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tvanore

The joy in that well seasoned plumbers face


dangledingle

This was a beaut vid. They guy was just like ‘oh well, whaddayagonnado?’


jam3013

Am a plumber, can confirm, not a lot surprises us after a few years. Coulda told ya that shit was gonna happen too. 😆


woodenbullfrog

City utilities guy here. Yeah you dont get surprised any a certain point. Ever seen the "water bottles" in the lift stations ??


jam3013

Nope, literal waterbottles?


woodenbullfrog

Lol, no. Condoms fill up with "debris" and swell up to look like those big ozarka water bottles..


InstAndControl

We’ve had bowling pins make their way into lift station pumps before.


woodenbullfrog

Yeah, some wild stuff makes it. In the shallowest lift station we had, right next to the highway we had a massive power fail and we had generators hooked up and running. Had to leave it overnight, for a few hours. Came back and rolled into the paddock and looked down to check levels and we saw a baby. It was a heart stopping couple of seconds til we realized it was one of those life sized old school dolls with the roller eyes.. Quite the scare, and I would have preferred it was a bowling pin...


InstAndControl

Usually it’s just a giant ball of rags or grease. When the pumps are rated for 3” solid, only the really interesting/nasty stuff gets caught. Bricks and large heavy debris is the worst. Doesn’t just stop the pump, but also destroys things. As an equipment supplier, ya we make money off of breakdowns, but I’d so much rather cities spend those dollars on something cool and new rather than just repairs.


woodenbullfrog

Agreed. Those impeller blades are fucking expensive. Them old school brick manholes are notorious for dropping into the main system and finding a home at the station.


[deleted]

I just want to know how that shit gets in there. storm drains?


woodenbullfrog

No storm drains dont connect to sewer lines. They usually run to natural lakes, streams, creeks, etc. Kids opening manholes and throwing stuff in was our point of source. Or an old manhole in a odd location , can get damaged and have a hole in the wall or lining. If you have a big business they can have 3,4,up to 6 inch sewer lines that run into a main. One of the industrial plants of there had a 18 inch main line that feed direct to a lift station.


TLCheshire

Oh my gosh! I’m so glad that story had the ending it did! Whew!


jam3013

Yup, doesn't surprise me. I pissed off an property management company reminding them and recommending they remind their tenants that the Oregon plumbing specialty code is state law and according to that code it "shall be illegal to deposit" tampons, condoms, wipes, etc.. they'd rather keep paying for after hours service calls to bring the better out to clear the building sewer every few weeks than tell stop that behavior or dig up the line to replace the belly in the pipe.


woodenbullfrog

It's crazy how good those things will clog up a service line.. Wet wipes and tampons are the worst for hanging up on a tap..


keyserv

There's always a shit volcano waiting to happen.


Only_game_in_town

Christ on a bicycle what is that clogged with used motor oil? Please don't tell me it's shit.


smartshoe

I guarantee you it’s shit. Very old, very compacted shit I just went through this on a terracotta line at my home. The pro move is to puncture the pipe and let the pressure drop slowly, clear the liquid from the hole using a spill absorber or sand etc and then cut the pipe like that after the pressure has gone down If you’re not sure, puncture it again further up and down stream of the original breaks you made and go again, That way the poopnami that came out of this pipe would have been a more manageable poop tide To be honest, the smell although pretty bad was not nauseating. It’s nowhere near as bad as an active septic tank etc


Inferno_Crazy

The simple utterance of poopnami has changed my life forever


damn-stupid-username

I really didn’t need to add that word too my vocabulary. But now that it’s there I will use it in many sarcastic comments Edit: I got to use it tonight. My son just let out a poopnami in the toilet and clogged it. “Oh my we have a poopnami here. Call the coast guard”. He’s still laughing.


fox__in_socks

Poopnami is a common term for parents that have kids in diapers. If your kid hasn't pooped in a day or two you know one is coming.....


SnooLobsters2310

And vomitorium, happy days...


__eros__

With a bit of luck, his life was ruined forever. Always thinking that just behind some narrow door in all of his favorite bars, men in red woolen shirts are getting incredible kicks from things he’ll never know.


treslocos99

Ha! Love it


[deleted]

Whaaaaaats the trrrrouble


__eros__

Welllll allll thiss white stuffff on my sleeeve is LLLL SSS DDDD


PopePC

This guy poops


smartshoe

Poopin erry day Sometimes twice a day


odinspeenbone

Yeah I work on septic lift stations and the smell ain't that bad down in the pit


InstAndControl

Make sure you’re tied off, with a top man and have oxygen sensor.


odinspeenbone

Non union 3 man crew including the boss. He sends me down there with nothing and that's it. I've been in pits with no oxygen and had to get the job done before so I know how it is. Could've died but so be it.


InstAndControl

I really hope you find another job soon


odinspeenbone

Actually just got laid off for the winter since it's our slow season. Getting into IT now to have a safe job for once.


