Last night, I discovered a clog in my main sanitary line. THis morning, I rented a drum snake from Sunbelt Rentals, and I've run what I think is 100' of cable through what should be a 75' line to the city sewer. First run was with the "arrow" bit, and I pulled out some tissue paper and other debris. The second run was with the "coiled saw" bit. I've gone through the second line and the water line hasn't dropped yet. I haven't pulled it out, so I'm hoping for a towel or something that totally clogged the line to come out.
Three years ago, I had a total blockage that backed up into the basement. Roto-Rooter scoped the line with a See-Snake and we saw a small group of roots from a clump of trees that have since died. I used the drum snake and pulled out a towel tangled in the roots...cleared the line right up.
1) SCOPE - Does anyone (aside from awesome Ray Hughes) have access to a See-Snake, so we can get a video feed of what's going on in this pipe?
2) COLLAPSE - The saw bit doesn't make the scrape-scrape-scrape noise as it's going down the pipe...and I'm fearing that the line has collapsed and I'm drilling into 75' of dirt. :nooo: However, it also didn't chunk against any roots or pieces of pipe. How do I know that I'm not drilling out the pipe and into my backyard?
Any plumbing assistance would be appreciated.