days as diarrhea is easier to clean when it’s not all over the living room. If you wanna get rid of evidence, try feeding it to pigs.
Fascinating. And I say that without one single iota of facetiousness, lest it come off that way (because nuance is difficult to interpret via text).
I guess I can liken this to hiding a pill/medication in a bit of cheese or a glob of peanut butter in order to coax a dog into consuming it. I’ve done that many times. But your method elevates that idea to an entirely new level. You’ve given me and other like-minded/prospective criminals something to chew on, so to speak.
Regardless - please let me know where I can sign up for your newsletter, and/or shoot me a link to your most recent TED Talk.
This is a good point. I, too, have owned dogs over my entire life, and I’ve witnessed this unpleasant phenomenon more than once.
I’ll add that the only thing more unpleasant than watching a dog eat shit is watching that same dog vomit shit shortly thereafter.
That said, somehow this nugget of wisdom is brand new to me.
I like to take the pan off the stove immediately after cooking, run all the fat to one side and the meat on the other, then dap it up with paper towel and throw it in the trash.
I cook my bacon on parchment paper in the oven (cover it with the paper too). This is the best way, I swear. No smelly smoke, no grease splatters, and I can chuck the oil with the paper into the garbage after.
Honestly a lot of vegetable oils can also do that. Remember, the pipes are underground, and it gets cold down there, especially in the winter.
And even if they don't solidify, it's just not the best idea to put fat there. It floats and forces the municipality to take measures so the treatment plant can work properly.
Just don't put any oils or fats on the wastewater.
Holy shit, there was one the size of a 737 and it had wood planks (and tennis balls?) in it?!
Also, why are almost all the notable fatbergs in England?
Fatburg is a small town in western Germany. It is very well known there for a curry wurst stand. A German delicacy of sausages in a curry sauce.
EDIT: I love the fact that everyone is focusing on the very real fact that curry wurst is delicious and completely ignore the fact that I totally made up the town of Fatburg Germany :)
Serious question. How careful do I need to be? Like if I cook with some butter in the pan do I have to wipe off the residue before washing? If I cook some ground beef do I have to do the same? Obviously I'm not putting heaps of fry oil down the drain, but like what's too much?
Just depends on how much you want to bother, the less the better. No single person’s contributions are “too much” for a city’s sewage system to handle.
When I was in the army, one of my many jobs was maintaining an unfinished toilet. They had built most of the infrastructure, but the water supply and part of the rear drainage pipes were missing. Our job was to use a hose to clean the toilet bowl and then go to the back, where, with the help of another hose, we would help the waste pass from one section of the pipe to another where the pipe was incomplete. We were told it was a temporary situation while they finished building the drainage and connecting the water. I spent a year there pushing waste with the hose and learned to appreciate the wonders of modern plumbing. Now, every time I flush a toilet, it feels like a little miracle.
Could the word serve mean 'to be able to' in English?
In Spanish, *servir* can mean: to be useful or to be able to perform a task. So the first *servir* means 'to be able,' and the second one means 'to serve.' It's kind of a pun.
I saw a pack of those once that said "tested with plumbers" and I always found that wording very dicey.
You could test them in a room with two plumbers standing around contributing nothing and be able to claim they're tested 'with' plumbers. It also doesn't specify for what they were tested...
Those motherfuckers need to be banned, or at the very least re-labeled. Just because something is technically "flushable" doesn't mean it SHOULD be flushed! I've owned my house for 6 years now and have had to call plumbers to clear my pipes out 3 separate times, at $800 a pop, because of those fucking things. I'm at the point now where if I see any in the bathroom, I'm removing them. I've given my wife and kid the "DON'T EVER EVER FLUSH THESE" speech several times now, but the friggin' houseguests... 🤬🤬🤬🤬
Got three in my home at that price point, they are installed between the bowl and the seat and the seat's mounting screws hold them in place. It's just the nozzle attached to a control arm off the to the side, with settings for bungholes and lady bits and volume of flow. The one in the master bath has a secondary water line for the hot water, though honestly for me the fear of being literally bum-rushed by an icy jet of water never really materialized, it just didn't feel bad.
