EASY How to remove stuck drain snake removal trick
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- čas přidán 7. 09. 2024
- This drain had a root ball 4" in diameter, and 2 feet long. could not be removed by my own strength do I had to come up with this solution. similar concept to using a winch in other videos but there's nowhere to mount a winch or come along inside a house.
Attach appropriate size wire cable clamp to cable, clamp vise grips to a solid position on jack that allows the cable to be fed through the vise grips. lower to ground and remove all slack, then tighten clamp and start lifting. verify clamp is not slipping.
My husband had tried everything to get the snake unstuck and he was really losing steam. Found this video and it worked perfectly!! Thank you for sharing.
Awesome!
I was about to lose my mind trying to get the 1/2 inch snake from the main drain and found this video, tried it and it worked perfectly... thank you so much for making this video
Thanks awesome and yeah I have to say drains will take a tow on your back. I’m the oldest of 3 brothers all in plumbing. I’ve never seen this technique, but Godbless you for being humble enough to share. Rock on Brother! ❤
I use the same method, but use the floor jack, a c clamp and a piece of wood to clamp down on the cable. it worked great!
That will stretch the cable and snap it , you have to use the vise grips to unwind the cable and pull at the same time , that's why snaking a drain manually to unclog a drain is better than using an auto feed
The greatest thing you could have ever showed anyone I appreciate this so much
Amazing thank you for the tip!!!! My Ryobi self-feeding drain auger just got stuck in our basement utility sink. I have tried yanking it with my gloves on but it just isn't even moving. Your video just saved my whole morning!! I'll report back & let you know if it worked for me. Thanks in advance, I have a good feeling about this, and I just have to say I love your creative thinking!!
Must not have been successful
Thanks for this video. Had a drain auger from HD and could not get it out. I used a spiral auger down the drain and hit something hard. It was another spiral auger bit stuck in the pipe. It came out with the connected auger bit. Drain is running awesome. You are the man! Happy New Year my friend!
Thank god for this video. Took me awhile to understand how to use vice grips and the cable clamps. The video didnt show what i needed but i fogure it out. Had to rewatch 30 times
Loved this idea. It really worked. Yes it was a very slow process but in the end I got all of my snake out of that drain.Thank you!
Man u saved my Tail today used a Bottle Jack instead and some pieces of 2x4 thanks Again
Awesome! A bottle jack was my first thought but I only have one of them so I did it this way. My problem ended up being a root ball that the cutter dug into. At the end of the day I'm glad it got stuck, it pulled out the problem with it.
This worked for me once! The other times I have managed to use brute force to pull it loose. Using the jack was a life saver though, however I have since forgotten how I had the floor jack and 2 vice grips set up. My difficulty is the main access is in the wall, not the floor.
Thank you so much for this.
Great idea. I don't have this same problem, but a great idea to keep in mind.
I was actually searching for a way to get a flat 1/4" metal snake that snapped in a pipe out of the pipe.
The snake wasn't stuck, but snapped when I was using some force to clear a clog in a 1.5" PVC pipe. The break is beyond an elbow in the wall under a sink and I cannot see the snapped snake end unfortunately.
The only solution I can think of is to go into the basement and cut the PVC (which is now 2" size) and pull the snake out and Fernco the cut pipe back together.
Finding where to cut the pipe is going to be the tricky part. I estimate there's about 17 feet of the snake in the pipe, but don't know for sure where the snake end will be.
If you have any ideas, please feel free to make a suggestion. Thanks.
Phil
That’s a great! I will have to remember this if I ever get a snake stuck!
Great idea! Keeps your hand out of the way from twisting up on you.
If you take two heavy-duty flat metal braces (plates) and cut a slot into one side of each, making the slot just wider than your snake, you can put them across the drain opening (you may need to reduce the size of the opening using a board with a notch in it, etc) so that the cable is in the resulting 'hole' in the plates. Then you can gently hammer the plates together until they're inserted into the coil of the cable.