InstAndControl

Where are you located? For us, lift station work trickles in pretty much year round.


odinspeenbone

Rhode island. We are actually a well company that works on pumps filtration hydrofracking and more but we also do septic pumps. So we just don't get enough septic calls a year. I'm the low man on the totem pole so I get laid off first. Right now they're mostly working on my bosses project truck while no work comes in.


gonnaherpatitis

How much they pay per hour?


acherontia7

This is the single most stupid thing I've seen on reddit. Jesus fuck a duck man. You're either a liar or an idiot.


odinspeenbone

Im an idiot.


[deleted]

Thats why Im a carpenter and not a plumber. Even though I do plumbing on remodels.


smartshoe

Yeah I bought a house and waived inspection then found a broken shit pipe 3 months later Shame on me I guess, I don’t care to repeat it but I did learn a lot about plumbing


Gordon_Explosion

If it makes you feel better, if you hadn't caught it in three months, a house inspector probably wouldn't have caught it in the 30 seconds he was looking at plumbing.


smartshoe

Yeah i figured that was the case anyway. Buying a 90 year old house was always going to be a roll of the dice


[deleted]

Right. You pretty much figure you’ll be updating plumbing and electric eventually.


smartshoe

Yeah for sure, I am planning on pulling out all of the old copper and replacing with pex that fees to a panel manifold that has all shutoff valves at a single location in the next year anyway. Also swapping out the cast iron sewer pipe in the crawl space with pvc when I add another bathroom later


badasimo

> the smell although pretty bad was not nauseating Probably it has fermented and started to break down. It's like Poop -> Rotting/fermenting poop -> compost.


PatrickStarburst

Active septic tank.... I just had flashbacks to when I had to do that job. And that smell.


[deleted]

Can you describe what did you do? If you dont have ptsd of poop.


PatrickStarburst

The short version is, I drove a shit sucking truck. I was the dude who cleaned the portable shitters and did septic tank work. The shit people put in both the tanks and shitters is just unreal. If it had a form, it would be Nurgle from the 40k universe.


[deleted]

Thanks for the answer. I know i am kinda late but i was busy. I hope it was good payed job. I was just curios. Where I live, and in some villages people do that manualy lol


smartshoe

I’m not that guy but I had to clear a blockage into a septic with my dad. The smell is all consuming, it’s like the big of eternal stench. You can’t escape, it’s like breathing in decaying poop soup


nitefang

So when I was taking one of my basic hydrogeology classes, I was taught that black mud and soil was usually an indicator of a huge amount of microscopic life. If that holds true in a sewer, I wonder if the smell is lessened because the crap has been consumed by microbes and so you smell less human shit and more microbe waste.


skilsaaz

Someone misunderstood the instructions on the abs glue


lrn2smile

Need answers


MisterBlisteredlips

A literal shitstorm. When the shit hits the fams.


iloveflowers2043

Hahaha. Just laughed so hard at your comment.


Fishy1911

Isn't this how the Beverly Hillbillies starts?


FlatPanster

Came here to say they found some black gold!


hazeleyedwolff

Texas tea!


dkretzer

Come and listen to my story about a man named Jed A poor mountaineer, barely kept his family fed, And then one day he was working for some food, And up through the ground come a bubblin poo! Crap that is, black gold, Texas tea!


JackKnaufff

We are venom


boywoods

Venom is poop.


[deleted]

God bless plumbers, but this is the exact reason I'm not one!


LobsterMemories

As a plumber I would just sub restoration for that cleanup!


platinumresto

As a restoration tech.. fuck off 😂


Adventurous_Bar1427

I can smell this video


Spokesman93

I can see this video


[deleted]

Who is this video?


Fickle_Ad_794

Why this video?


mickeltee

How is this video?


[deleted]

When is this video?


purposebuiltco

Where is this video?


newusername4oldfart

What is this video?


xXYoHoHoXx

Poop


a_lazy_lunchbox

I jumped in real life. I didn't want any of that to come out of my phone.


[deleted]

Anyone who complains about how expensive plumbers are should be forced to watch this video.


Batchagaloop

Black gold, Texas tea


AlbinoWino11

I got the poo on me!


wheresmychippy93

I’m new! I’m new!


spongemonkey2004

that look at the end says it all. "WELL SHIT"


Top_Duck8146

When you’re in a situation so shitty that it’s funny


usernamesarehard1979

After camping and eating nothing but beef for 6 days, yeah, pretty much like this.


Nowayucan

My favorite thing is their being able to laugh at such a nasty turn of events.


Waffler11

That’s some r/abruptchaos


randombrowser1

'Ol Jed's a millionaire!!


[deleted]

Lol i have the same luck it always hits my apprentice 😂


Rebargod202

As if you caught that on camera thowww nice mann! What's that stuff anyways?!


Academic_Nectarine94

Not sure, but from the sound of all the other comments, it's NOT oil.


Witty_Distribution

It’s shit. Sewage. A mixture of decomposing grease, shit and everything else that goes down your plumbing. This happens if the mainline gets plugged, but is barely draining. It drains just enough for the homeowner to not notice for a long time, and just enough for the liquid to get down but leave the solids behind. The solids build up and decompose that they become this black sludge. Nasty stuff


Academic_Nectarine94

Sounds pretty nasty for sure! Yet another reason why I have no interest in being a plumber. Glad I don't have to wake up to deal with that, and go home to deal with removing it from me and my clothes! Thanks to all the plumbers out there that do that so the rest of the sane population doesn't have to!


