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    Standing water 2' into the kitchen cleanout

    Your kitchen line has its own stack, usually 2”. The blockage in my experience is at the sweep. I am assuming you have a cast iron stack. Cast iron gets porous on the inside and it catches all of the grease from your line. You can rent a machine and either run the cable from the stack clean...
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    Floor drain back up in basement - HELP!

    By the picture it does not look like a main blockage. I bet is is from a line in the HVAC room. The HVAC pumps out a lot of dirty water that turns into the black sludge that you see coming from the floor drain. I would Look into the HVAC room for the drain that the condensation lines go into and...
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    Basement drains overflowing

    It sounds like it is your main line. You were on the right track when you cabled with the 50 foot of cable. You just did not get far enough out to completely open up the line. You just need an additional 50 foot of cable to make it the rest of the way out. The foaming root killer will help once...
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    Basement drains overflowing

    I would have someone flush a toilet. If the water backs up in the floor drain. Then it is a mainline blockage ( most likely roots). If when someone flushes the toilet and the water in the floor drain does not back up, then it is a floor drain blockage. If it is a mainline blockage then get the...
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    Soap Bubbles - Double Sided Sink

    Doesn’t sound like a clog. Just sounds line soapy water filling up the drain. When you run the disposal with the soapy water, it is just causing the water to bubble up from the trap kind of like a bubble bath does.
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    Mysterious Toilet Draining Issues

    I can see the buildup in the bottom of the toilet from the well water. Chances are the toilet is closing itself off with buildup. Urinals have the same issue. If you pull the toilet and look at the bottom of the toilet, you may see the buildup. You can try applying a descaler ( sizzle or...
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    Clogged downspout

    You are better off replacing the pipe if roots are the issue. Running a snake through corrugated pipe will most likely damage the pipe more than it already is. The blade used to cut roots will tear through the pipe which will result in mud clogging the drain.
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