Who absolutely HAS to take a shower when plumbers are at your house to fix their problem? The absolute entitlement of some people. Jesus.

Using a wheel chair van for this business was GENIUS. no heavy lifting into the truck

Turn the water off while you're working on the drain line. Fewer surprises that way

The collar is to keep the threads of the clean out from getting trashed. Great attention to detail. 👍

But that tells me there is a break in that pipe, right? How are the tree roots getting into the drain of there's not a hole or crack in the line somewhere

I like how unclogged the blockage and saw how you still had roots and cleared them all out!!!!👍🏻….. good work!!!!

That bathtub in the basement. "It rubs the lotion on its skin."

OK you win. I never thought of getting a handicap van for repairs. Love the lift system because my 3/4 drum unit is almost 280lbs.

I’m a plumber and I drive a retired para-transit bus with the wheel chair lift. My back knees and hips thank me every time I no longer lift sewer machines compressor and generators. I also use it for a staging platform or for a stage to sing to my customers. 🤔 now I know why they close the door so fast.

wheelchair lift for the big compressor is a pro move 🔥

Wow, a lift and 2 people! That’s not how they sent me out back in the day! Thank God for smarter companies, these 2 will enjoy a longer life!!!

The only handy man I respect as a licensed plumber. I love all the cool stuff you do. Keep it up!!

All I would need to see is that van setup unfolding and I'd know I called the right people

Perfect reuse of a retired handicap van with lift!! Perfect!! Smart!! Van may look older and a bit rough but the money savings and saving of their backs is priceless. Well done!

Handyman Sewer Service, Your shit’s our bread and butter!

A temporary fix. you just trim roots that will grow back event thicker. It's best to replace the pipe.

Great vid. Me and my brother replace the kitchen cabinets in one of my mom's rental apartments. Took 2 days 1 day for demo and rough install the second was install and build out from the wall due to drain pipe. After that installed the counter top threw in the sink and plumbed it all together. Alittle drywall touch up. But it came out nice. The renters are super happy. Anyway thanks for your vids you and your crew

I had the same problem at our home here in San Antonio, TX back in the late 1990's & had to call Roto Router every other month. I rented a mini excavator on a holiday weekend & got a free extra day rental because of the holiday weekend. My awesome neighbor helped me for free for 3 days straight replacing the green thin walled sewer pipe with schedule 40 pipe at our home & my Parents home right around the corner from where the pipe exited our homes all the way out to the main 3 foot diameter sewer line where it ended. We haven't had a single problem with the sewer lines since replacing them back then. My awesome Dad paid for all the materials so we saved a lot of money in getting rid of that headache...

I shut the water of when possible in my rental to stop them from flooding them out. Great job cutting the roots.

I’ve had to buy a expensive drain snake like that last month because there nobody within 80 miles that does drainage clogs crazy. Keep up the good work

How have we not mastered this whole "indoor plumbing" thing yet in 2023? It amazes me that after thousands of years of removing waste from our structures, we haven't figured out a method or system that is robust enough that we could literally jam a small pig down a floor drain in our homes without backing up? We seriously can't figure out how to prevent something as slow-moving and harmless as a tree root from disrupting our sewage pipes? I can't believe how antiquated and rudimentary our sewer pipes are that we install today. Most people don't realize that after a few years under ground that buried sewer pipe usually has all sorts of small cracks and open joints for water to seep through, which attracts nearby tree roots and allows our untreated sewage to seep out into the ground. Isn't there some sort of continuously extruded, thick, flexible, plastic product that can produce a single, unbroken, never ending, pipe or something? Kind of like how slipfored concrete curbs use wet cement to form a single continuous curb of any length right on site. Like that, except for sewer pipe! A vat of hot plastic travels along above a trench, extruding pipe as it goes, and after the entire length, it gets cut off, left to cool and harden, then the ends are finished and dressed, and connected to the system. Leaving you with a single durable plastic pipe that can't get crushed easily, no joints to fail, no places for tree roots to push through, etc. Almost seems too easy! Lol. 😅

Neat use of power wheelchair lift to lift heavy machinery and tools in van...

Has dedicated sewer van Gets call to sewer problem Has to call the other guy to bring the sewer van Talks about trying to be organised

I have been in the trenches for years doing plumbing repairs. If it wasn't for preferential treatment, I would probably still be a plumbing tech. I was the call back clean up guy for the company. The company wondered why I wasn't making any money like other techs but they fail to realize that they book the jobs.

TOOK A SHOWER WHILE PLUMBERS WERE THERE. Good god, people 😅😂

The solution is replace the section of pipe. Not keep coming back and trimming roots. There’s obviously a break for the roots to get in which means water is getting out. This is how sinkholes are created!

That old man wants his wheelchair van back, guys!

Sorry that was me in the shower.

Cool work van!

Every time you shred roots out of a drain they come back stronger. Overall the pipe needs to be repaired

This happened at my brothers house and a few months later the roots grew back, so we dug down to the drain line found the roots, cut them away, replaced the damaged section and put salt around the pipe line hoping to discourage the roots from growing back around it. Its been years with no problems.

Thanks for sharing your work. Very interesting and helpful to understand these kinda of scenarios.

Love the work van ❤😎👍🏾

Awesome Van👍

It's always tree roots or baby wipes

Nice job

I have respect for yall! I couldn't work on sewer lines.