At that point, if you rotate the cable in the correct direction, it will 'unscrew' itself from the drain as the coil travels up the edges of the plates. This won't work easily for all kinds of drain access, or you may need to build a frame to hold the plates. But the coil is basically a giant bolt thread and can be used to extract the coil gradually but steadily, usually without stretching it.
Man! You save me hand tonight!
Thanks for the help!
Hey man I have a drain snake stuck too. My problem is it's a 1.25 inch coil cable and located in my trap outside and all the way down the lateral and is stuck. I want to try to do this method you did to try to pull straight up on it. If not what method would you recommend? Thanks
Won’t work with a coil snake your line is most likely broken
It took me and my son 5hrs to snake out our main drain last night with a 100ft auger. This job is NO JOKE🥵 💩🤢. I salute anyone who attempts this. 🫡 to all you plumbers out there!
P.S Watch your fingers/hands when the machine gets stuck. The snake can coil and try to rip your hand off. Where proper gloves!
Thank for this video , it is helpful !👍
Are these specialized clamps for the grooves of the cable? Or can I use the clamps from like Home Depot. Much appreciated to you for the this video out!!👍🏼💪🏼
Clamps from home depot. The only issue for me was that the cable clamp size I needed for my cable wasn't sold near me. I had to get it off Amazon. Just match the cable size to the clamp size
@@WCGwkf thank you my friend all the way from Guam
I’d suggest not sending a 3/8 cable down a 3 or 4 inch pipe, a 1/2 or 5/8 cable will have a much harder time throwing a loop inside the pipe. But shit happens and even those can get stuck though usually in the city sewer or septic tank.
No loop, buried itself inside a root ball, but you are still correct
would have liked to see the end of the snake out, high tension coils are not designed to be pulled/ stretched like that. I had a similar situation, eventually got the snake out but it was useless, stretched and deformed, had to be thrown away.
It was likely damaged, but it had to come out. It had a massive root ball on the end of it. I think there was a kink in the cable after this
saved my back thanks
Use a farm jack if possible, will be faster to pull it out.
What is a farm jack? 🤨
Mine hasn't budged.
@raiderrakkasan2187 this method will snap the cable, or break your pipes before it runs out of lifting power. You might have something more serious going on
What a nightmare 😮
I'm in a similar situation... unable to remove the snake (1/2 inch cable) from a 2nd floor shower drain - it's about 15' in. The stoppage is cleared, however I'm concerned the snake is stuck across two bends in the pipe. Pulling with a winch might break the pipe. Will purchase/rent a bore scope to get a better feel for the situation. During the auger process, experienced a couple of minor kinks (while negotiating the bends) that were quickly resolved but wonder if the snake somehow kinked in the pipe. Pro-tips appreciated.
I'm no pro just diy, I knew I'd be safe in my situation given the type of pipe I had. This was on the foundation floor in what seemed to be an iron pipe. I'd be careful putting that much pressure on smaller pipes in walls and bends, pvc, copper who knows. Could make your issue worse and more costly to repair.
@@WCGwkf
Thanks, and no doubt... wasn't sure what floor you were on.
How did you end up? I probably would have risked it but dumped a whole can of kroil oil down the cable first
cable too small for large drain = cable will turn back on itself and tie itself into a knot.
Cable also buries itself into 3 foot root ball and extracted it
That's the wrong size cable for that line.
I just can’t get over the fact you couldn’t get out or how you got suck so badly… but what do I know I’m only a plumber
Cable buries itself into a root ball 4 feet long through some bends. It wasn't coming out without some force
That cable snaps... your screwed...
Sure would be
Use a jetter next time or call someone with a jetter
That going to cut out a packed 4 foot root ball? The cutter buried itself into it
@@WCGwkf my 20
Gallon per minute jetter will yes it’s a 50 horsepower machine sometimes you just need bigger guns for the war lol
Maybe if they used the right cable that’s actually thicker and not that little baby cable it wouldn’t of gotten stuck