I think it’s not a surprise at this point that you have five stars on every plumbing website Australia has to offer, I hope your parents are very proud of you
Good Lord!! Ollie, you are a dedicated individual. Here in the states, I've seen guys walk away from a job because it was raining. You deserve every penny you charge.
I cannot fault your work commitment. Just phenomenal effort. Even if some how it was easy you were still dragging yourself through dark nasty areas where spiders and snakes generally live, in a country where spiders and snakes can kill you! Thank the lord for Mr Croc, Ratty and Magpie are were there on this one!
Ollie you went above and BEYOND!! This homeowner has major problems, plumbing being one of them. He needs a civil engineer. I was afraid the house was going to crumble down around you and you would be trapped. I hope you got paid well for this one.
It's one of those days...generator hard to start.. ratty amd magpie skiving off on the first part and complete mess of drains. Not had a all bad for a long time. Brilliant video though. Cheers Ollie. All good 👍🏻
that little honda probably has more hours then any small engine i have worked on (even 30 year old ones). in one video he mentioned its getting old which is probably 5+years old easy and calculate how much that runs a day how many times a week and how many days a year... that small engine is VERY well maintained Ollie knows his gear and knows if it goes down its not good as he i also out of work till its fixed i wouldnt be surprised if that honda got an oilchange at least once a month and because its run so much it keeps itself clean so an easy general tuneup (new plug and both filters) and its good to go again. its also more of its being flooded why its not starting.. (wouldnt be surprised if that engine was pushing 5000-10000 hours)
@@SnowleopardPearl can't kill a Honda.......unless you starve it of oil ,they are one of the best little engines around, seen Honda engines run indefinitely with just basic maintenance & simple rebuilds, seen rebuilt Honda engines sound & work better than most of the newer knockoff junk from China or new US built Briggs &Stratton/ Tecumseh engines
@@ithinkdoyou I have seen better grounding jobs in my life but concrete still requires some force to break so never the less ollie definitely put alot of work in on this one
I sit back and remember the time rattie fell into that one drain years ago and the effort Ollie made to save his boy, hard to imagine the channel without the lord of the rats!!
Hey Ollie. I've seen you do some very hard work through most of the water system. But this.....was so much along with whatever that was within the water pipes or sewage. I hope there is a part 2 of this video. Take care and be safe.
Ollie better watch out… swing that hammer too much and he will wake up with Thor muscles… it won’t be too surprising; since he handles the sewage pipes he is technically an Assgardian
That had to be the first one ive ever seen where it couldn’t be cleared within the filming. What a bloody hard one that was. Good moral support from Croc. Magpie and Ratty could learn from croc 😂👍
Great job! I really appreciate your explaining what you see…sometimes I see it later but your explaining makes it understandable and enriches the adventure! Thanks..from the Oregon Coast!
Those times when the home owner doesn't tell you all the info that could have helped. Clearly that had been dug up before in the walk way, you could tell by the concrete patch. And the didnt take the "eel" out since it went under the home. Thats why they gave up. You shouldnt have had to uncover all this information. Unless, the customer had only been lied to, but that extent of work would have taken a while and im would think they would be aware of some level of complexity from the last time a plumber came out, and lost their "cable".
Hi I’m Mike from Macclesfield in the UK. I love watching your videos! That job must have been very annoying. All the work you did to resolve the problem just gave you more determination/disappointment to resolve the issues. It’s great that you diagnosed it! All good!! A lot of work needs to be carried out to repair it. Keep up the great work!!👍👍👍👍
WOW Ollie that’s one of the most intense ones you’ve done in awhile! That poor homeowner has some major pipe issues and not to mention the sinkhole under the house!! Will there be a part 2 to this home when they do the pipe work??
