How to retrieve a lost cutter head in a drain line.avi

[thetalkingelement]

Do you charge the customer if your rod snaps in the drain? By the way quote these fools a new drain, that's in one hell of a state

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[DFRinc5660]

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@DFRinc5660

What choice does one have? Other than jackhammer the slab in the middle of the house, this was the only other option...

[yapi85]

Great job. How much this kind of a job cost the home owner?

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@yapi85

Too much... the lesson here is don't use this head attachment by Generals when snaking underground drains... When this attachment is placed on the cable there is a slight chance that it can come off the end of the cable under certain circumstances as it did in this case. After seeing what happened here, I recommend to use a welded cable with a steel innercore system that isn't compromised by a Quick adapter such as this.

[FixxerPlumbing]

Cool you got it out pretty quick. I would have been afraid to mess up my camera with the cable spinning inside the pipe.

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@FixxerPlumbing

There is always that chance.  It was risky but the operator was experienced and had done this similar type of retrieval a couple of times before.

[mwaguirre]

Good job...patience and no panic mode.

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@mwaguirre

Oh, there was panic... but the customer was a very cool wireless engineer and kept a cool head. As the plumber, I was trying stay cool but inside it was all about panic. Panic with a jackhammer and no locater could have made great reality TV... I did say a prayer and it turned out to be a good ending... I just hope this doesn't happen to anyone else. However, if it does, I hope this video gives hope and direction...