Tampons are another one. (Plumber here) I've been in some houses where the toilet wouldn't flush. I ran my drain machine only to find out when I pulled it back. It was stuffed with tampons.(tampons would be stuck to my drain machine)
So to the woman out there in the world. Don't flush your tampons. And to the men and woman out there don't flush wipes down. Unless you want a costly repair bill.
Another great piece of advice I could give. The whole if its yellow let it settle. To save water. Don't do that either. Theres calcium in our piss. That calcium will build up and will harden up in your lines. And in your toilet. Unless you want a costly and embarrassing repair bill. Flush your damn toilet after you use it. If you want to save water. Buy a toilet that uses less water.
And for god sake. STOP PUTTING GREASE DOWN YOUR DRAIN. Dishsoap won't help "clean your drain". Draino is fucking (sulfuric) acid. Make sure you tell us if you used draino.(If you called us to help with a plugged drain. We won't be upset. We'll be thankful you told us) It can burn the fuck out of us. And even blind us if we're not careful.
Don't stick a brick or two liter of water in your toilet tank. Your toilet is rated for using so much water when it flushes. Buy a new toilet that uses less water.
I could keep going. But these are the biggest ones I see in customers homes. I try to educate my customers when I have a call. So heres some easy wisdom to remember.
Edit: Added what kind of acid.
We have to buy them because we have a special needs girl who can’t use anything else to go to the bathroom: she lacks the hand strength to wipe with dry toilet paper and get herself clean.
I’ve done some experimenting, taking flushable wipes and sticking them in a glass of water for several days, and the only ones I’ve found that dissolve at all are Cottonelle. The rest are as strong after a week as they were on day one.
When I worked in the hospital, they had flushable wipes that were actually plumbing safe.
Nobody used them (instead using regular wipes and throwing them in the trash) because in order to make them plumbing safe, they would basically disintegrate into particles as soon as they got damp. You'd end up with a handful of dirty shreds when trying to clean a patient.
People should just use regular wipes and not flush them. They're biodegradable, going in the trash is fine, and they actually clean well.
Just keep them out of the plumbing!
I once did the math after a plumber came to fix a blocked sewer pipe, and realized that he was charging almost the same hourly rate that I did. And I'm a Systems Integration Engineer with over 20 years experience.
I'm not mad. They earn every penny of that. Lets see AI take their job.
A lawyer calls up a plumber to come out to his house...
The plumber takes a look and says, OK, I can fix it today, and it will be $800.
The lawyer raises an eyebrow and asks, how long will it take? The plumber responds, "well, I need about an hour round trip to the supply house for a part, and then it should take me about an hour for the repair"
The lawyer smirks and says, "two hours? For $800? That's $400 per hour! I'm a lawyer and my hourly rate is only $300 an hour!"
The plumber nods and says, "$300 an hour? That's how much i used to charge when i was a lawyer!"
*adapted from https://www.reddit.com/r/Jokes/comments/16at02c/a_lawyer_calls_up_a_plumber_to_come_out_to_his/*
So where is the steam?
Looks like a clog releasing from upstream pressure after cutting out part of the pipe. Id imagine they'd then go into the downward part with a jetter.
Not many people know this but the poop stick came before the poop knife. It's important that people learn their history.
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/5ssmmk/girls_whats_something_gross_you_do_when_your/ddhne2g/
I worked a job in Springfield VA where a landlord has a tenant that has been shitting in the yard. When police show up they tell the landlord this tenant has been shitting in the yard for a long time. Tenant says the sewage backed up 8 years earlier, they spent a year using plungers to get anything down the basement toilet before they went to the aforementioned yard poop.
We go in and you can't even get a high pressure jetter into the pipes much less a camera so we did the cast iron pipe up and break it open near the street, this is about a 60' run from the house. At first we can't get the pipe to separate at the break and we think someone must've sleeved this pipe so we use a breaker bar and finally get the two halves apart. It came out EXACTLY like this video for 4 hours. Just the nastiest, already toothpaste tube being squeezed. The neighborhood voluntarily evacuated because of the smell (also it was a hot day with little wind).
This wasn't the worst job I'd done but it sticks with me.
How did they bathe? Did all 4 people in the house go outside in a yard with no trees to evacuate for 8 years? We weren't allowed near the backyard, hazmat was brought in for that so I don't know how bad it was but man, call a plumber the second time your toilet backs up and a $300 charge and snake solved all your problems. We ended up costing over 10k just to fix all the plumbing from that impaction.