"pipe issues"??? The entire building infrastructure, as in, the mortar holding the bricks and block work together has failed, add that to the foundation falling away [sink hole]... notice the huge cracks in the walls of the exterior of the home, that follow the failing blockwork. If this was in the US, it would be considered too hazardous to occupy and would be condemned. Man... I really feel for the owners, this is going to keep them up at night for the foreseeable future.
Ohhh man, I really do hope that Honda would watch the videos and give you a good offer on some kit, when the time for some new gear comes up. Starting nearly every video off with the quality sound of that banger. But nothing lasts forever.
When i started watching these, i didn't see ratty or any other animal helpers. When ratty showed up just randomly in one video i was like "haha nice." Such a random quirky thing that I love about these videos.
Ollie; use vice grips to clamp onto the snake and rotate it backwards to get that knot to uncoil; then use a come-a-long to pull it out; It may just slide out easy once that knot is gone. You really went the extra mile on this one!
gary ... so the knot is undone but the end of that snake is still cork-screwed into something, which is why the snake is stuck in the first place. Now that we see the problem the only fix is to replace the pipe.... because the stuck end is under the house where nobody can work.
Oliver, you really worry me at times, this was one that gave me a real panic attack. My young son is also a plumber here in Tennessee and I worry about him daily, but proud to say you both have the same work ethic, give it your all and always clean up lol.... you are in my daily prayers.
I use to use old style car jack that had a post and travel mechanism to pull up old fence post that were not cemented in place. Worked like a charm. Since the car manufacturers moved to these new safer scissor or lever car jacks those never would do the same job.
You hear the kookaburra laughing when there’s a humorous or ridiculous situation, the magpie song is the tune of Ollie walking… usually accompanied by his famous arm swings!
I think "Can of Worms" was a huge understatement Ollie. That house has some huge issues. You could see the mortar separating between the bricks, probably from the sink hole you found. But you gave it quite a go.
Well that was a strike out from the get go. I rooted for yah guys. No pun intended. You make the fix seem simple after everything you went through. Well done!
Oh my Ollie...bless your heart..what a nightmare! On one hand I was cheering you on and then when you went down under..lol...the house I went in full hyperventilating/claustrophobic/anxiety mode! LOL😂😂. THUMBS UP FOR HANGING IN THERE AS LONG AS YOU DID. 👍👊☺
Maybe get a winch for your van for situations like this, run the cable from the van to the eel then have the winch do all the pulling. That was a great vid!
@@xtort1077777 yea the whole system is stuffed. At the least dig up the sink hole in the crawl space and replace broken section of pipe not many contractors will be keen on that. There is likely other issues.
"Wonder if he is gonna show going back up to the van to grab a hot saw and a electric jack hammer?" Boss man proceeds to beating the concrete pavement into submission with a mini sledge, medium pry bar, and his hands! Nice video!
This day you work with pure manpower and bring the concrete to break. Then you can the old spiral spring with the electronic to see. But not to save. This house is a catastrophe. You can make that the water running off. A good video 🇦🇹💪👍
Can you get under the house. trace it under the floor with your metal detector (leaving a big pink spot on their carpet) and cut a hole in the floor. Im betting it will be wood or at least hoping. Its either that or pull all of the floor out and relay it. Its getting more expensive by the minute. Charge them well for this one its epic. In the crawl space its no virgin, someone's been in there before you. LOL Awesome Olly.
Got to love the out takes. Your Honda motor is enjoying the out takes. Looks like they done work in the alley floor. Could have used your jet to cut the concrete.
I’m actually curious, when you go to jobs and find there is a blockage and you need to dig up a pavement or garden etc, do you warn the customer that you may have to do that? I assume you alert them and not let them come back to it being like “holy shit mate, where is my pathway?!” 😂
I think it’s not a surprise at this point that you have five stars on every plumbing website Australia has to offer, I hope your parents are very proud of you
Good Lord!! Ollie, you are a dedicated individual. Here in the states, I've seen guys walk away from a job because it was raining. You deserve every penny you charge.