Am I the only one that wants a van like yours after watching the volleyball? Lol

Everyone complaining about the shower! I run a faucet when clearing a main sewer to help flush debris! Same thing!

yep, $300 bucks later and they are gone, 4 months later and backed up again. you need the guy with the exposed crack.

the only reason why i have the most massive producing blueberries in the state but it’s in the septic lines ! ❤. love the channel

What a great van, custom H/C. Love the lift.

I like the wheelchair lift for the rodder!

They'll be back when the roots grow back.

That's a good way to get messed up or have a quick fix. Would hate hate hate when some asshole would use the bathroom when I was doing a repair. Inspections ain't that bad it helps to see the functionality of the system. But is nice when people ask

Donald’s always got your back.🤟🏻

I like your snake machine lift. Thats a heck of a back saver. Especially the bigger ones.

It pays nice to know how to do multiple things

Great Job 👍🏼

Plumbers must have incredible immune systems

using that wheelchair loader for your equipment is genius.

Those “ general 91 “ 3/4” line. Are BEASTS!!

Nice Van fellas.

Just tell all the residents that you can see up the drains, so don't take showers nor use the toilets while you're there. You're welcome.

Love that van

Very smart having a wheelchair lift on the van to load the heavy equipment.

Add some rootx right after cutting them. That will kept them from growing back plumbers don’t like to say that because cutting root’s is like us getting a haircut it’s gonna grow back. Rootx works.

I've got a Spartan 1065 sewer machine just like yours. It's a beast!I read a lot of stories about guys damaging their back loading them up. I use a couple of 2x8 wood planks to roll it in and out of my pick up. It's pretty easy. Great job guys!

The use of a wheelchair lift on the van is brilliant. Lol

That van is awesome

Super van looks like a predators van.

Dude I love the use of the handicap accessible van to do all the heavy lifting of the machines that's wicked smart man

And, how fast do those tree roots grow back?

Yes honey, an oak tree will look so nice on this corner of the house

...bindairdundatt!...good job, team!...on go, well be!...

Respect for what you do!! Not these stupid tictok videos labeled RESPECT of a person doing a backflip.

Great idea the Handicap Van, I bet that rerally helps loading that hevi equipment

You're like the ghost busters of the plumbing world 🙌

"TREE ROOTS". Keeps a plumber in business! I see the tree behind the van so.......looks like there's a future dig up of the sewer pipe and new PVC one to replace it coming.

Love that incognito work van... props🤟

Love the handicap lift for loading equipment 👍🏻😎

I bet that van smells nice.

At least they didn't "drop off the kids" while you were working! Don't forget to add the copper sulfate down the line when you're done.

You most likely know this already, but to anyone who doesn't... If there's roots in your sewer line then it needs to be repaired where they are getting in... I met a few plumbers that say you don't have to use glue on sewer lines and I just say okay and glue it anyway because I have seen roots coming in through the joints and plugging the pipe on both sides of the septic tank... They will break the pipe and get in also.

Good job guys

It should be called the poop chute can or the brown mystery machine. Call the dude and say “we have a brown moment, need the brown mystery machine.

Nice handy van

Get called out for a sewer issue, yet leave the sewer equipment at the shop... No wonder plumbers get paid so well...

Turn off the water man! If somebody complaints show them this video.. Ah that was disgusting!😅 Like your videos! Love the different fans with exactly the right tools for the job!

Have you ever tried hydro jetting with the root cutter head. I've done it with my machine I've got a 4,000 PSI 5 gallon per minute 14 horsepower Kohler command engine. It literally eviscerates the roots. You could actually cut through plywood with it it's so strong It just makes it easier than having to run the machine through

My hippie neighbors have to call the plumber once a year at $1000-$1500 a pop to clear out the cottonwood roots from their sewer pipes - and refuse to cut them down. “We love the greenery…”

I appreciate your re-use of a handicap van!

My grandparents had a blue 2003 e150 similar to that fun passenger vehicle I miss it

you guys do God's work. Thank you for what you do!

great handi van repurpose !

Just want to say, smart move getting a van with a wheelchair lift. Double useful.

Break in the MSL to the street. They need to get that line replaced. It’s going to keep happening. Buy once. Cry once.

Roots and you didn't dig it up? Those roots are gonna come back with a vengeance.

That's some mighty fine turd wrestling 😂

Nice work guys

This literally just happened at my folks' place. Tree roots damaged the main pipe under the house. Caused blockage, started failing to drain and just barely backing up. Told them to call in a pro who did everything seen here; camera, etc. House was built in 1883. 40 ft to the street from the access, damage was between access and street. They augered out the pipe, cut the roots, cleaned and flushed it, and then they lined the pipe. $12k CAD later...

You should get an expanding root cutter head it has a spring so you can close it to fit in side 3 inch but it opens up to 4 inch

Nice professional job with the camera to double check ✔ 👏 🤝

That lift on the van is a nice touch

Cutting/clearing the current roots is not a long term fix. The line is damaged/compromised and will continue to leak anything that passes thru the line. Its almost like he says it is fixed and dont worry about those roots to keep growing.

Hourly plumbers ! 😂

That looks exactly like the type of creepy basement where a backup would happen

Yo that plumber van is 🔥

Who ever took the shower was waiting for yall to clap 👏

Great work