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Old 09-28-2009, 01:34 PM
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Inside and out side sewer 7 1/2 five gallon buckets full
Not including what flushed out.
They paid $$$$ OH Yes They paid good for that job
All most 4 hours
No Guarantee it does run 100% It's up to them now to keep the whipes and paper towels out.
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Old 09-28-2009, 01:46 PM
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Can u say poopmashie

i had the same thing with diapers once.
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WOW -

First bad tenants and now this

This keeps up, your going to be rich

BTW - Flushing paper towels is bad for the Homeowner, Good for the Plumber
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Old 09-28-2009, 02:18 PM
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I hope the phone keeps ringing
Must be doing something right not much from phone books been mostly referrals
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This thread actually reminded me about this company I used to work for back in the day.

I used to work for this shop that did a ton of commercial drain cleaning and there used to be this one supermarket that had employees that would always flush paper towels down the drain.

The nice part was that it used to happened so often and the stoppage always would be in the house trap.

So as tech's we kinda liked paper towels because one a week we would get a easy job and have to drive to the supermarket just to unclog the house trap

Maybe paper towels are the new Stimulus for Plumbers
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Lately I've seen a lot of wipes, like makeup remover wipes.
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This was loaded open clean out on wye to access inside main packed to the cap
Open clean out at foundation 25 feet away packed to the cap.
Had to be packing up for months. House trap would have been easy but no house trap. Just packed like an 85 foot egg roll
Most paper towels I have ever removed.

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house trap just packed like an 85 foot egg roll
lmao - Giant sewer egg roll, But I know what you mean
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Lately I've seen a lot of wipes, like makeup remover wipes.

Ya, I bet, not only are people getting lazy-er they are also getting careless, like for example flushing all kinds of crazy things.

It's all good news for Plumbers
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Default Re: So you think it's ok to fush paper towels?

Seems every new hygiene product is now "flushable"

That doesn't mean it makes it's way to the street main

It's all my fault really....

For years I asked for a paper towel that didn't turn to shreds after 30 seconds.

Now I got what I wanted

$$$$$
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