Part 1-Kitchen drain Keeps getting clogged

Welcome back to Happi Plumbing Channel. We’d like to share another interesting plumbing mystery with you.

This customer’s kitchen drain had been clogging three or four times every year. She was extremely frustrated and had already spent a lot of money trying to fix the problem, but it kept coming back.

Finally, she called HAPPI PLUMBING and asked us to find the real cause and fix the problem once and for all.

So, what was causing this kitchen drain to clog three or four times every year? And how can we fix it permanently?

Let’s take a look.

Step 1: Clear the kitchen drain

First, I used a small drain machine to clear the kitchen drain and get the line flowing again.

Step 2: Inspect the drain with a sewer camera

After clearing the line, I ran a sewer camera through the kitchen drain to see what was really going on inside the pipe.

And we found the problem.

For about 20 feet, the kitchen drain was filled with crushed eggshells.

We also discovered that the drain line did not have enough slope, so waste and debris were not flowing properly through the pipe.

Finally, we found the real reasons why this kitchen drain had been clogging three or four times every year: a large buildup of crushed eggshells combined with improper pipe slope.

Step 3: Locate the problem area

Next, I used a locator to pinpoint the exact location of the problem section of pipe.

We also located the problem area from the basement so we knew exactly where the pipe needed to be accessed.

Step 4: Give the customer two options

We gave the customer two possible solutions.

Option 1: Use a mini jetter to flush all the crushed eggshells and debris out of the drain line.

However, this would not completely solve the underlying problem because the pipe also had a belly, where water and debris could continue to collect.

Option 2: Open the basement ceiling, replace the entire problem section of drain pipe, and correct the slope.

This option addresses the root cause of the problem and provides a long-term solution instead of repeatedly clearing the same clogged drain.

The customer ultimately chose Option 2.

In my next video, I’ll show you exactly how we opened the ceiling, replaced the problem drain line, corrected the slope, and fixed this long-standing issue once and for all.

Stay tuned!

今天给大家再分享一桩多年悬案：客户的厨房下水道，每年都要堵三四次，客户不胜其烦，也花了很多钱，还是不能搞定，找到我们HAPPI PLUMBING,希望能够帮助她彻底解决问题。

让我们一起来看看，究竟是什么导致客户的厨房下水道每年都要堵三四次，又是怎么来彻底解决问题的呢？

第一步，首先，我用小疏通机，把厨房下水道进行疏通

第二步，用sewer camera 检查厨房下水道

sewer camera检测，发现整个厨房下水道有20个ft都是粉碎的鸡蛋壳。同时厨房下水道的坡度不够。厨房下水道每年堵三四次的元凶终于找到了！

第三步，用locator准确定位问题管道的具体位置。

同时在地下室，locate 定位问题管道。

第四步，给客户两个解决方案，一个是用mini jet, 把管道中的碎蛋壳全部冲走，但是管道有 belly ；另外一个方案是从地下室打开ceiling, 全部更换问题管道，重新调整管道的坡度，一劳永逸，从根本上解决问题。 客户最终选择方案二，我会在下一次给大家做具体分享。