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12-21-2012, 01:01 PM
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Donuts stole my credit card. Your point being...
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12-21-2012, 01:39 PM
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Best thing to try first is a ZIP-IT tool.........they are cheap......about $3. Made of flexible plastic with little barbs on the ends, this tool can be snaked down the drain and the little barbs will catch hold of the hair or obstruction and usually you can get the clog out that way. If that doesn't work then you can try a SMALL snake made for sink/shower drains. Of course, your plumber will kill you if you push the obstruction further down the drain lines...........
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12-21-2012, 02:01 PM
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don't waste your time use a jetter !  
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12-21-2012, 03:02 PM
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Is that something a homeowner can do?
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12-21-2012, 03:33 PM
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Do you own a wet suit? 
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12-21-2012, 08:30 PM
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I remember a post here a few months back when a plumber ruined a utility room blasting a main line by himself----he over looked a floor drain and created a fountain in the closed up utility room---customer was not amused.
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12-21-2012, 08:39 PM
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I remember a post here a few months back when a plumber ruined a utility room blasting a main line by himself----he over looked a floor drain and created a fountain in the closed up utility room---customer was not amused.
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I poked one down a roof vent to jet the main line but I had a hard time turning the sweep at the base of the stack - 6ft off the floor in the cellar. Well I got it past the sweep several feet and fired it up. What I didn't know is that I busted a hole in the 90 with the jetter head. Home owner runs outside and yells- Your flooding my cellar! 
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12-21-2012, 09:20 PM
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where is the shower located....only a 2"drain ... jetter???how about a handi electric hand snake? ben sr
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12-21-2012, 11:43 PM
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where is the shower located....only a 2"drain ... jetter???how about a handi electric hand snake? ben sr
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geeee Ben relax it was only a joke jetter in a tub really... OOPs i forgot roto rooter probably would 
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12-21-2012, 11:46 PM
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Yes Mike homeowners can do it all we are no longer needed except on forums. 
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12-21-2012, 11:53 PM
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Yes Mike homeowners can do it all we are no longer needed except on forums. |
We need to stick together and start charging!!!! What's the going rate?
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We need to stick together and start charging!!!! What's the going rate? |
The "going rate"?!?
$50/ hour for good advice -
$100/ hour for "questionable", advice! 
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12-22-2012, 06:51 AM
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Nathan can handle the billing---
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