With all the labyrinths Ollie explores this is like the urban version of Raiders of The Lost Ark... best channel ever.
Or The Blair Witch Project sponsored by Ridgid company 🤣
Shitters full of lost arcs
The best shit on the internet 🚽💩💻
Or the maze runner edition…….
Anybody been to the Winchester
Mystery House in San Jose, CA USA?
I cannot fault your work commitment. Just phenomenal effort. Even if some how it was easy you were still dragging yourself through dark nasty areas where spiders and snakes generally live, in a country where spiders and snakes can kill you! Thank the lord for Mr Croc, Ratty and Magpie are were there on this one!
I would have expected to see rats or snakes in those crawl, so far just spiders. cockroaches.
When you've been battling drains for years and you finally meet the boss drain.
For real. This job was tainted with weapons-grade bullshit.
All I got to say is all hail king Ollie 🤴 king of the drains
It wasn't the drains fault it was a previous plumber who left his broken equipment
@@alltheboost5363 well, the drain was also broken underneath the house.
@@bluemamba5317 Mainly the previous plumber smh
Ollie you went above and BEYOND!! This homeowner has major problems, plumbing being one of them. He needs a civil engineer. I was afraid the house was going to crumble down around you and you would be trapped. I hope you got paid well for this one.
It's one of those days...generator hard to start.. ratty amd magpie skiving off on the first part and complete mess of drains. Not had a all bad for a long time. Brilliant video though. Cheers Ollie. All good 👍🏻
You are so calm as you work in such difficult circumstances. Tremendous effort Ollie.
The Honda refusing to start was great foreshadowing of what a crazy operation that was going to be
The little Honda is starting to start like a Hyundai 🤣
Starts like a Hyundai and runs like one too.
that little honda probably has more hours then any small engine i have worked on (even 30 year old ones). in one video he mentioned its getting old which is probably 5+years old easy and calculate how much that runs a day how many times a week and how many days a year... that small engine is VERY well maintained Ollie knows his gear and knows if it goes down its not good as he i also out of work till its fixed i wouldnt be surprised if that honda got an oilchange at least once a month and because its run so much it keeps itself clean so an easy general tuneup (new plug and both filters) and its good to go again. its also more of its being flooded why its not starting.. (wouldnt be surprised if that engine was pushing 5000-10000 hours)
@@SnowleopardPearl can't kill a Honda.......unless you starve it of oil ,they are one of the best little engines around, seen Honda engines run indefinitely with just basic maintenance & simple rebuilds, seen rebuilt Honda engines sound & work better than most of the newer knockoff junk from China or new US built Briggs &Stratton/ Tecumseh engines
@@thebluewhale8891 Hb zuyuu
Great effort by Ollie as always. Twisted eel, sinkhole, landmines, and roots. A full rich day.
Always amazes me how you know exactly where to dig. Quite a workout. Excellent job.
R2D2 is helpful.
Camera and locator helps.
Drain Addict, when he dug a reveal,
Found the pipe was stuffed with an eel
By golly, said Ollie
What plumbing folly!
A new pipe is needed, I feel.
Brilliant mate
Can you do another?
Brilliant 👏
All bad today, man that was a rough one but at least Crock got some battle scars today and finally got matching tattoos! Great effort 👌 👍
Much Respect to you Ollie, you’re a hard working fella!
Ollie, you are a tank man you went through that concrete-like nothing good job
Given the "quality" concreting job I'm not surprised, or rather I'm surprised by the amount of effort it took.
@@ithinkdoyou I have seen better grounding jobs in my life but concrete still requires some force to break so never the less ollie definitely put alot of work in on this one
Yeah for real, took me a sledge and a digging bar to get through my sidewalk and he did it witha big screwdriver and hammer.
I like the long videos that requires digging. It's almost like a search for buried treasure.
Except there’s only a pot of sh*t at the end of this drainbow!
