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I grew up in Chicago and have done drain cleaning there for several years before moving. 6" clay is a pretty common size for a building sewer there. Storm drains connecting to the building drainage is also common however some times they discharge into a catch basin that k.sink and laundry lines...

Yea and plan on installing it in a location that is very easy to access as you will need to maintenance that thing periodically. if you dont plan on doing it then you will have to pay someone to and the harder it is to work on the more expensive it will be.

your flush valve probably needs replaced along with all the gaskets involved with that. I am not a plumber. just a drain cleaner. But mine at home was doing the same thing i think and i pulled the tank and replaced tha valve and bolts. No problems since.

Chances are you dont need to replace the pipe and even if you did there is no gaurantee that the roots wont damage the new pipe in time. Unless you know something we don't and the camera is showing offsets caused by the root intrusion or major breakage, than eliminating the root sources and...

no flippin way will that pass

yup. One of the cheapy air admittance vents. possibly one of the mechanical ones with the spring in it. Those were built to fail it seems like. Are the threads on it sealed? They should be. And you are right, it is way too low. It should be installed as high up in the cabinet as you can get it...

yeah pulling that cleanout would be ideal cause the horizontal part of the pipe is where all the build up most likely is, based on how long you have stated that it takes for it to back up when you run water. The closer you can get to the problem the easier it will be and the better you'll be...

I would say that you probably have a sludge blockage through out most of the pipe before it hits your drain stack. If that is the case than the cable is not gonna probably do you any good without running water behind it to keep the sludge moving out of the pipe through the hole your cable is...

whoa, sorry bout that. my kid hit the key board and did a number on the post.

another, question. is the cable coming out dirty at all, you know, covered in crude or oily black stuff. Another question. Is the cable coming back dirty at all? Covered in crud or black oily stuff? Can you run water...

I got a couple of diagnostic questions for ya. First, how long does it take for the sink to fill back up if you let it sit unused for a while? can you hear it backing up to the basin after several seconds or does it just fill immediately? Now when you pull the trap with the sink full(bucket...

Anything that is not caustic and is advertised as a maintenance/degreaser. Enzymes may help too, but you will have to see for yourself what will work best in your particular situation. Garbage disposals are a drain cleaners best friend. Your drainage system is not a substitute for a garbage...

Cabling isnt gonna do much for the grease, or the significant amount of bellies, sorry to tell ya. I would go with the jetting at least twice your first year while using drain maintenance products monthly and strictly. Then you could probably scale the jetting back to once a year. I would also...

Exactly. And most guys that drain clean are gonna charge you more if you expect them to deal with those chemicals and probably ruin their equipment. When i say charge more I dont mean a coupe bucks either. Those cables can cost $100 dollars or more. If I were you I would try pulling the p trap...

I dont know, I've seen glacier bay make a crappy toilet, an even crappier faucet(previously noted), I can only assume that a lav sink would also have some kind of flaw. not a glacier bay fan i guess.

That is awsome. How did you cut the whole thing in half without cracking/shattering it?

It is its own drill and cable drum. The ones that attach to the drill are a waste of money in my opinion.It is BrassCraft brand. I agree $150.00 sounds like alot but if your gonna use it a few times a year around the house then it will probably be the last one you will ever have to buy. And when...

I mean I am all for people doing it themselves. I always explain to my customers everything I am doing, how I do it(basically) and what they can do to prevent it from happening again. But I always stress that it is best to do there research, expect to make mistakes, expect to get dirty, and...

Man, I know this is an old thread and through reading it I see that everone who posted did their best to help this person with the problem. But part of me would have loved to tell them to just go for it. Let them see how tricky dropping a cable into a back to back sink line can be. Then, if they...

Thanks. But the jury is still out on the whole "knowledgeable" thing. :)