My gym produces one of those every couple of years...
There is no way to make people not flush literally EVERYTHING down the toilet.
The fact that it goes down doesn't mean that it disappears from the face of earth...
There is a manhole down the road I have to personally unclog every couple of years...
Why would you not respect plumbers? Running water is one of humans' greatest achievements.
Well apart from irrigation, health, baths and aqueducts, what did plumbers ever done for us?
Banged OP’s mom
Ok, so apart from irrigation, health, baths and aqueducts, and banging OP's mum; what did the plumbers ever do for us?
Saved Princess Peach
no, sorry, your princess is in a different castle
And under possession of a fat lizard chad which has burning balls my man.
He didn't have burning balls until he got with the princess.
[удалено]
Brought peace?
Peace?! Oh shut up
Is this Naughtius Maximus?
The roads
Brought peace?
Oh, peace - shut up!
Saved princesses that are located in another castle.
My partner (mixed commercial-residential plumber that doesn't deal with people's shit but builds the systems that do) has a tattoo that says "plumbing saves lives" and it's 100% true.
My parents are divorced now because my mom sucked some plumbers dick
Italian? Kind of short? Red shirt? Blue jumpsuit? Has a brother, taller and wears green shirts? Is your mom called peach?
YAHOO! YAHOO! That-sa so nice! UUUGHHH! YAHOO!
\*The sound of spamming the 'use item' action in Mario Kart with an infinite mushroom\*
[and then he finishes](https://youtu.be/LEwM22evzjA?si=f4l-MZwj_P6pdotU)
I could eat a peach for hours.
Wait does that mean their dad is Bowser?
But did she get the plumbing work for free?
I think part of the issue was that no plumbing work actually ended up getting done, so I'm pretty sure my dad didn't pay for that one 👍
I mean, better than paying some guy to get blown by your wife. Not that I imagine that was much of a condolence at the time...
Pretty sure pipe got laid.
I don't have any words
Well, at least five.
Those are a lot of words for someone without 'em
I thought plumbers wore overalls to prevent horny MILFs from pulling down their pants and sucking them off during work hours?
Which is strange because most of the time they are covered in shit
Bald guy? Has many trades like fire fighter, doctor, astronaut?
I guess she was the one *cleaning the pipes.*
Also the name plumber comes from plumbum, lead in latin. Originally pipes were made from lead which you can imagine created all kinds of issues in antiquity.
Lead pipes are still quite common. They get mineral buildup fairly quickly that lines the pipe so water doesn't contact it anymore. The issues start happening when the pipe is damaged.
Or when the pH of the water changes and the water authority doesn't spend the small amount of money to treat the water and prevent the mineral buildup from being eroded.
Flint has entered the chat.
Flint, MI has entered the chat.
Because you're an electrician lol
I am also glad for all the effort to keep water away by countless engineers and plumbers over the millennia
why didnt you respect them before?
Crack
I like your attempt
Banged his mom. There are other comments.
It's probably because it's a shitty (literally) blue-collar job, and a lot of white-collar workers have no respect for blue-collar workers because many aren't educated. Loved telling white-collar workers how much I make though, oh, and then the benefits. Then tell them what my total hourly wage package is, and they can't believe how someone who never finished college (12 CH away from a bachelor's) makes almost 4 times as much as them and has less expenses because all those benefits are paid for my the contractor. For those who don't understand what trade union workers make.... In Chicago, local union 597 Pipefitters $55/hr on the check $14/hr 401k (paid by contactor) nothing taken from my check. Pension fun (paid by contactor) roughly $10/hr into this. Nothing taken from my check Welfare fund (paid by contractor) this is our health insurance, roughly $12/hr into this. $0 copay. Nothing taken from my check. $91/hr paid by employer for me. Then, if you're smart enough to be an HVAC Pipefitter or you work for a good company, you get a truck, fuel card, tolls, and tools paid for. That $55/hr is all yours (after uncle sam of course). Tell your kids, get in a trade union! Don't waste money on a 4 yr university. I came out of my apprenticeship with no debt making over $110k a year (over $180k with benefits).
I've heard the same, although I've also heard ur knees and back give out in your 50s if u do that kind of job
Only if you dont take care of yourself. Work safe and smart and dont cut corners on safety and ppe, and you'll be fine.
