"Betsy" -0 wrote in message
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They video taped the main line. This was after I took the toilet off 3
separate times, burned my face with acid trying to fix it, and ultimately
the sinks in the basement started backing up. That's when I took the
plunge (no pun intended) and called the videographers. Never again.

"Ross Mac" wrote in message
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"Betsy" -0 wrote in message
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I'm not laughing, it was no joke. It works, it is cheap, and I'm
disgusted by the vulgar responses a guy got to his honest question.

Plumbers are expensive. The guy who cost me $600 to videotape my main
line used a shop vac to clean it out. I could have done that myself.
And what he "discovered" with his expensive camera was nothing I
couldn't have predicted myself.

The shop vac works. It also works for clogged kitchen and bathtub
drains.

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Am I the only person who is in awe of the misplaced ingenuity and
dogged dedication to reinventing the wheel that we see in these
threads? And to extend the metaphor, you have apparently decided that
"round" is out of fashion, TRIANGLES are what everyone is using for
wheels now.

I think the shopvac idea is my favorite, although the chemical you have
to order special that boils your plumbing and makes you blind is a
close second. I like that "Betsy" says "Good luck. And please let me
know if it works". Call me a cynic but I'm betting that if the OP does
so "Betsy" will rupture an organ from laughing too hard. "Hey honey! I
got some rube to vacuum the CRAP out of his toilet" ...

Even if this idea appealed to me, I'm certain it wouldn't save any
money. My wife's rule is that only excrement-free appliances are
allowed back into our house. I doubt that a plumber is more expensive
than a new shop vac.

I grew up in a house with Flushometer toilets, which probably used 47
GPF but would flush an antelope down with no trouble. In my adult life
I've been around more "modern" designs, and I'm sure I've had to unclog
a toilet a hundred or two times. A plunger takes care of 90+% of the
clogs quickly and easily. The rest can be handled with a closet auger.

Greg Guarino



The vacuum is a great suggestion since the best way to fix a clog is to
remove it in the direction it entered. I know removing a broken drill bit
is done the same way. But, $600 bucks for a plumbing video when the
toilet is clogged seems obsessive. It's too bad you got stuck for such a
bill I would have expected them to at least comp you the repair after
charging that amount of money.....Ross



That's called the school of hard knocks.....you bought your education on
that one but heck...haven't we all....take care, Ross