/diy/ - Do It Yourself

[Anonymous No.2775140]

>entire fucking plumbing system is clogged for some reason
>plumber gives $600 estimate
>look up sulfuric acid for clogs
>everyone online is screaming about how its a mistake
>try it
>works perfectly

[Anonymous No.2775159]

>>2775140
Yeah, well, you probably don’t want to use it on metal pipes.
Also, it’s variously banned at time.

[Anonymous No.2775160]

>>2775140
Can I interest you in some Muriatic Acid?

[Anonymous No.2775241]

>>2775140
>works perfectly
this time.

I used that stuff once. huge mistake. didn't clear the clog and made the house smell like farts for a week.

[Anonymous No.2775260]

>>2775140
if your issue is grease/hair, then it works just fine. best to use it on a slow drain, not a complete blockage. people have issues when they try to use it on a clog, where it sits in the pipes for hours on end

>>2775241
you 100% had/have a hole in your sewer pipes somewhere

[Anonymous No.2775286]

>>2775241
>>2775260
this...youre just used to the smell now

[Anonymous No.2775296]

>>2775140
>>2775159
>>2775160

>OP's never heard of perchloric acid
ngmi

[Anonymous No.2775578]

>>2775260
>>2775286
>you 100% had/have a hole in your sewer pipes somewhere
nope

[Anonymous No.2775645]

>>2775578
So you're saying the smell just diffused through your solid pipes? Retards like you are the reason red neck low IQ plumbers can still charge an arm and a leg for snake jobs

[Anonymous No.2775653]

>>2775645
ok skippy... let me spell it out for you dumbass.

poured the sulphuric acid down the pipes it bubbled and made steam and didn't go anywhere and the smell of it came back out of the drain.

[Anonymous No.2775654]

>>2775645
literal retard thinks once you pour something down a drain it's sealed forever.

[Anonymous No.2775657]

>>2775654
literal retard thinks it's ok and normal for sewer gas to vent inside their home

[Anonymous No.2775709]

>>2775657
literal retard still doesn't understand that when sulfuric acid reacts with organics, and metals it makes nasty smells you right great moron.

[Anonymous No.2775742]

>>2775709
>>2775657
literal retards don't know I was ripping ass in anons house for a week.

[Anonymous No.2775980]

literal retards didn't know he burnt a hole through his drain saddle, made of old rusty cast iron, which ran above an uncoated rusty iron gas pipe.

'farts' did ya light a match?

[Anonymous No.2775983]

>>2775980
I'll take "what didn't happen" for $100

[Anonymous No.2776013]

>>2775709
It doesn't matter how/why, there should be zero sewer smells in your house if your plumbing system is working the way it should. Every fixture has a p-trap, which prevents any gas or smell from coming out. If you smell sewer gas, then something is leaking and you should probably get it inspected.

[Anonymous No.2776015]

>>2776013
it's like you idiots can't read.

IF YOU DUMP SULFURIC ACID DOWN A CLOGGED DRAIN IT IS GOING TO STINK!

what part of that can you not understand?

[Anonymous No.2776163]

What does it mean when your toilet runs really slow, but your sinks dont, and i can shower for an hour and it doesnt back up?

I had my toilet off and replaced the ring, its not clogged in the actual stool.

[Anonymous No.2776166]

Ive never had a clog i couldnt clear with one of those plastic hooky things

[Anonymous No.2776180]

>>2776163
your roof vent might be blocked
does your sink or toilet make a gurgling noise?

[Anonymous No.2776215]

>>2776180
Small 1bath single story on a slab
I hear gurgling from the kitchen sink when my clothes-washer drains.

No gurgling from sink or toilet.
The toilet will fill up and slowly empty, and keep emptying draining more water than it's supposed to. The bowl water level is really low after it drains almost like it's syphoning it out

[Anonymous No.2777175]

>>2775260
One time people in Hong Kong thought there might a nut throwing acid on the patio people below due to noise, but it turn out that someone poured strong acid down very clogged pipes, it sat there and ate through the old pipes before it could eat through the clog. I think it's best to be patient by trying very hot water and concentrated dish or laundry detergent first. There is also baking soda and hot vinegar which might shake things lose. You can also use a plunger on a kitchen sink.

