Thread: Clearing roots/blockages from pipes...

Just pulled this contraption through my culvert pipe, cleared it effortlessly!
Used a wire rope and pulley to make it work in a tight spot.

Hammered 8m of 40mm angle through the crap in the pipe, then pulled the wire back through before hooking up the 'thing' at the end.

Anyone who thinks they could use it is welcome to borrow it, the wire rope is not mine so thats not available sorry.

Originally Posted by muzza

what was your contingency plan if it had got stuck?

Good point.... I reckon another cable or chain hooked up to the other end should make it pretty safe.

It is 200mm diameter, I put it through a 215mm id pipe.
Thought about grinding an edge onto the 'thing' to help cut through roots etc but it went fine so didn't bother

How would it go for curing constipation?

Asking for a friend.

I have one of these, used on water blaster, has three jets so self centres in culvert pipe, has been used on cow shed milk pipework and cleaning bore water casings...fits down a 25 mm pipe...cuts through small roots in culverts.

Originally Posted by Max Headroom

How would it go for curing constipation?

Asking for a friend.

Mine will do that...as above

Originally Posted by Max Headroom

How would it go for curing constipation?

Asking for a friend.

Best for constipation is to sit on a block of cheese and swallow a rat.

Looks like someone chopped the top off an argon bottle

Whats wrong with a 1/4 stick of jelly?? At least when it went awry it was spectacular (for us kids anyway) . . . . . Dad no so much!

For those with smaller pipes ie the bathroom basin, toothpaste and hair can be a really bugger combined they stick like yep that to a blanket.

Drain flush would be what most people say. But if left to long it will melt your plastic pipes.

Get on can of baking soda, caustic soda (same thing) two bottles of cheap as white vinegar (don’t use your wife’s expensive cooking vinegar you might end up down the drain as well, have that t shirt)

Now pour in the whole tin of baking soda then pour in the two bottles of white vinegar..now go have a cup of tea or what ever and leave that to foam and bubble away. Then flush through with hot water. Will clear most slow and mildly blocked drains.

Originally Posted by Tommy

Looks like someone chopped the top off an argon bottle

Yup, the rest of the bottle is a pedestal stand for a bench grinder, a very, very strong pedestal stand for a grinder.

Originally Posted by Max Headroom

How would it go for curing constipation?

Asking for a friend.

tuna cracker works well but make sure you coat it in ky jelly so it inserts easier before lighting

The trades man I was working with once lost a stack of plunging rods down the drain. The cost of repairing the nfosructure that we damaged plus recovering the rods , made for a very expensive bill. Gunner has the right idea

Originally Posted by Mauser308

the face print in the toilet ceiling shows the shock I was experiencing.

Photo's.

Originally Posted by Gapped axe

The trades man I was working with once lost a stack of plunging rods down the drain. The cost of repairing the nfosructure that we damaged plus recovering the rods , made for a very expensive bill. Gunner has the right idea

How did he fuck that up? Twisting it the wrong way?

Originally Posted by 7mmwsm

That's a bit boring. I had visions of you making something quite sinister out of it.

I just scored a pile casing.... 900 diameter, just under 20mm wall thickness and about a metre long.

The worlds biggest double happy?