Drain Cleaning Bladder

Here I show you how to take a drain cleaning bladder, and give it just a little more power.

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[ceasari]

Just used this technique tonight 1/3/23 and it worked!!!! I paid a plumber 2x just before figuring this
out. I can't thank you enough!!!
This was super satisfying! And not $3900 to dig up my yard next!!!!

[JCtheMusicMan_]

Your device cleared my sewer when water pressure alone could not! Thank you for sharing this tutorial and useful tool! ❤

[charlesmossor]

Very helpful I have been fighting my drains for like 6 months now and tried this today and it worked great. Thanks for the video and the help.

[awiggins]

Will you be doing a vid on cleaning that siding on the house?

[eapv]

This is GENIUS.
I followed the instructions and only changed that I found out I needed 80 psi, not 50 for the bladder to fill and stick to the sides of the pipe ( In case you are asking how I found out I needed 80 psi, what I did was to buy a small piece of a 4 inch pipe and test the connections and what it took for the bladder to fill the pipe width. I did it to make sure the connection would hold when I applied pressure so I would not lose the bladder in the pipe as someone did).
It worked the very first time. I tried a 75 ft drain snake and since I have about 100 ft, i was not able to go the full length. With the bladder all I had to do is to place it a few inches in. Took me longer to set up the connection to the air compressor than to clear the drain. Outstanding.
Thank you so much for sharing this.

[kellbain]

I seldom comment on something I haven't tried yet, but this system is absolutely logical, easy to construct and apply.

[feeblenester]

I went thru three other methods to fix my drain problem and this was the only one that worked . AWESOME

[albertogava]

My sink cleanout was half covered by the bottom of kitchen cabinet, I had to cut thru the base to remove the cap.
Drain snake got so far and got stuck about 20 ft in, the water bladder was my next step but flow back of fluids under my kitchen cabinets was my fear.
I thought about compressed air but wasn't sure, seeing your video sealed the deal, I made up some kind of connection from the air compressor to the bladder, filled the occluded pipe with water and a couple of 50psi hits did the trick.
Thanks for taking the time to make this video

[irontrev]

I was very skeptical of using an air compressor, but I had two toilets and a master shower and a tub pushing sewage up. I didn’t have enough water hose to get into the master bedroom. I used your trick, Brought a little pancake air compressor into the master bathroom and set up the jig to push air bladder into the master shower drain with my toilet bowl full of water. It took more time to clean up the mess then it did to unplug the line, wow it worked and I cannot thank you enough for this, you saved me a plumber.

[unknown-]

Hey guy, thanks for the helpful video. I just quickly resolved my clogged kitchen sink issue (through the clean out) as a result for only $8 with no mess.

[jamespolucha]

Thanks for the video, I had a clogged drain for my washing machine and I tried everything, snakes, cleaners but I bought one of those bladders and man it cleaned it right out, after the air I hooked it to the garden hose to wash it down, what a dream tool

[trrispoli]

Totally on the money thank you for uploading this I just recently shared it with my son who has the same issues and this will even make life so much easier I will share this everywhere.

[mikerobinson]

A very simple improvement yet sometimes very clearly more portable and riggable than a garden hose, e.g. in an upstairs bathroom (with the small-size bladder). I hadn't thought of this before. Thanks for sharing!

[sergiotisnado]

Awesome! Especially helpful for those like us who don't want to keep renting equipment but instead prefer to build a simple tool that can be used over and over. I do suggest explaining a bit further how filling the pipe first with water is very important, that water in this situation becomes a solid which will do the pushing. The pipe should not have air because air will compress when you inject it through the bladder, and there will be no solid push to clear the clog--not an easy concept for non mechanical-minded people. Also, one can make length or depth marks on the air line to indicate the depth of the bladder when initially positioning it, since any dirty water will keep you from directly seeing the position of the bladder.

[duediligence]

Drain bladders work better than anything else I’ve tried.

[jbaltazar]

This saved me 160 $ I bought one of this at lowes for like 12$ this really works thanks!!

[williambennett]

Used this on mine with water. Love it. Gonna build air setup

[JCtheMusicMan_]

Due to the bladder wanting to float and come out of the clean out, I zip-tied an old broom handle to the connector section so I could hold it in place long enough for me to connect the hose to the compressor.

[TomofAllTrades]

That looks cheap to build and easy to use. Thanks for sharing 👍🏼

[jrowe]

It costs more money but the Milwaukee Airsnake is way more convenient. It has attachments to fit different drains including one molded to fit a toilet. There is no mess, just point and shoot air down the drain. I love it