[Anonymous No.2777181]

>>2776180
I have this happen every time the toilet is flushed with a big shit in it it pulls the water out of the shower floor drain and lets all the smelly sewer gasses into the bathroom.

[Anonymous No.2779077]

>>2775653
>bubbled and made steam
calling someone else stupid LOL

[Anonymous No.2779088]

>>2777175
>baking soda and hot vinegar
I did that to a clogged bathroom sink once (hair) and it sprayed everywhere.

[Anonymous No.2779089]

>>2779077
it's an exothermic reaction

[Anonymous No.2779135]

>>2775140
Yeah, people who cry about it are running metal pipes, my shit is all PVC, I can dump anything to melt clogs and it doesn't affect anything. Fuck plumbers

[Anonymous No.2780934]

>>2776163
Do you have kids? In my experience it could be a few hotwheels cars and not a monolithically massive turd...my dad was pissed. Anyway...gotta snake it.

[Anonymous No.2780937]

Muratic acid

[Anonymous No.2780976]

I live in a condo in a high rise. I have a washer/dryer that is next to the kitchen sink. When the washer drains it backs up into the kitchen sink. I tried snaking it, but I didn't go very far because I didn't want to go farther than "my" pipes because if the snake got stuck I would be fucked. Should I take the acid pill bros?

[None !!gj462i58odM No.2781615]

Sink was clogger and I dumped a couple bottles of the drain clearing solution the supermarket had, didn't do shit so I bought a couple of 5l bottles of bleach and dumped them in, that did the trick.

Actually it was funny, I'd literally bought a snake and was unwrapping it to go in there manually when the drain unclogged and started working perfectly.

[Anonymous No.2781630]

>>2776163
Modern toilets are fucking garbage

[Anonymous No.2781631]

I have a slow draining kitchen sink, bathroom sink, and bathtub, I guess I should try it. Vinegar and baking soda did nothing. Though I haven't tried a plunger just yet.

[Anonymous No.2784889]

Well I had asbestos pipes in my house and I knew it. so I tried some acids to unclog a sink. Didn't work. So I sent a snake cam in them to discover small rocks stuck in the u bent.

Always send in a camera before trying to unclog grey water drains.

[Anonymous No.2784903]

>>2775140
rip any 50yo cast iron that was already mostly held together by rust and dreams at this point anyway

[Anonymous No.2784909]

>>2777175
Hot water and dish detergent will do fine for fats but will never disintegrate cell stuff like hair.

Also it amazes me how many people always think they need chemicals or drain snakes and don’t even own pic related.

> buy once for $10
> zero damage to pipes ever
> physically pull/push the clog like an air hammer
> doesn’t get stuck
> no smell
> works 99.99% of the time

[Anonymous No.2784977]

>>2775709
Literal chemist here. I cannot think of anything in your pipes/drains that would reduce sulfuric acid to hydrogen sulfide (rotten egg smell) aside from pure alkali metals or bromide/iodide ions. Reducing sulfuric acid to hydrogen sulfide would also be VERY exothermic and create a bunch of pressure in your pipes/ducts

This guy is probably correct >>2775260 in that you had/caused some weird leak or something

[Anonymous No.2785005]

>>2784909
>pour chemicals down
>doesn't work
great job now you have to flap around in not just piss and shit but acid too. very clever lol.
first question fixing a blockage: did you try dain cleaner? yes? ok sorry can't help.

[Anonymous No.2785193]

>>2775140
Watch out out, it melts toilet seats. We had paki janitors who used sulphuric acid to clean toilets and it caused damage. And months later the City found damage to their sewer pipe and came checking. And I should add that sewage tratment plants don't like that stuff.