Now thats a shit job
Jan 30th 2008, 9:06 pm
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Now thats a shit job
Last night, got home at 7pm, the daughter said she needed to take a poop, but both lav's were fully blocked up. I calls the plumber he wanted $175 just to come out + work done, so I was looking at $300.
Fack that, so I tear off to Home depot and rent out a plumbers snake, just as I'm leaving, the Home Depot chap said..."now remember, you can't shove the snake down the toilet, you have to take them off"....oh bugger I thought, I have never done that before....anyways
Got home, drained out the pee and poop floating around, cut the water off, cut the caulk around the toilet and proceeded to lift....Lord have mercy, what a stink.
In the master toilet, it was blocked with Dental floss, Qtips and wads of paper, so I stuck the electric snake down the pipe, and cranked it on whilst at the same time pulling the snake....SHIT went flying everywhere, the walls, the toilet, even a few splatters on my face....nice!
In the kids crapper, my 2 year old nephew had shoved a plastic giraffe down the U-bend and hence all the paper glogged up like a damn...the pipe was clean though...got done at 10.30 and had the snake back by 9am this morning for a total of $40...job done!....just don't ask me to do that again though.
Fack that, so I tear off to Home depot and rent out a plumbers snake, just as I'm leaving, the Home Depot chap said..."now remember, you can't shove the snake down the toilet, you have to take them off"....oh bugger I thought, I have never done that before....anyways
Got home, drained out the pee and poop floating around, cut the water off, cut the caulk around the toilet and proceeded to lift....Lord have mercy, what a stink.
In the master toilet, it was blocked with Dental floss, Qtips and wads of paper, so I stuck the electric snake down the pipe, and cranked it on whilst at the same time pulling the snake....SHIT went flying everywhere, the walls, the toilet, even a few splatters on my face....nice!
In the kids crapper, my 2 year old nephew had shoved a plastic giraffe down the U-bend and hence all the paper glogged up like a damn...the pipe was clean though...got done at 10.30 and had the snake back by 9am this morning for a total of $40...job done!....just don't ask me to do that again though.
Jan 30th 2008, 9:10 pm
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Re: Now thats a shit job
In the master toilet, it was blocked with Dental floss, Qtips and wads of paper, so I stuck the electric snake down the pipe, and cranked it on whilst at the same time pulling the snake....SHIT went flying everywhere, the walls, the toilet, even a few splatters on my face....nice!
In the kids crapper, my 2 year old nephew had shoved a plastic giraffe down the U-bend and hence all the paper glogged up like a damn...the pipe was clean though...got done at 10.30 and had the snake back by 9am this morning for a total of $40...job done!....just don't ask me to do that again though.
In the kids crapper, my 2 year old nephew had shoved a plastic giraffe down the U-bend and hence all the paper glogged up like a damn...the pipe was clean though...got done at 10.30 and had the snake back by 9am this morning for a total of $40...job done!....just don't ask me to do that again though.
Well done.....it's more than I would have attempted.
Jim.
Jan 30th 2008, 9:20 pm
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Re: Now thats a shit job
Last night, got home at 7pm, the daughter said she needed to take a poop, but both lav's were fully blocked up. I calls the plumber he wanted $175 just to come out + work done, so I was looking at $300.
Fack that, so I tear off to Home depot and rent out a plumbers snake, just as I'm leaving, the Home Depot chap said..."now remember, you can't shove the snake down the toilet, you have to take them off"....oh bugger I thought, I have never done that before....anyways
Got home, drained out the pee and poop floating around, cut the water off, cut the caulk around the toilet and proceeded to lift....Lord have mercy, what a stink.
In the master toilet, it was blocked with Dental floss, Qtips and wads of paper, so I stuck the electric snake down the pipe, and cranked it on whilst at the same time pulling the snake....SHIT went flying everywhere, the walls, the toilet, even a few splatters on my face....nice!
In the kids crapper, my 2 year old nephew had shoved a plastic giraffe down the U-bend and hence all the paper glogged up like a damn...the pipe was clean though...got done at 10.30 and had the snake back by 9am this morning for a total of $40...job done!....just don't ask me to do that again though.
Fack that, so I tear off to Home depot and rent out a plumbers snake, just as I'm leaving, the Home Depot chap said..."now remember, you can't shove the snake down the toilet, you have to take them off"....oh bugger I thought, I have never done that before....anyways
Got home, drained out the pee and poop floating around, cut the water off, cut the caulk around the toilet and proceeded to lift....Lord have mercy, what a stink.
In the master toilet, it was blocked with Dental floss, Qtips and wads of paper, so I stuck the electric snake down the pipe, and cranked it on whilst at the same time pulling the snake....SHIT went flying everywhere, the walls, the toilet, even a few splatters on my face....nice!
In the kids crapper, my 2 year old nephew had shoved a plastic giraffe down the U-bend and hence all the paper glogged up like a damn...the pipe was clean though...got done at 10.30 and had the snake back by 9am this morning for a total of $40...job done!....just don't ask me to do that again though.