Honda felt that this weird building eats plumbers' eels... keep away!
The only treasure here is that old fridge.
I sit back and remember the time rattie fell into that one drain years ago and the effort Ollie made to save his boy, hard to imagine the channel without the lord of the rats!!
Yeah! I remember that one too! We are were worried :)
You guys remember what episode?
Which vid was it?
@@showtimekid7749 It´s the episode 555 :)
@@joelwilliams3115 It´s the episode 555
Hey Ollie. I've seen you do some very hard work through most of the water system. But this.....was so much along with whatever that was within the water pipes or sewage. I hope there is a part 2 of this video. Take care and be safe.
If Ollie, Ratty, Magpie and Croc can’t fix it then no-one can - time to just accept the inevitable, demolish the house and rebuild from scratch!
Anyone else out of breath just watching Ollie dig that hole.
Ollie better watch out… swing that hammer too much and he will wake up with Thor muscles… it won’t be too surprising; since he handles the sewage pipes he is technically an Assgardian
Me
All I could think of is "he needs a bigger hammer."
I’d say he’d rather use a jack hammer for this job….
Yep, I was ready for a shower and a rest, like being at the gym
You are One of the Best work man love it when you walk swinging you Arms
That had to be the first one ive ever seen where it couldn’t be cleared within the filming. What a bloody hard one that was. Good moral support from Croc. Magpie and Ratty could learn from croc 😂👍
Great job! I really appreciate your explaining what you see…sometimes I see it later but your explaining makes it understandable and enriches the adventure! Thanks..from the Oregon Coast!
Those times when the home owner doesn't tell you all the info that could have helped. Clearly that had been dug up before in the walk way, you could tell by the concrete patch. And the didnt take the "eel" out since it went under the home. Thats why they gave up. You shouldnt have had to uncover all this information. Unless, the customer had only been lied to, but that extent of work would have taken a while and im would think they would be aware of some level of complexity from the last time a plumber came out, and lost their "cable".
Jason ... could it be there's a new owner who has no clue of prior history? Could also be a widow and the husband always did that sort of thing.
The previous owner probably said "Right. We're moving." when they got the quote to fix that!
Hi I’m Mike from Macclesfield in the UK. I love watching your videos! That job must have been very annoying. All the work you did to resolve the problem just gave you more determination/disappointment to resolve the issues. It’s great that you diagnosed it! All good!! A lot of work needs to be carried out to repair it. Keep up the great work!!👍👍👍👍
WOW Ollie that’s one of the most intense ones you’ve done in awhile! That poor homeowner has some major pipe issues and not to mention the sinkhole under the house!!
Will there be a part 2 to this home when they do the pipe work??
With the clog at the bottom removed , they will put a "temporary" patch on the alleyway walk. ... and All Good.
@@deconteesawyer5758 Yeppers they will😊
Judging by the rest of the property, any “temporary” patch will be there for decades.
@@digsindirt4490 True that! 😂
"pipe issues"??? The entire building infrastructure, as in, the mortar holding the bricks and block work together has failed, add that to the foundation falling away [sink hole]... notice the huge cracks in the walls of the exterior of the home, that follow the failing blockwork. If this was in the US, it would be considered too hazardous to occupy and would be condemned.
Man... I really feel for the owners, this is going to keep them up at night for the foreseeable future.
Too much work. I couldn't handle it. You're a hard working man. Much respect
Oh my god, I think the old plumber is still down there somewhere; didn't make it out and got reported missing...
As touchy as it was I do miss that old Honda. That high pitched whine from the new one always kills me lol
You're a real pro at it, you ingenuity is amazing. You're A 12 out of 10
Love the videos!
-Septic guy from Texas
Lol, generator getting harder to start than Ratty is!
Lol 😂
lol 🥴
Bruh the animals be laughing at him
It’s not a generator ! It’s a high pressure pump
tremendous effort on this job
Ohhh man, I really do hope that Honda would watch the videos and give you a good offer on some kit, when the time for some new gear comes up.