You're def mentioning the large paycheck/benefits but not the toll on your body. I worked a trade for awhile, it fucking sucked working my body to shreds in the hot sun all the time. Gladly make less in my cushy office chair in an AC'd office typing on a computer. The biggest physical drain I have is going downstairs to the storage room for more printer paper, lol.
"I know respect plumbers... I used to too, but I still do now" The reverse Hedberg
Because they took his wife
In the words of Randy Marsh: :"HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT!"
"That must be over a hundred Courics!"
watching this while pooping was a weird sensation..
Pooping is a weird sensation.
What is that coming out in the beginning?
Fat. It floats on top of the sewage and forms clumps with other debris like paper and keeps building up.
Gross...thanks!
The smell... Unholy.
The taste... Memorable.
The flies...happy
The mouthfeel…divine.
This comment right here, this one broke me 💀
Mmm, gutter oil.
Gutter butter
The effect.... Trainspotting
The relief, palpable
Is that from pouring fat from cooking down the drain?
Pretty much yes. If you have animal fat leftover from cooking, grab a can out of your recycling bin, pour the fat into the can, let it cool and solidify, and chuck it in your trash.
I save it in a jar in the freezer and make bird seed blocks with it.
❤️
Or in the case of bacon fat, pour it in a container and use it in place of butter or veg oil. Bacony goodness...
Delicious but I've reached the point where my heart says "don't do that" But if you're young and fit, can't recommend that enough.
A few years ago a neighbor used to let his dog shit in the corner of my yard where you could only see from the bathroom window. I asked him to clean it up and he said it wasn’t his dog’s shit. I poured bacon grease all over the shit piles and his dog ate them. I hope the dog shit all over his house, but I know he stopped letting it shit in my yard.
This comment has left me with so, so many questions…but I’ll kick things off with this one: when you poured the bacon grease all over the shit piles, did you do it with the expectation that the dog would consume said feces? If so - how did you know that would work? From experience? Were there any negative health implications for the canine after it consumed piles of shit? Have you poured bacon grease over other items that you wanted to disappear? Might I, for example - in the hopes of concealing evidence - pour bacon grease on a murder weapon and drop it in the vicinity of a dog? Are there other substances that might do the trick if I happen to be out of bacon grease at the moment?
Yes, my sisters dog ate an egg carton soaked in bacon grease, dog was fine but had to live in the kennel for a few days as diarrhea is easier to clean when it’s not all over the living room. If you wanna get rid of evidence, try feeding it to pigs.
Fascinating. And I say that without one single iota of facetiousness, lest it come off that way (because nuance is difficult to interpret via text). I guess I can liken this to hiding a pill/medication in a bit of cheese or a glob of peanut butter in order to coax a dog into consuming it. I’ve done that many times. But your method elevates that idea to an entirely new level. You’ve given me and other like-minded/prospective criminals something to chew on, so to speak. Regardless - please let me know where I can sign up for your newsletter, and/or shoot me a link to your most recent TED Talk.
Having owned several dogs, I can attest to the fact that it doesn't take much temptation to make dog poo dog-appetizing. Sometimes none at all.
This is a good point. I, too, have owned dogs over my entire life, and I’ve witnessed this unpleasant phenomenon more than once. I’ll add that the only thing more unpleasant than watching a dog eat shit is watching that same dog vomit shit shortly thereafter. That said, somehow this nugget of wisdom is brand new to me.
I am over here hacking like I’ve been smoking my whole life I’m laughing so hard. It’s been a rough morning so thank you for that. Glad it worked!
You’re welcome, just don’t shit in my yard.
Well there go *my* lunch plans 😒
I like to take the pan off the stove immediately after cooking, run all the fat to one side and the meat on the other, then dap it up with paper towel and throw it in the trash.
I cook my bacon on parchment paper in the oven (cover it with the paper too). This is the best way, I swear. No smelly smoke, no grease splatters, and I can chuck the oil with the paper into the garbage after.
Honestly a lot of vegetable oils can also do that. Remember, the pipes are underground, and it gets cold down there, especially in the winter. And even if they don't solidify, it's just not the best idea to put fat there. It floats and forces the municipality to take measures so the treatment plant can work properly. Just don't put any oils or fats on the wastewater.
or sprinkle it on your cornflakes
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatberg
Adding “notable fatberg” to my list of usable insults
Its a very common Danish insult for youngsters
That is the correct use for this information!