Extras? $125
Not ending up with shit on your face? Priceless.
Jan 30th 2008, 9:47 pm
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Re: Now thats a shit job
Last night, got home at 7pm, the daughter said she needed to take a poop, but both lav's were fully blocked up. I calls the plumber he wanted $175 just to come out + work done, so I was looking at $300.
Fack that, so I tear off to Home depot and rent out a plumbers snake, just as I'm leaving, the Home Depot chap said..."now remember, you can't shove the snake down the toilet, you have to take them off"....oh bugger I thought, I have never done that before....anyways
Got home, drained out the pee and poop floating around, cut the water off, cut the caulk around the toilet and proceeded to lift....Lord have mercy, what a stink.
In the master toilet, it was blocked with Dental floss, Qtips and wads of paper, so I stuck the electric snake down the pipe, and cranked it on whilst at the same time pulling the snake....SHIT went flying everywhere, the walls, the toilet, even a few splatters on my face....nice!
In the kids crapper, my 2 year old nephew had shoved a plastic giraffe down the U-bend and hence all the paper glogged up like a damn...the pipe was clean though...got done at 10.30 and had the snake back by 9am this morning for a total of $40...job done!....just don't ask me to do that again though.
Fack that, so I tear off to Home depot and rent out a plumbers snake, just as I'm leaving, the Home Depot chap said..."now remember, you can't shove the snake down the toilet, you have to take them off"....oh bugger I thought, I have never done that before....anyways
Got home, drained out the pee and poop floating around, cut the water off, cut the caulk around the toilet and proceeded to lift....Lord have mercy, what a stink.
In the master toilet, it was blocked with Dental floss, Qtips and wads of paper, so I stuck the electric snake down the pipe, and cranked it on whilst at the same time pulling the snake....SHIT went flying everywhere, the walls, the toilet, even a few splatters on my face....nice!
In the kids crapper, my 2 year old nephew had shoved a plastic giraffe down the U-bend and hence all the paper glogged up like a damn...the pipe was clean though...got done at 10.30 and had the snake back by 9am this morning for a total of $40...job done!....just don't ask me to do that again though.
Jan 30th 2008, 10:01 pm
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Re: Now thats a shit job
Grim wan't the word....I almost lost some fingers as well, as I put on a pair of marigolds and the bastards got caught up in the grooves on the snake, so my fingers were being twisted around at a great knot of speed....its weird when that stuff happens, as there is a moment of delay...you can't quite work out whats going on and at the same time you can't take the other finger off the trigger!
Jan 31st 2008, 12:23 am
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Re: Now thats a shit job
ewwww....its a dirty job....so the man has to do it...
have you warned the kids about no more toys shoved down the toilet....
have you warned the kids about no more toys shoved down the toilet....
Jan 31st 2008, 12:30 am
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Re: Now thats a shit job
Do you not have a clean out just outside your house?
2 kinds of main sewage line blockage
1. block in the toilet itself (plunge the crap out of it)
2. block in the main line (sounds like what you had)
typically you run the snake from the outside going in (if the blockage is between the clean out and the toilet thats where the blockage is or towards the street if thats where the blockage is)
you can tell where the blockage is - if there is no water at the clean out, the blockage is upstream water backing up at the clean out then its street side
home depot staff tend to be useless, the last piece of plumbing advice I chose NOT to take (and was proved right) came from a young gay guy who had no clue and should have stayed in home decor...
2 kinds of main sewage line blockage
1. block in the toilet itself (plunge the crap out of it)
2. block in the main line (sounds like what you had)
typically you run the snake from the outside going in (if the blockage is between the clean out and the toilet thats where the blockage is or towards the street if thats where the blockage is)
you can tell where the blockage is - if there is no water at the clean out, the blockage is upstream water backing up at the clean out then its street side
home depot staff tend to be useless, the last piece of plumbing advice I chose NOT to take (and was proved right) came from a young gay guy who had no clue and should have stayed in home decor...
Jan 31st 2008, 2:52 am
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Re: Now thats a shit job
Yosser, your post made me laugh out loud! Poop splattered in your face? What a mental image that conjured... not one I want to think about often but it still made me laugh! Thanks for that. 
Jan 31st 2008, 4:25 am
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Re: Now thats a shit job
Dear Lord!
The thread's title was really meaningful!!
The thread's title was really meaningful!!
Jan 31st 2008, 1:38 pm
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This really made my morning.... too too funny.. You get bonus Karma!
Jan 31st 2008, 1:48 pm
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Last night, got home at 7pm, the daughter said she needed to take a poop, but both lav's were fully blocked up. I calls the plumber he wanted $175 just to come out + work done, so I was looking at $300.
