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Rorey

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4. Unclog a vent pipe

Sat Oct 16, 2021, 10:23 AM

Oct 2021

https://www.repipeyourhouse.com/how-to-unclog-a-vent-pipe/

I just posted this for the info about your issue, but I'm stunned by that company's prices. I paid $88 for a service call from my usual drain cleaner guy, but I pretty much decided that I'm not going to use him anymore. I had a huge issue at a rental and a company came and tried hydro jetting. They charged $250 an hour, but it blows out everything in the line. It didn't work in that case, because it turned out that the power company had put a new pole right on top of my sewer line, so they fixed it. But I think I'll try the hydro jetting whenever another issue comes up because I think it'll last a lot longer. A snake just cleans out a tiny tunnel, but that hydro jet cleans the line completely. Worth it, IMO.

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Plumbing roof vents, modern vs. old style [View all] bucolic_frolic Oct 2021 OP

You can try to put an inline vent under the bathroom sink Tribetime Oct 2021 #1

Try natural drain cleaners or conditioners IbogaProject Oct 2021 #2

We used to snake it out Rorey Oct 2021 #3

Unclog a vent pipe Rorey Oct 2021 #4

That's not true about jetting versus snaking Tribetime Oct 2021 #5

Well, I'm going to be giving jetting a try Rorey Oct 2021 #6

It depends on who's doing the sneaking Tribetime Oct 2021 #8

The guy I had always hired has been doing it for decades Rorey Oct 2021 #10

Didn't know powerjetting existed, but I did hookup bucolic_frolic Oct 2021 #11

How's the toilet flushing? Hassin Bin Sober Oct 2021 #7

Sounds like you know something about Plumbing huh Tribetime Oct 2021 #9

Those seem a good fit for my problem bucolic_frolic Oct 2021 #12

So I opened the clean out at the septic tank baffle and shoved a garden hose 15' bucolic_frolic Oct 2021 #13

If you know the line isn't filled with stuff you can open the clean out inside and give it a blast Hassin Bin Sober Oct 2021 #14

The configuration of these 2 sinks bucolic_frolic Oct 2021 #15

Your problem lies in the sink drain pipe william ortiz Feb 2022 #16

Thanks this is a stumper bucolic_frolic Feb 2022 #17

welcome to DU gopiscrap Feb 2022 #18

So, I finally plumbed the line with a snake. bucolic_frolic May 2022 #19

Consider an air admittance valve Kaleva Sep 2022 #20