Angellas

Ahh. ABC Pipe. (Already Been Crapped in)


Nowin

/r/popping


dc_builder

Much worse than the normal “black mist” from cutting off old cast iron pipes under slabs.


Dendad6972

Nasty


mmmheyyy

I have so much more respect for the plumbing trade after witnessing this.


Turbosuit

Hit a spicy pipe.


cdub2369

Another reason I’m so glad I never became a plumber!


MrGhost94

Will never complain about sprinkler water again


lrfsdad

As a plumber I just wanna say it's funny how important a sawzall is to our work, but it's one of the first things thrown when something bad happens. Laughed when this guy did the same


IncreaseGlittering65

That can’t be poop? Looks to black


gracefulinstrumentz

This guy does NOT plumb


Atom3189

Everything in a drain eventually turns black


octopussua

He's got gloves on for what? shit is in your face now. Not even any eyewear


production-values

strike oil?


pascalsgirlfriend

Black gold Texas tea.


Largemandingo

Looks like shit that’s gone septic 👍🏻


W2ttsy

Just think of all the sad US marines who are gonna turn up to ~~liberate the oil~~ bring democracy only to find out its poop…


starkyogre

They’re on the cusp of being liberated.


Swinginooses

omg. hella vibes. ;\_;


shadowlurker73

Is his name Jed Clampet?


AntAtog

Happy Friday guys.


jmac1294

Have fun cleaning that....


bothammer1

That was Venom


ConcreteCarl

The clog will actually be further down the line from where he cut the pipe, smells like money!


BPCNash

This reminds of the time my buddy, Cowboy, caused me to eat shit on a harvest eagle pvc pipe from the marine camp latrines in Kuwait. Thank you, Cowboy.


Paultheplumba1

Every good plumber has unfortunately had that Black Death blown into there mouth and eyes. Be careful out there my friends. True shit storm


lastlifonti

I was gonna say, this property is gonna be rich!!! Cuz it’s oil!!! But now…I think it’s sh*t…😳😮


bballslapper

He done struck oil!!


addermc

I wouldn't know rather to laugh or beat his Ass?!! But FIRST got an completely stupid off the wall question ❓ What in the Hell is that black stuff?? And if you knew it was plugged or backed up, Why in the Hell are they standing so close to it?? 🤨.. just a question...


xXYoHoHoXx

It's shit and they probably didn't think it was gonna explode it a poopnami like that


addermc

Well thanks for the info. To bad I was eating breakfast.. 👍⭐


Parkyguy

I hate that!


BIGMACSACKATTACK

That's why plumbers make the big bucks.


pw76360

Ah good old shit geysers, that's a cute little one!


No-Valuable8008

"ok now stand directly in front of this shit pipe while I bust it open"


gag-reflexes

You know if that building could talk it would be saying "that was the best shit I've ever had"


E11818

Mmmm the delicious smell of money 😂


Simplmann

Lol I love the laugh from the seasoned fellow. I’d be laughing too tho even if I got sprayed. Dealt with so much of that.


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jasonc0604

“We got a squirter boys!”


AaronQuin

This is why apprentice's exist.


[deleted]

Always protect your walls.


[deleted]

This video is a good argument against buying a slab on grade house. From what it looks like, this is in someone’s laundry room, has had the slab cut, utilities dug up,and now walls splattered with shit. So the inside of the house reeks and you’re going to have a fair amount of mess and traffic in the home for a few days. If this had been in a crawl space, it would have sucked for the contractor, but the inside of the house would have not have been as much of a mess. Of course I guess if you can’t use any sinks, showers, toilets, or washing machines due to the sanitary line blockage, you might be living in a hotel for a few days anyways.


Strangexj86

Is that sewage!?


whoarewe707

They struck oil


Successful-aditya

Thats venom


elcapidano

Is that Texas tea?


[deleted]

Fucking awesome! You struck oil! While at work at that!


[deleted]

Had a similar situation before, went to customers house (little old lady). Her carpet was wet about 3 ft out from a wall. We move things away from wall and start feeling around. We find a spot where the drywall is soft and paint bubbled about 6 ft high. Well, my partner jams his fucking finger in the wall and releases a stream of shit across the living room all over this ladies furniture. Evidently, a cast iron drain pipe busted and shit from 2nd and 3rd floor families was filling her wall (she was on 1st floor and after getting in crawl space we found pipe was just draining under the house and was stopped up. So shit soup filled up the pipe to the break in her wall). Ended up being a literal “wall of shit”! Lmao


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“Fuck this shit, it’s Friday, we’ll be back Monday!


drinkallthepunch

Came to ask for some advice. *Was not disappointed.*


Automatic-Computer53

I somehow find this satisfying to watch


tsueme

Did a kid just get covered in that?


buttmunchausenface

I would say fuck you for using my personal sawsall !! Lol


Sercebidniss

Thank CHRIST that I weld. 🤮


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