Astronauts deal with flooded toilet in orbit
Everyday millions of people face clogged sewers and drains on the planet Earth. Almost all of those people know that unclogging the sewer line is not rocket science, but recently rocket scientists who happened to be in orbit faced a problem with their toilet. We [...]
Sewer Clog results in major damage if not taken care of immediately. In many instances a home owner has to deal with a basement flooded along with a clogged sewer. Most of the time a sewer backs up without any warning and the clog is seen as a surprise by the home owner. To avoid [...]
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Sewer caps coming off during a backup is not that common, but rarely it does happen. This video shows a heavy metal cap being blown up due to a backup in the city storm sewer. Luckily, there were not any injuries.
The sewer caps on your main sewer trap are also vulnerable. The caps have to [...]
After flushing a toilet bowl , if you experience water coming out in the form of bubbles or drops from the base of the toilet, you need to remove the toilet and replace the wax gasket under your toilet bowl. All toilet bowls sit on top of a wax gasket. The wax gasket prevents the [...]
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The great city of New York has a sophisticated 311 system to report and follow up on non-emergency complaints. In the sewer and drain business we run into many situations where our customers get affected by the city sewer backing up into their home. To file a complaint for city sewer backing up into your [...]