Starting nearly every video off with the quality sound of that banger. But nothing lasts forever.
You have me hooked. I can't believe it.
Who in their right mind thought it was a good idea to cement over top of an access point.
Someone being an ass
The previous plumber looking to seal up a big problem.
In all his videos I've always wondered why they cover over and hide access points.
Well, the last plumber just make sure that noone can find the remains evidence of his "dirty" job...
And then came Ollie & Rattie...
Boa noite! Parabéns pelo trabalho, muito difícil reparar trabalhos de outras pessoas.I am from Brasil thanks.
I know that this was a long time ago and you have certainly come a long way since then, but it was sure good to see the old gang together again. 👍👍👍
My knees hurt just looking at that crawlspace floor!
I think the Honda was trying to warn you of the dangers ahead!
What a mess. Good job sticking with it.👍👍👍👍👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Who needs a watch or calendar? It’s Sunday!
When i started watching these, i didn't see ratty or any other animal helpers. When ratty showed up just randomly in one video i was like "haha nice." Such a random quirky thing that I love about these videos.
Ollie; use vice grips to clamp onto the snake and rotate it backwards to get that knot to uncoil; then use a come-a-long to pull it out; It may just slide out easy once that knot is gone. You really went the extra mile on this one!
gary ... so the knot is undone but the end of that snake is still cork-screwed into something, which is why the snake is stuck in the first place. Now that we see the problem the only fix is to replace the pipe.... because the stuck end is under the house where nobody can work.
Wow, you aren't afraid of anything Ollie! God bless you and your hard work!🙏🥰❤️
My back, my knees, my wrists and my soul hurt just watching this.
Oliver, you really worry me at times, this was one that gave me a real panic attack. My young son is also a plumber here in Tennessee and I worry about him daily, but proud to say you both have the same work ethic, give it your all and always clean up lol.... you are in my daily prayers.
How much more life do you think that Honda generator has left in it..?
Maybe one more job left in her Storm Falcon.
@@DrainAddict :( Thinking of a replacement soon? another honda?
Hell of a job Ollie. Big ole eel knot. What to do, what to do.
I was getting so frustrated in sympathy at not getting that snake out, but you never lost your humor and went hunting under the house. Love it, mate!
insane amount of work you put into your work! You have my utter respect!!
FIFTY FIVE minutes, guys. It's gonna be a good one.
I use to use old style car jack that had a post and travel mechanism to pull up old fence post that were not cemented in place. Worked like a charm. Since the car manufacturers moved to these new safer scissor or lever car jacks those never would do the same job.
Nothing worse than fixing someone's scraper.
Love your videos
I've watched dozens of these videos now and I still don't know what the sound effects mean, and this point I'm too afraid to ask 😂
lol
You hear the kookaburra laughing when there’s a humorous or ridiculous situation, the magpie song is the tune of Ollie walking… usually accompanied by his famous arm swings!
Try a sense of humour
I thought this would be about that weird tool that does all the beeping noises and now I still don't know what that is or what the beeping means lol
A part two would be nice when available.
Is it generator service time for the Rattymobile?
Getting close by the sound of it lol.
@@DrainAddict I would take it in for a once over just in case. By the way, those eels look like shaky tools even at the best of usage times.
this recalls my honeymoon in Venice...the gondolas in the channels
sweet
Not enough money in the world…. Ollie you’re a trooper.
The man that just gives and gives
I think "Can of Worms" was a huge understatement Ollie. That house has some huge issues. You could see the mortar separating between the bricks, probably from the sink hole you found. But you gave it quite a go.
Talk about manual frigging labor. Hats off to you my friend.
Well that was a strike out from the get go. I rooted for yah guys. No pun intended. You make the fix seem simple after everything you went through. Well done!
One of the best channels on RUclips period.
Oh my Ollie...bless your heart..what a nightmare! On one hand I was cheering you on and then when you went down under..lol...the house I went in full hyperventilating/claustrophobic/anxiety mode! LOL😂😂. THUMBS UP FOR HANGING IN THERE AS LONG AS YOU DID. 👍👊☺
It's impressive they managed to curl it up at all, let alone as much as they did.
You sir are a hard worker n good at what you do
Maybe get a winch for your van for situations like this, run the cable from the van to the eel then have the winch do all the pulling. That was a great vid!
Just needed a come along, but I can't say what condition the pipe would have been in that was a 1500ft pound ball of disaster
@@xtort1077777 yea the whole system is stuffed.
At the least dig up the sink hole in the crawl space and replace broken section of pipe
not many contractors will be keen on that.
There is likely other issues.
And destroy the pipe
You are amazing! Such perseverance and good attitude! Praise Jesus!
Truly an artisan job
Ollie, I haven't finished watching and I am ready to throw the towel in..LOL You really do have persistence and are the BEST at your job!
are ratty and magpie fused together?
I think they have been for a while he called it ratmag or somthing when he first done it.
Maggie liked to go missing now harder to loose
dont know why i started watching these?.... but i do now 😂
Oh my God I love the scifi music sounds that tool you took under the house makes!! Beep boop boop beep beep beep boooooop
"Wonder if he is gonna show going back up to the van to grab a hot saw and a electric jack hammer?"
Boss man proceeds to beating the concrete pavement into submission with a mini sledge, medium pry bar, and his hands! Nice video!
Your persistence is impressive.
some of the camera shots reminded me of one of those POV horror movies like The Bell Witch
This went from drain simulator to minecraft real quick
Oooh, heavy duty gloves for this one!
Ngl was bored so I clicked on a vid of yours, I’ve now been watching your vids for the past 6 hours and I’m not gonna regret it one bit
I was excited to have a longer episode. Now I feel bad for him.
Your work is so hard ... Big Love from india
One of those days where "all those roots" is the minor problem!
Not often we get an "ALL BAD!"
Breaking concrete and crawling under buildings like a badass
Top notch quality entertainment, love the long video
This day you work with pure manpower and bring the concrete to break. Then you can the old spiral spring with the electronic to see. But not to save. This house is a catastrophe. You can make that the water running off. A good video 🇦🇹💪👍
Right now, everyone is yelling advice at their monitors.
lol
Almost an hour long? We're about to go on a rollercoaster of emotions!
Can you get under the house. trace it under the floor with your metal detector (leaving a big pink spot on their carpet) and cut a hole in the floor. Im betting it will be wood or at least hoping. Its either that or pull all of the floor out and relay it. Its getting more expensive by the minute. Charge them well for this one its epic. In the crawl space its no virgin, someone's been in there before you. LOL Awesome Olly.
Do you think reverse on the cable would undo the knots. It looks like they broke the concrete to detach from the cable.
Maybe but the plumber might of already tried.
but it would not of fixed the main problem broken pipes
Boy this one had everything but some damn corn.💚💚
Christ 😂 the incompetence of another plumber becomes the ultimate challenge
No jackhammer for you Ollie, great job on this one!!
Where would we be without the old metal coat hanger
Got to love the out takes. Your Honda motor is enjoying the out takes. Looks like they done work in the alley floor. Could have used your jet to cut the concrete.
I can tell this guy really enjoy what he's doing
love when we get a movie episode
I’m actually curious, when you go to jobs and find there is a blockage and you need to dig up a pavement or garden etc, do you warn the customer that you may have to do that? I assume you alert them and not let them come back to it being like “holy shit mate, where is my pathway?!” 😂
Yes, i let them know first lol👍
Estaría genial que hicieras un detailling de tu furgoneta con todas tu herramientas, como las limpias y preparas ☺️
My first thought of him crawling underneath the house. SNAKES!