Fack that, so I tear off to Home depot and rent out a plumbers snake, just as I'm leaving, the Home Depot chap said..."now remember, you can't shove the snake down the toilet, you have to take them off"....oh bugger I thought, I have never done that before....anyways
Got home, drained out the pee and poop floating around, cut the water off, cut the caulk around the toilet and proceeded to lift....Lord have mercy, what a stink.
In the master toilet, it was blocked with Dental floss, Qtips and wads of paper, so I stuck the electric snake down the pipe, and cranked it on whilst at the same time pulling the snake....SHIT went flying everywhere, the walls, the toilet, even a few splatters on my face....nice!
In the kids crapper, my 2 year old nephew had shoved a plastic giraffe down the U-bend and hence all the paper glogged up like a damn...the pipe was clean though...got done at 10.30 and had the snake back by 9am this morning for a total of $40...job done!....just don't ask me to do that again though.
Fack that, so I tear off to Home depot and rent out a plumbers snake, just as I'm leaving, the Home Depot chap said..."now remember, you can't shove the snake down the toilet, you have to take them off"....oh bugger I thought, I have never done that before....anyways
Got home, drained out the pee and poop floating around, cut the water off, cut the caulk around the toilet and proceeded to lift....Lord have mercy, what a stink.
In the master toilet, it was blocked with Dental floss, Qtips and wads of paper, so I stuck the electric snake down the pipe, and cranked it on whilst at the same time pulling the snake....SHIT went flying everywhere, the walls, the toilet, even a few splatters on my face....nice!
In the kids crapper, my 2 year old nephew had shoved a plastic giraffe down the U-bend and hence all the paper glogged up like a damn...the pipe was clean though...got done at 10.30 and had the snake back by 9am this morning for a total of $40...job done!....just don't ask me to do that again though.
About 4 years ago i was working at the London Eye on the south bank.
We had some heavy rain and the outside drains were blocked creating a river along the street, stopping customers from getting on the wheel.
I went to our tech team, they were busy but handed me an industrial pump to sit in the street and run a hose to the Thames to drain the water. The techs warned me that the last time it was used it was unblocking a sewer pipe.
So off i go to the large puddle, run the hose and fire the sucker up.... Nothing...
So i try to start it again...... nothing
So i take the hose off (which is situated on the top of the pump), kick the unit and try to start it again.
This time it works
but the hose was not connected which sent a 10 foot fountain of shit into the air and onto me and some nearby customers
.That was not a good day at work
Jan 31st 2008, 6:25 pm
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Re: Now thats a shit job
Not long after this episode had finished, the daughter was bitching at me to start dinner as she was hungry, I stood there covered in shit and the kid wants me to cook dinner....you can't win, for losing!
Feb 1st 2008, 1:03 am
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I had a crappy (no poun intended), day at work, and this truly made my evening!! Thanks for sharing... sorry you had to go through it!!!
Feb 1st 2008, 9:07 am
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Re: Now thats a shit job
Last night, got home at 7pm, the daughter said she needed to take a poop, but both lav's were fully blocked up. I calls the plumber he wanted $175 just to come out + work done, so I was looking at $300.
Fack that, so I tear off to Home depot and rent out a plumbers snake, just as I'm leaving, the Home Depot chap said..."now remember, you can't shove the snake down the toilet, you have to take them off"....oh bugger I thought, I have never done that before....anyways
Got home, drained out the pee and poop floating around, cut the water off, cut the caulk around the toilet and proceeded to lift....Lord have mercy, what a stink.
In the master toilet, it was blocked with Dental floss, Qtips and wads of paper, so I stuck the electric snake down the pipe, and cranked it on whilst at the same time pulling the snake....SHIT went flying everywhere, the walls, the toilet, even a few splatters on my face....nice!
In the kids crapper, my 2 year old nephew had shoved a plastic giraffe down the U-bend and hence all the paper glogged up like a damn...the pipe was clean though...got done at 10.30 and had the snake back by 9am this morning for a total of $40...job done!....just don't ask me to do that again though.
Fack that, so I tear off to Home depot and rent out a plumbers snake, just as I'm leaving, the Home Depot chap said..."now remember, you can't shove the snake down the toilet, you have to take them off"....oh bugger I thought, I have never done that before....anyways
Got home, drained out the pee and poop floating around, cut the water off, cut the caulk around the toilet and proceeded to lift....Lord have mercy, what a stink.
In the master toilet, it was blocked with Dental floss, Qtips and wads of paper, so I stuck the electric snake down the pipe, and cranked it on whilst at the same time pulling the snake....SHIT went flying everywhere, the walls, the toilet, even a few splatters on my face....nice!
In the kids crapper, my 2 year old nephew had shoved a plastic giraffe down the U-bend and hence all the paper glogged up like a damn...the pipe was clean though...got done at 10.30 and had the snake back by 9am this morning for a total of $40...job done!....just don't ask me to do that again though.
YEP ! ............ Been there, done that !Job well done .... did you get time and a turd ?