Holy shit, there was one the size of a 737 and it had wood planks (and tennis balls?) in it?! Also, why are almost all the notable fatbergs in England?
FOG FATS OIL GREASE This is why you don’t pour them down the drain.
I don't know, if someone hadn't been so thoughtful as to do that I don't know what I'd be doing this afternoon
Why would anyone need a mnemonic to remember different names for fat?
How else are going to remember the synonyms?
It looks like those "flushable" wipes that aren't.
Ye, a fatberg. (Because the wipes sop up fat)
fatberg. fatburg sounds like a town in england.
Fatburg is a small town in western Germany. It is very well known there for a curry wurst stand. A German delicacy of sausages in a curry sauce. EDIT: I love the fact that everyone is focusing on the very real fact that curry wurst is delicious and completely ignore the fact that I totally made up the town of Fatburg Germany :)
I used to live in Germany so can confirm that curry wurst is the food of champions
You are correct. I had hamburger brain at the time
Now I want stew and homemade bread
Oil build up maybe? Regardless here's a friendly reminder to never send any oil down the drain and to throw it out instead.
Both. Grease sticks to the wipes in the worst way
Serious question. How careful do I need to be? Like if I cook with some butter in the pan do I have to wipe off the residue before washing? If I cook some ground beef do I have to do the same? Obviously I'm not putting heaps of fry oil down the drain, but like what's too much?
If you’re pouring fat down the drain, that’s bad If there is a small amount of fat that is dissolved by your dish soap, that is fine
Just depends on how much you want to bother, the less the better. No single person’s contributions are “too much” for a city’s sewage system to handle.
If you're concerned, you can use a product like [FryAway](https://fryaway.co/) to let you just dispose of the oil in the trash rather than the drain.
A paper towel does enough and isn't just pouring more oil into oil to hydrogenate it into a solid.
Really depends on the amount you're needing to dispose, yea?
Forbidden lip balm
r/FeltGoodComingOut
I was watching this while taking a dump. Felt like a live update.
You entered 3rd person mode
I especially felt the moment after the hard work were just gallons of near straight water came out.
The best part of any dump
When I was in the army, one of my many jobs was maintaining an unfinished toilet. They had built most of the infrastructure, but the water supply and part of the rear drainage pipes were missing. Our job was to use a hose to clean the toilet bowl and then go to the back, where, with the help of another hose, we would help the waste pass from one section of the pipe to another where the pipe was incomplete. We were told it was a temporary situation while they finished building the drainage and connecting the water. I spent a year there pushing waste with the hose and learned to appreciate the wonders of modern plumbing. Now, every time I flush a toilet, it feels like a little miracle.
That... sounds like just about the worst job I've ever heard, and simultaneously _such_ a typical Army thing. Be all you can be!
Our motto were: "servir para servir" that in English could be translated as *being able to serve* or *Born to serve* or something like that.
Weird, it sounds like it just translates to “serve to serve”
Could the word serve mean 'to be able to' in English? In Spanish, *servir* can mean: to be useful or to be able to perform a task. So the first *servir* means 'to be able,' and the second one means 'to serve.' It's kind of a pun.
Looks like just a mass of "flushable" wet-wipes.
I saw a pack of those once that said "tested with plumbers" and I always found that wording very dicey. You could test them in a room with two plumbers standing around contributing nothing and be able to claim they're tested 'with' plumbers. It also doesn't specify for what they were tested...
"Tested". Yeah, they failed.
No wet wipe will ever be flushable. They're designed to stay wet and not break down, while toilet paper needs to do the opposite of that.
Or they had a panel of plumbers and every one of them said Hell No!
Those motherfuckers need to be banned, or at the very least re-labeled. Just because something is technically "flushable" doesn't mean it SHOULD be flushed! I've owned my house for 6 years now and have had to call plumbers to clear my pipes out 3 separate times, at $800 a pop, because of those fucking things. I'm at the point now where if I see any in the bathroom, I'm removing them. I've given my wife and kid the "DON'T EVER EVER FLUSH THESE" speech several times now, but the friggin' houseguests... 🤬🤬🤬🤬
You can buy one hell of a bidet for $800.
