the blob

[PLUMBER RICK]

have you had one of those stoppages that was just waiting to ooze out. comes out like heavy gravy/ pudding:duck:

i call it the blob.

this was a rental unit above the garage. the 4'' clay line was in a 18' x 18'' hole and after pumping out the water and sludge, i saw the clay line was just an open troff.

after attacking the 62' run with my k-60. the owner told me there was a buried c/o in the yard. removed the jim cap and here comes the blob.

gallons of heavy thick gravy. so much that any attempt to work near the c/o would be a mess.

took out my trusty 1.25'' and timberwolf and continued through the nasty stuff to clear.

what do you call the blob?

rick.

[gear junkie]

Crap comes to mind.

[stxrus]

i believe the forum would censor it as "****".

i was called to a restaurant with another kitchen sink drain blockage. always got through in the past, but this time i just kept returning grease and the water wouldn't go down. the guy in charge of "maintenance" mumbles something under his breath and grabs a shovel. he finally uncovers a C/O about 90 feet from the grease trap. he grabs an old channel lock (that had seen better days...before it had been used as a hammer, pry bar, widget doohickey, etc) and opens the cap. i swear a 2 1/2 foot long x 4" thick tube of congealed grease (and who knows what else) rises into the air before it falls over and the ensuing mess covers the parking area.

my work was done, i got paid, and went home. my freaking cable smelled like that grease "blob" for over a week.

steve

[Service Guy]

An old boss of mine way back when had a saying...."People see me with my clothes all dirty and hands dirty, they see dirt, I see money."
I call the blob, "money."

[All Clear Sewer]

I call it the "wet concrete" like stuff :D I see that stuff about 5 times a week.

Hey :thisthreadisworthle ....rotflmao

[gear junkie]

i swear a 2 1/2 foot long x 4" thick tube of congealed grease (and who knows what else) rises into the air before it falls over and the ensuing mess covers the parking area.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYRncYIKryo&feature=related

Did it look like this? BTW, I must be a real plumber-I watched the video while eating oatmeal and didn't even flinch.

[stxrus]

[URL]Did it look like this?

hard to tell from the "quality" of the vid. picture, if you will, squeezing a 4" wide tune of yellowisg/gray toothpaste straight up. i'm glad i was 90' away when it vesuviused (like Mt. Vesuvious erupting).

steve

[All Clear Sewer]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYRncYIKryo&feature=related

Did it look like this? BTW, I must be a real plumber-I watched the video while eating oatmeal and didn't even flinch.
That was funny "looks like a big turd" :killingme:

[PLUMBER RICK]

the commentary was better than the stoppage.

when the stoppage is all black and reaks, you know it's been there for a long time.

a couple years back, i had one that actulally filled a 2' x 4'' ditch over a foot deep. the line was over 100' developed length and the pipe was offset 6'' downstream. this was a guest house that never head steady guest.

my buddy steve sent one of his helpers. he lost it when it oozed out:barf:

i was glad that i had already cleared the downstream section and wa able to hose it all downstream and i was back in the ditch in 15 minutes.

the helper wasn't hungry that day:D

rick.

[Ace Sewer]

Had a better one at the local cop shop; sorry no vid avail. Fozen 6" line oozed/extruded for 30 sec or so after I cut a hole in the mass before cutting loose. No-one ralphed, but I've had all kinds of congratulatory comments from the city worker folks, espcially as I had to pee right then so just peed in the manhole. One guy is like in awe I whipped it out in front of the PO-lice and didn't get arrested for exposure or something. Whatever; it was at night in winter there was no-one around but us worker bees and that's where it is going anyway; I'm glad I didn't lose it to exposure.

Thats why I jet; I've snaked right thru 'the blob' and had it close up behind the cable on several occaisons. Never with a jetter.

[All Clear Sewer]

it seem`s I have a problem like that once in a while. I get called out to clear a sewer and start working and have to pee.....lol :killingme: When you got to go you just got to go :killingme: