Blocked Drain - Unblocking Overgrown Compacted Roots in Manhole with Sewage Gush

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  • Опубликовано: 20 сен 2024
  • In this video, our local drain specialists Jem and Warren are back tackling a giant root blocking the manhole outlet, no wonder the drain was blocked! The roots have completely overtaken the manhole leaving no space for the drain to run. Once removed, it is clear to us why the drain was blocked.
    Also, we get hit by a freak snowstorm, when only a few days ago we were sunbathing? The great British weather 😂
    Featuring:
    Jem - Drainage Engineer
    Warren - Camera Operator
    Jenny - Video Editor
    Filmed on a GoPro Hero 8
    We are The Drain Unblockers, showing you how we work.
    Mersey Rod is your one-stop drain unblocking specialist for all types of drain problems. We offer specially tailored drainage services including:
    Drain Unblocking
    Drain Cleaning
    Drain Repairing
    Drain Inspection
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    Blocked Toilet
    Drain Jetting, etc. At affordable prices.
    Contact:
    Email - info@merseyrod.co.uk
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    Don't hesitate to get in touch with any queries.
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Комментарии • 366

  • @somerandombaldguy5296
    @somerandombaldguy5296 3 года назад +116

    People can dislike the job as much as they want, but everyone should be grateful for people like these who go out and do that job.

    • @ZaySmokes
      @ZaySmokes 3 года назад +4

      To most of us, this is interesting and actually cool. Everything is not for everyone, and that is ok. Either way they took time out of their day to watch, and comment. Jokes on them 🤣🤣🤣

    • @PreservationEnthusiast
      @PreservationEnthusiast 3 года назад +3

      Is anyone disliking it though. Very important job. Without these guys and others like them, we'd end up knee deep in shit and disease.

    • @polhpolh64
      @polhpolh64 3 года назад +2

      True

    • @seanpuptreacy
      @seanpuptreacy 3 года назад +3

      Salt of the earth people. There is money in muck and a good living if people were to give the job a chance

    • @dawserdoos
      @dawserdoos 3 года назад +1

      @@seanpuptreacy Lol, I personally would never give this job a try because... Well... But I CAN appreciate the hard work and dedication, the result, and if nothing else watching it from afar is cool lmaooo

  • @phuturephunk
    @phuturephunk 3 года назад +123

    I am now watching plumbing videos from the UK. I work in IT...in America. I love this.

    • @ethanwilde2869
      @ethanwilde2869 3 года назад +8

      We are in the same boat... and we are up shits creek... lmao

    • @barrymantelli8011
      @barrymantelli8011 3 года назад

      same. don't even know how I ended up in ScouserTube

    • @jaymesc.moreland9265
      @jaymesc.moreland9265 3 года назад

      It's a shitty job, but someone's gotta do it. Lol

    • @johndonson1603
      @johndonson1603 3 года назад

      Weirdly I'm in the UK, and I watched a vid last week of a fella in the US unblocking storm drains during a downpour.
      Oh and I watch Salty Cracker as well.

    • @DeannaEarley
      @DeannaEarley 3 года назад +2

      Don't worry, I watched an Australian guy jet wash a playground earlier..

  • @Megascape543
    @Megascape543 3 года назад +325

    Looks like something youd have to jump into in a resident evil game lmao

    • @ProjectDoomsday
      @ProjectDoomsday 3 года назад +5

      Thanks to RE Village im here today...

    • @wealthybone2990
      @wealthybone2990 3 года назад +1

      I wonder if the guy who hearted this even knows what Resident Evil is.

    • @LadyWisteriaa
      @LadyWisteriaa 3 года назад +2

      @@wealthybone2990 resident evil is old as hell. Im sure they know

    • @airbornewarningandcontrols396
      @airbornewarningandcontrols396 3 года назад +1

      @@wealthybone2990 been out since 1996 surely heard of it

  • @thesighbored
    @thesighbored 3 года назад +288

    Looked like some Resident Evil mutation gone wrong and spreading in the manhole.

    • @toainsully
      @toainsully 3 года назад +1

      Let's hope Lady Dimitrescu doesn't come out of that manhole

    • @KyrstOak
      @KyrstOak 3 года назад

      @@toainsully It would be good for the drainage.

    • @keinebuhnefurgrune506
      @keinebuhnefurgrune506 3 года назад

      Plot twist: I was *not* a resident evil mutation 😁

    • @pauldurkee4764
      @pauldurkee4764 2 года назад

      Nah that's not a mutation, it's either a hairy arsed ginger drain inspector or an orangutan has got stuck in the pipe.

    • @mnomadvfx
      @mnomadvfx 2 года назад

      The scary thing is that you can't see where it came from in the first place 😱

  • @ButacuPpucatuB
    @ButacuPpucatuB 2 года назад +11

    This is my first time seeing roots growing in a manhole but it does make sense, it’s outside, a source of water, and not usually visited or touched. Thanks so much for sharing! Job well done 🙌🏽

  • @pr0n3
    @pr0n3 3 года назад +31

    I don't know why youtube put this on my list....but I am thoroughly satisfied at the outcome XD. Well done boys.

  • @paulhughes2367
    @paulhughes2367 3 года назад +20

    Glad to see you got to the root of that problem Jem 👌

    • @TheDrainUnblockers
      @TheDrainUnblockers  3 года назад +3

      lol! You and me both!

    • @robertmckenney7711
      @robertmckenney7711 Год назад

      @@TheDrainUnblockers Roots are real bad for clay pipes and manholes once you get rid of them they grow right back ..

  • @cdamauser1963
    @cdamauser1963 3 года назад +26

    I'll wager this man is continually employed.

    • @Until_It_Is_Done
      @Until_It_Is_Done 3 года назад

      Considering there's video evidence of him continually working, I doubt anyone will take that bet...😉

  • @macbitz
    @macbitz 3 года назад +8

    No idea why this came up in my feed, but now I'm going to spend the next hour or so bingeing drains being unblocked! 😂

    • @katejones4905
      @katejones4905 7 месяцев назад

      Welcome! These guys make the best videos. Enjoy.

  • @davidanka1727
    @davidanka1727 3 года назад +190

    My assigment can surely wait twelve minutes and twenty-nine seconds more...

  • @shanittathompson2039
    @shanittathompson2039 3 года назад +31

    They got a whole greenhouse down there.

  • @Quagigitymire
    @Quagigitymire 3 года назад +33

    The snow oddly was the most interesting part of the video. This although is from a guy living in Scottsdale Az where it's gonna hit 100+ degrees today and I haven't even been in a city that's seen snow this decade.

  • @yormarmar3088
    @yormarmar3088 3 года назад +22

    i already know this channel is about to blow up. I know the drain unblocker channel in Korea is blowing up lol. Watching those drains get unclogged defines a new meaning of Catharcism to me

    • @themightyparthos
      @themightyparthos 3 года назад

      All the pain of clearing the drain and none of the glorious smell..

  • @mackman77095
    @mackman77095 3 года назад +53

    I find it truely amazing that in today age, with pvc available, they still have open air flow connectors to public sewer instead of a pipe with collar connections and sealable cleanouts.

    • @tebmc3466
      @tebmc3466 3 года назад +3

      Design it n make urzelf rich

    • @jaymesc.moreland9265
      @jaymesc.moreland9265 3 года назад +12

      Even with PVC, you still have to vent to atmosphere. You do not want it completely sealed. Even the public sewer systems require venting.

    • @themightyparthos
      @themightyparthos 3 года назад +8

      Vents in the us of A are on the roof. ... .. Where a curious kid and a match usually are not.

    • @tebmc3466
      @tebmc3466 3 года назад +2

      @@jaymesc.moreland9265 is that because of methane gas that can build up??

    • @bravejango12
      @bravejango12 3 года назад +2

      @@tebmc3466 that's one of the reasons yes.

  • @Tailss1
    @Tailss1 3 года назад +160

    Ratty would say "that's chockers mate" xD

    • @garethmccarthy2990
      @garethmccarthy2990 3 года назад +18

      Ratty🐀 would be too busy looking for corn 🌽

    • @rosemarshall1219
      @rosemarshall1219 3 года назад +8

      Always expecting to see ratty magpie and Ollie when I see drains.. 😄

    • @eddiewillers1
      @eddiewillers1 3 года назад +4

      Ollie would have put a camera down the line afterwards, for sh1ts and giggles.

  • @nancyhiler7389
    @nancyhiler7389 3 года назад +10

    Wow those roots were huge. You did a good job. Thanks for sharing your work with us

  • @QuimBeeLivingstone
    @QuimBeeLivingstone 3 года назад +12

    Jem the Root Destroyer and Warren the Spielberg of drainage engineering! *I love that Jenny put her name first though 😊 Lol here in Canada we just got a big dump of snow after a month of warmish weather, They said less than 1cm of snow/rain mix over night and I woke up to about 5 cm of snow on the ground!

  • @KING-FU
    @KING-FU 3 года назад +10

    Kudos to the courageous people that do these “dirty jobs” across the globe.

    • @CaelusXFirefly69
      @CaelusXFirefly69 3 года назад

      Unknown heroes!

    • @spider496
      @spider496 3 года назад

      Oh, it's a dirty job but someone's gotta do it.

  • @susie7504
    @susie7504 3 года назад

    The best Unblockers ever! JEM, ANDY, JOE, WARREN ETC. 😀🪣🧤👍🔦💩🪠👷

  • @chrishelms1967
    @chrishelms1967 3 года назад +18

    Just got this notification as I was finishing the newest Drain Addict video.....BONUS

    • @garethmccarthy2990
      @garethmccarthy2990 3 года назад +2

      Just not the same without a Rat 🐀 looking for corn 🌽 and a Kookaburra laughing in the background. All Good 👍🇦🇺

  • @mrsnakepit
    @mrsnakepit 3 года назад +63

    The roots say, I will be back again!!!

    • @JDye-youtube
      @JDye-youtube 3 года назад +2

      Don’t want to kill the roots, they are job security. Have to come back in a few years and do it again.

  • @jetter2-andy-539
    @jetter2-andy-539 3 года назад +1

    Almost 500k! Cant wait to see another video!

  • @BS-lr8ru
    @BS-lr8ru 3 года назад +2

    Well done for hitting over 500k views Jem!
    Keep up the good work all MerseyRod gang 😁

    • @TheDrainUnblockers
      @TheDrainUnblockers  3 года назад +1

      Thanks 😁

    • @robertmckenney7711
      @robertmckenney7711 Год назад

      @@TheDrainUnblockers Having a manhole outlet infested with roots Jem and Warren are the best plumbers in UK and keep the manhole outlets clean..

  • @patrickwilson9833
    @patrickwilson9833 3 года назад +6

    Wow that root was making its own home in there...food is close by great job

  • @wheels2199
    @wheels2199 3 года назад +11

    That manhole had a beard! Nice job as usual , you always go the extra mile to check and make sure it’s right. 😬👍Eddie wheels 😬👨🏻‍🦽.

  • @philjones1895
    @philjones1895 3 года назад +2

    JEM is no cowboy he did work on our drainage and found out the house builder had not put a drain in from the untitled room.... He lifted our block paving fitted new drain and Replaced all the blocks i would give him 10 out of 10.... Thanks again Jem Phil and jayne

  • @bigooman2396
    @bigooman2396 3 года назад +2

    Omg my first episode I'm hooked🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗.

  • @TheSewerMan4
    @TheSewerMan4 3 года назад +6

    What a pleasure it must have been to work on the snow 😍🤩

  • @sheafamily3
    @sheafamily3 Год назад

    Howdy from Texas! I love ya’lls accent. I could listen to ya’ll chat it up all day long.

  • @EnchantedSmellyWolf
    @EnchantedSmellyWolf 3 года назад +2

    Looks beautiful. Like a frogotten temple teaming with withered roots.

  • @whiteyguitar666
    @whiteyguitar666 2 года назад

    Now this video takes me back to my roots

  • @bobleglob162
    @bobleglob162 3 года назад +3

    EXACTLY what I was looking for!

  • @crivera7836
    @crivera7836 3 года назад +2

    Trying to figure out how this in my suggestions and why i cant stop watching 🤣🤣💀💀

  • @tonebanderas
    @tonebanderas 3 года назад +8

    in the end, is that the lovely british weather everyone talks about?

  • @peter15871
    @peter15871 3 года назад +2

    good video yet again lad's. Soon got that one sorted .Best give warren a oscar for the BEST CAMERA OPERATER.. stay safe .....

  • @grantpetersen1049
    @grantpetersen1049 3 года назад +1

    Wonderful work my friend

  • @queenshutitdown8089
    @queenshutitdown8089 3 года назад +9

    Ya got a miniature habitat in there. Smells like pancakes with cinnamon.
    Really enjoy watching what you do and you sanitize the area when you are finished. You're brave lol

  • @edwinamazona5474
    @edwinamazona5474 3 года назад +4

    First earwax cleaning, now this. There is definitely nothing wrong with me. Ha ha

  • @Ad-gn8pl
    @Ad-gn8pl 3 года назад +47

    That's not roots it's a fully grown shrub!

  • @fatjellydonutglaze2230
    @fatjellydonutglaze2230 3 года назад +13

    I'm glad they got the root of the problem🤣

  • @whataguy7032
    @whataguy7032 3 года назад +6

    Snow in the middle of April..........Lovely..........or not.

  • @johannahislope2036
    @johannahislope2036 3 года назад +1

    Very interesting. Fascinating to watch. Hello hello from Kentucky USA

  • @WarhavenSC
    @WarhavenSC 3 года назад +1

    Had a similar problem at my mom's place. Was asking the pipe worker what the most common problem for backups is, and he said it's plastic bags and plastic-wrap. So many people flush plastic down the toilet for some reason. My mom lives in California.

  • @bertrandducouedic8621
    @bertrandducouedic8621 3 года назад +2

    Good work. Crazy roots

  • @vikymuzakky856
    @vikymuzakky856 3 года назад +2

    This root can be used for flower planting media

  • @ParArdua
    @ParArdua 2 года назад

    Beautiful job,
    and as granny used to say "You could eat your dinner off that now".

  • @AnonySpaceHD
    @AnonySpaceHD 3 года назад +1

    What a beautiful garden, lol.

  • @antman3525
    @antman3525 3 года назад +28

    Opening the pit Looked like my partner before the monthly trim

  • @jay-kq8of
    @jay-kq8of 3 года назад +4

    Great vid jem that was one hell of a root

  • @yaoxiden219
    @yaoxiden219 3 года назад +1

    That tree was living the life feeding on a steady diet of Gourmet sewage water.

  • @Serkanbah
    @Serkanbah 3 года назад +10

    use flamethrower :) that roots gonna grow again

  • @StRosen
    @StRosen 3 года назад +2

    Nice, youtube really knows what to recommend me after playing Resident Evil

  • @alexvith
    @alexvith 3 года назад +2

    That's what I call "Satisfyingly disturbing"

  • @timsullivan826
    @timsullivan826 3 года назад +2

    Great Job as always cheers!

  • @GabrielLopez-ts6ou
    @GabrielLopez-ts6ou 3 года назад +1

    Great another channel I know nothing about that I’m now balls deep in

  • @onlyhuman1954
    @onlyhuman1954 3 года назад +1

    Question... Where did the roots come from? It's a concrete patio... 🤔

  • @BlackHawkBallistic
    @BlackHawkBallistic 3 года назад +2

    When you tapped on the pvc pipe and said "that's his kitchen" what is that drain from the kitchen for? Is it the kitchen sink?

  • @beckyirvin2504
    @beckyirvin2504 8 месяцев назад

    I love the roots!

  • @artimusbranesample9072
    @artimusbranesample9072 3 года назад +1

    Is that a King of Spades?

  • @bostedtap8399
    @bostedtap8399 3 года назад +1

    I think that's a "Ken Dodd" wig! ( No respect intended). Never knew roots in UK drains could get so bad.
    Thanks for sharing.

  • @MuhammadNadeem-gn4in
    @MuhammadNadeem-gn4in 3 года назад

    A technical hard worker good job done.

  • @aqacefan
    @aqacefan 3 года назад +1

    12:00 He's channeling Patrick Troughton 😏

  • @samthedog7401
    @samthedog7401 3 года назад

    Great work editing the vid Jenny

  • @Kingnacho-
    @Kingnacho- 3 года назад +1

    Great job 👍I thought it might of been joe as you got week off 😜 enjoy the chill out time 👍

  • @MrDbone75
    @MrDbone75 3 года назад +1

    Good Sunday evening to you sir

  • @ganjawizard4547
    @ganjawizard4547 3 года назад +1

    At least you got to the root of the problem hehe😂👊🧙‍♂️

  • @ev1558
    @ev1558 3 года назад +3

    I'm always amazed by people who don't keep their properties groomed with the vegetation, that they are surpised by insects, plugging, moisture damage, etc.

  • @BeeRich33
    @BeeRich33 3 года назад +4

    It's a throw rug.

  • @confusedcraftsman8335
    @confusedcraftsman8335 3 года назад +2

    Now that's a root!! As far as root problems go this might be one of the better ones right? If all the roots grow in through the manhole they could probably get away with opening the manhole and picking out roots a couple times a year?

  • @allys537
    @allys537 3 года назад +1

    So wait... It's legal to have a kitchen sink drain into an open grate in the backyard them go under the house, and into an open street connection in the front driveway? WOW!

  • @pauljohnleadbeater5533
    @pauljohnleadbeater5533 4 месяца назад

    These videos are very interesting indeed.

  • @gazfish
    @gazfish 3 года назад +36

    Back in the old days the gaffer would lean on the shovel while the kid did the grafting, now they're the ones holding the camera

    • @jadebear0717
      @jadebear0717 3 года назад +12

      Yes because holding the camera makes them just as much money.
      Times are changing , man

    • @hybridEP3
      @hybridEP3 3 года назад

      That’s how you learn. I make my apprentices do a lot of work. Throw them in the fire and give them pointers.

  • @thomasgersitz338
    @thomasgersitz338 Год назад +1

    Do you do anything to where the roots gain entrance to the pit. I know you cut out as much as you could, but the roots are always seeking water. And they will grow back in a fairly short time.

  • @richardrussell7082
    @richardrussell7082 3 года назад +4

    "...with a bit of half pressure" blimey o.O

  • @keithmason5584
    @keithmason5584 3 года назад +13

    Seems like a nice bloke , my experience of drain jetting services is cowboys

  • @nigelheathcote6084
    @nigelheathcote6084 3 года назад +1

    Overgrown compacted roots in manhole with sewage gush , that’s what I’d call a band if I had one

  • @DeadKoby
    @DeadKoby 3 года назад +1

    I bet those are some well fertilized plants!!! That's a mess of roots for sure.

  • @cadjs
    @cadjs 3 года назад +4

    Wow, that first shot of the roots reminded me of a girl I used to know...😉

  • @elih9700
    @elih9700 3 года назад +1

    Alot better working in the UK than in India for unblocking drains.

  • @osianmeilyr89
    @osianmeilyr89 3 года назад +2

    Looks like a hose reel with a valve would make your life easier. Also more control for when you're washing down afterwards

  • @caliado
    @caliado 3 года назад +2

    When he said taproot I immediately thought of the early 2000's nu metal band lol

  • @axelusul
    @axelusul 3 года назад +2

    Yeah, "sh1t happens", respect the guys who deal with it. Had to do similar things in my time.

  • @mikebushen9368
    @mikebushen9368 2 года назад

    It always seems be raining up there in this case snowing keep up the good work. Could you explain to the viewers how the mole works.

  • @samuelfellows6923
    @samuelfellows6923 3 года назад

    At 7:50 we can see the approaching snow clouds 😁 🌨❄️. 🤭 - looks like the homeowner will have to have his driveway dug up to find the parent plant that the roots are coming from - obviously the manhole is a source of moisture under the driveway, and the roots have gone straight to it (a source of water as far as they are concerned) not knowing it is the sewer outlet for that house

  • @firestarter2320
    @firestarter2320 3 года назад +1

    Good video. Stay safe

  • @coldblue9mm
    @coldblue9mm 3 года назад +1

    I watched a young man who cleans semi plugged culverts so why not watch this........lol

  • @chrisj1475
    @chrisj1475 3 года назад +2

    Should advertise your business as Plumbers and Landscaping with the amount of roots in that drain.

  • @BEV0323
    @BEV0323 3 года назад +1

    I wish that lady with that "Chime app" thingy would take a lonnnng hike!

  • @christopherkidwell9817
    @christopherkidwell9817 3 года назад +1

    Is there any way to prevent something like this? Other than cutting down all the trees on your property.

  • @simonjones7785
    @simonjones7785 2 года назад

    going back to my roots yeah

  • @markalmeida5978
    @markalmeida5978 3 года назад +1

    Great job!

  • @Baker_-fm2gk
    @Baker_-fm2gk 3 года назад +2

    Weirdly I wouldn't mind doing this as a job 😅

  • @jondrew55
    @jondrew55 3 года назад +1

    Love the Taco Bell Ad at the end. Well played!

  • @goofydog2
    @goofydog2 3 года назад

    I love jobs that get all the muck out, cleaned up and everybody happy! I could do that all day long, but we don't have sewers like this in Arizona or Calif. Good job. Cheers...

    • @serpentinefire921
      @serpentinefire921 3 года назад

      Its no different than the work you'd do on sewer lines in az or ca. You just have cleanouts. Pipes that come up from the main sewer line for access

    • @goofydog2
      @goofydog2 3 года назад

      @@serpentinefire921 The sewers I've worked on (just a few) had cleanouts but NOTHING even close to the open pits this man is working.

    • @serpentinefire921
      @serpentinefire921 3 года назад

      @@goofydog2 i dont know anything about european plumbing outside of the similarities it has with us plumbing but it seems the open lines are for venting where as we vent on the roof in the us. It all works the same way essentially. Just different ways of achieving the same goals. Anyone who has more knowledge of euro plumbing please put me in check

  • @justaseagull8406
    @justaseagull8406 3 года назад

    Snow storm in April, how nice,

  • @mickryan3516
    @mickryan3516 3 года назад

    Well done another clear pipe and good you nearly reached 5k subscribers

  • @na195097
    @na195097 3 года назад +1

    Roots to what though? Are they from the shrugs that are several feet away?

  • @jasonw833
    @jasonw833 2 года назад

    It's crazy what mother nature does to inhabited property, without maintenance soil and vegetation just takes over like we were never here.

  • @faridajohnson3373
    @faridajohnson3373 2 года назад

    I agree! Someone has to do it!

  • @george-stefanleoca1319
    @george-stefanleoca1319 3 года назад +1

    Tbf, compacted roots are such a delight to touch and feel their texture it's almost plant pornography .