Use Riddex (copper sulfate) to kill the roots. Flush down the toilet at night and let it sit to do its work.

exactly what i was wondering.. "heres some broken pipe, we'll flush that down" but wheres the damage????

What ended up happening?

@@ChadAmI80 long story, so they did end up jetting, (they didn’t bring a shop vac) so I ended up using my little 2-3 gallon vac. We just happened to have a large trash can that I would empty out every thirty seconds, we filled up the trash can with sludge, he got the jetter hose stuck. He came back a few days later with a large vacuum truck so they could jet longer without it backing up, still didn’t help. They charged 650.00 for the jetting 400.00 for the vacuum truck and just said we will get the hose out when we come back to do the plumbing. I hired a different company and they ended up breaking the jet hose it’s been a nightmare.

Sounds like you hired the Guy's Called "Can't get Right" and then the next time Maybe make sure that they have a Good Camera Setup and the guy that I like watching is the Penetrator Blocked Drains and he is out of Australia and he is good with the Drain's that he cleans...

The Jetter is 4000 psi overall but not to go over 3800 psi when jetting.

Use Riddex root killer every few months. It's copper sulfate.

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I can’t answer that one, but what I do know is that I have seen inspection cameras like this, that cost near $15k insane.

Rigid

About 2500psi during this job.

If I had to make an educated guess I would say the Jetter unit is most likely a tow behind that hose is 3/8 diameter with a warthog Jetter nozzle those units can operate anywhere from 3000 to 4500 psi at anywhere from 7 1/2 to 10 gallons a minute. When utilizing large nozzles like that it's all about water volume over water pressure. There are different size hoses and nozzles and configurations for specific jobs.

Only if pvc is cracked from severe bowing effect, usually if large boulder landscape rocks or heavy machinery driven over it

Green's Plumbing Co How do you charge for the camera/ jet the video job for example?

Every other year, but prob should do every year. Get a flushable root killer as well. Use weekly

Probably not in this case. I saw a Y. Looks like a neighbor is tied into this line as well

I Ran a hydro Jet for years. They have different nozzles for roots and plugged lines. I designed a nozzle that will not hang up on a misaligned pipe, or broken pipe or a root filled pipe. For rust build up they have a nozzle that will clear the pipe of all hard rust build up.

Ridgid flex shaft or picote mini with sandpaper flaps will work better for rust or chain head

When roots dig though it, yes.

Ask your neighbours/family if it is a fair rate. Do you have a tradesman review site you could access to see what other people think of their pricing? Remember the plumbers have their overheads to consider when pricing the job. That said, it will still probably be cheaper than digging it all up and replacing the pipes.

Yo t cobro 150

I paid $500 6 years ago. I tried my speedrooter, they tried their I guess spartan, they brought in a tow behind jetter. Yeah…..it’s worth every dime if it works. But that sag in that pipe on this video, ain’t never gonna get right. That’s gonna have to be fixed.

I've seen it done inside. The machine is outside with a long feed line running into the building.

I did that job some days for Toronto water We didn't want to go inside because if the jet or snake got caught the city would be in a very expensive position to have to dig it out

Put a man on the moon you think we know how to do this

Why is this the bane of existence for homeowners

Doubtful. Sorry to say.

There is a bladder Insert that is impacted with resin epoxy stuff and forced through. It does reduce Internal diameter of pipe but pipe is usable after. Saw many cities using it on tv and some on KZfaq

Gallons per minute???

Apparently he doesn’t answer

I paid $750

@@alcopower5710: Selassie: Bless. Well done.

Every district has their price to clean a pipe. Pipes comes in many sizes plus if a line is broke from tree roots the pipe would be full of mud, sand, rock, and broken pieces of pipe.

300.00 first hour here in West Texas.

@@LemonySnicket-EUC damn. $700 in California and that was for just an hour.

Cost me 100 bucks off Amazon, and 120 bucks at home depot. I had the setup for 2 hrs and ran out of pipes to clean at my house. Rocks, roots, asshole daughter's tampons, and a matchbox car. And did my neighbor's just for fun. 1600 psi pump from home depot, cheap electric works just fine and safe to use in your basement.

@@hellogoodbye3129: I'm sure your neighbor's reward was fun.

If the roots are minimal, root killer might help. But it takes days to work. Running water will wash it away. If it does work you will need to use it every few months.

I'm a plumber. Drain cleaners make a commission when they sell dig jobs, so they'll always want to dig. If it's one root, just jet it.

You’re being scammed High pressure hose will clear the roots, and if there is a problem with the pipe, it can be re-lined, which requires no digging I had it done at my house, and the work was finished in 6 hours

@@justinlee5958 how effective is jetting overall?

In this situation hydro jetting is a waste of time and money, you can clearly see that the pipe has severely shifted and will soon collapse. I’m not sure if you only had a root intrusion or similar issues like this video here. Hydro Jetting is meant to remove and flush out any build up or debris. Here, there using a unique jetting head that attaches to the end of the hose, it rotates at a very high velocity due to the pressure from the water and cuts roots. This will only buy you time, but it will not fix anything. Not a smart idea given they have a camera that showed them the shifted sewer line…this is no belly, this is a section of pipe that has shifted and needs to be repaired! Also, as far as going trench-less, like a liner would be a terrible mistake 🤦‍♂️ please beware of these so called plumbers, the real and only solution is to repair or replace it 🙏

1. You mean the pieces of detached & broken up root? Really? 2. They aren’t going to replace anything, unless someone gives them the ok to do so 3. No point replacing the pipe, unless the underlying issue of tree roots is resolved

@@everyhandletaken 1. YES, all those root balls going in the main will clog it. You must be new to plumbing and sewers... Or you just don't care and bandaid problems 2. That's obviously what it needed with that many tree roots growing in the pipe! 3. Refer to #2.

@@-CHaPPy- no, what I’m saying is, yes that is what is needed without any dispute of the matter, but customer decides whether to proceed.

@@everyhandletaken I hear you for sure... PVC Pipe is expensive especially these days... Everyone is trying to save money for the essentials... If they weren't able to afford the replacement then I'd definitely pour a ton of salt around the pipe to at least kill the roots

@@-CHaPPy- I agree.. if it isn’t going to be replaced, all that can be done is to try & minimise the problem with some maintenance

Like a colonoscopy gone wrong!

@@johnhoward1313 Root of all evil!!