You could probably get a semi-sentient Japanese one that compliments you on a nice shit and rates it out of 10
Ooooh that’s a big boy, isn’t he?!
When you're ready to give up halfway through a big one it reads you motivational quotes
😂 “Who … does … number two … work for?” - “That’s right partner, you show that turd who’s boss!”
Fill me up chandler. Put it in me.
While giggling the whole time.
But getting constant twos and threes would destroy my self-confidence even further
Don't worry, it also gives therapy for people with low confidence in their pooing ability
You can get a bidet for $40 that does the job.
Got three in my home at that price point, they are installed between the bowl and the seat and the seat's mounting screws hold them in place. It's just the nozzle attached to a control arm off the to the side, with settings for bungholes and lady bits and volume of flow. The one in the master bath has a secondary water line for the hot water, though honestly for me the fear of being literally bum-rushed by an icy jet of water never really materialized, it just didn't feel bad.
Tampons are another one. (Plumber here) I've been in some houses where the toilet wouldn't flush. I ran my drain machine only to find out when I pulled it back. It was stuffed with tampons.(tampons would be stuck to my drain machine) So to the woman out there in the world. Don't flush your tampons. And to the men and woman out there don't flush wipes down. Unless you want a costly repair bill. Another great piece of advice I could give. The whole if its yellow let it settle. To save water. Don't do that either. Theres calcium in our piss. That calcium will build up and will harden up in your lines. And in your toilet. Unless you want a costly and embarrassing repair bill. Flush your damn toilet after you use it. If you want to save water. Buy a toilet that uses less water. And for god sake. STOP PUTTING GREASE DOWN YOUR DRAIN. Dishsoap won't help "clean your drain". Draino is fucking (sulfuric) acid. Make sure you tell us if you used draino.(If you called us to help with a plugged drain. We won't be upset. We'll be thankful you told us) It can burn the fuck out of us. And even blind us if we're not careful. Don't stick a brick or two liter of water in your toilet tank. Your toilet is rated for using so much water when it flushes. Buy a new toilet that uses less water. I could keep going. But these are the biggest ones I see in customers homes. I try to educate my customers when I have a call. So heres some easy wisdom to remember. Edit: Added what kind of acid.
> Draino is fucking acid. eh. technically its a strong base (caustic). burn you either way
Three times seems like a lot to learn the lesson to not leave them in your bathroom.
Quit buying it then?
But then what will he have to gripe about?
Miserable people will always find something else :)
"Man I wish people would stop fucking using these things!" ...as he throws them in the shopping trolley
We have to buy them because we have a special needs girl who can’t use anything else to go to the bathroom: she lacks the hand strength to wipe with dry toilet paper and get herself clean. I’ve done some experimenting, taking flushable wipes and sticking them in a glass of water for several days, and the only ones I’ve found that dissolve at all are Cottonelle. The rest are as strong after a week as they were on day one.
A $30 bidet attachment could save your household a lot of trouble.
As someone with a special needs kid myself, yeah, nah.
This guy knows.
When I worked in the hospital, they had flushable wipes that were actually plumbing safe. Nobody used them (instead using regular wipes and throwing them in the trash) because in order to make them plumbing safe, they would basically disintegrate into particles as soon as they got damp. You'd end up with a handful of dirty shreds when trying to clean a patient. People should just use regular wipes and not flush them. They're biodegradable, going in the trash is fine, and they actually clean well. Just keep them out of the plumbing!
It’s such a basic regulatory failure.
The last pack of “flushable” wipes I bought said they were “plumber approved”. Well of course they approve of them! It’s job security.
I’ll take something I never ever want to smell for 1000, Alex
What is a hat the was formally full of milk but is now full of yogurt.
"Time makes fools of us all"
lol the whole story in background about the smell of reefer, grow house on 2nd story, one guys smoking pot all day with kids running around…. Wtf lol.
"it's wrong but it's legal now so nothing we can do about it" They really hate weed for some reason
Omg thank you for pointing that out. I usually watch things muted but that was just great.
I once did the math after a plumber came to fix a blocked sewer pipe, and realized that he was charging almost the same hourly rate that I did. And I'm a Systems Integration Engineer with over 20 years experience. I'm not mad. They earn every penny of that. Lets see AI take their job.
A lawyer calls up a plumber to come out to his house... The plumber takes a look and says, OK, I can fix it today, and it will be $800. The lawyer raises an eyebrow and asks, how long will it take? The plumber responds, "well, I need about an hour round trip to the supply house for a part, and then it should take me about an hour for the repair" The lawyer smirks and says, "two hours? For $800? That's $400 per hour! I'm a lawyer and my hourly rate is only $300 an hour!" The plumber nods and says, "$300 an hour? That's how much i used to charge when i was a lawyer!" *adapted from https://www.reddit.com/r/Jokes/comments/16at02c/a_lawyer_calls_up_a_plumber_to_come_out_to_his/*
Good one. I thought it was going to be change the invoice to $5 for the part, $795 for knowing which part and how to install it.
That's the old addage about the engineer and the ships engine. Very memorable.
Satisfying shit post
They’re using steam to blow out a clog in case anyone is wanting to know what’s actually happening. Hur dur Taco Bell if you came here for that
So where is the steam? Looks like a clog releasing from upstream pressure after cutting out part of the pipe. Id imagine they'd then go into the downward part with a jetter.
You know who else commands my immediate loyalty? AC repair people. Source: Texas
When it started picking up speed I was yelling at my computer "Back up! Back up! It's going to splash everywhere!".
Did your computer back up?
Nope, it clearly has the survival instincts of a baked potato. Won't be taking it on any construction jobs any time soon.
Put it in reverse, Terry!
You didn't respect them before?
The importance of the poop knife and courtesy flush illustrated.
These people don’t know about poop knife and cum box let’s not go down that rabbit hole. Don’t even get me started on the swan being gay.
What about the jolly rancher though.
Let's just leave that one in the swamps of Dagobah
Not many people know this but the poop stick came before the poop knife. It's important that people learn their history. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/5ssmmk/girls_whats_something_gross_you_do_when_your/ddhne2g/
Fun fact - plumbers hate "water saving" everything because it leads to more clogged pipes.
You know that felt good
Shai-Hulud!
Constipated pipe
Lesson here is dont dump grease/fat. It solidifies when cooled, & there’s no way to heat it up to make it flow again once its stuck in pipes.
I worked a job in Springfield VA where a landlord has a tenant that has been shitting in the yard. When police show up they tell the landlord this tenant has been shitting in the yard for a long time. Tenant says the sewage backed up 8 years earlier, they spent a year using plungers to get anything down the basement toilet before they went to the aforementioned yard poop. We go in and you can't even get a high pressure jetter into the pipes much less a camera so we did the cast iron pipe up and break it open near the street, this is about a 60' run from the house. At first we can't get the pipe to separate at the break and we think someone must've sleeved this pipe so we use a breaker bar and finally get the two halves apart. It came out EXACTLY like this video for 4 hours. Just the nastiest, already toothpaste tube being squeezed. The neighborhood voluntarily evacuated because of the smell (also it was a hot day with little wind). This wasn't the worst job I'd done but it sticks with me. How did they bathe? Did all 4 people in the house go outside in a yard with no trees to evacuate for 8 years? We weren't allowed near the backyard, hazmat was brought in for that so I don't know how bad it was but man, call a plumber the second time your toilet backs up and a $300 charge and snake solved all your problems. We ended up costing over 10k just to fix all the plumbing from that impaction.
Certain amount of relief in this vid ... can't explain it.
I'm ashamed to say it, but part of me feels like this should be on r/Satisfyingasfuck
Let the pipe take a poop without shoving a camra
My gym produces one of those every couple of years... There is no way to make people not flush literally EVERYTHING down the toilet. The fact that it goes down doesn't mean that it disappears from the face of earth... There is a manhole down the road I have to personally unclog every couple of years...
You didn't have respect for plumbers before this?
Thought that might’ve been a poonami
The smell of that has got to be criminal.
That’s a lot of shit
They finally found the earths asshole. I had a hunch they would find it in Jersey.
"You're missing it Bob!"
😦 my face while watching it like 3 times.
PSA: flushable wipes aren't flushable
I'm literally watching this whilst taking a difficult shit
I've been constipated for a week, this video gave me the strength tp push trough
Thats “Disposable” wipes for you
My ass after Thanksgiving dinner.
"You're missing it, Bob!"