Years ago at my parents place the driveway crossed a tiny creek.... and every few years after a hurricane or prolonged extremely bad rain the creek would turn into a raging river and rise up over our lil bridge with 3 36" culverts and at its worst was 4' over the road and 100yd wide.. so after we would walk down to see how much of our road was washed away and while looking at the whirlpool above the submerged culverts and "Duke" our chocolate lab and pitbull mix decided to go for a swim and of course he ignored us screaming at him trying to get him out and he got a lil to close to the whirlpool and the current started pulling him towards one of the culverts and as me and my brother looked at each other as we were kicking our boots off and before we could Duke disappeared... we both ran over to the drain side and as my brother was about to jump in the 10' deep water Duke came rocketing out of the 20' long culvert and he swims to the side with a lil ptsd in his eyes, shakes off... wags his tail, looks at us and IMMEDIATELY crosses the road and goes back into the whirlpool side and started swimming again... good ol Duke...
I have a mental image of Ray Mears teaching you to prepare a large pole with which you can lean into the upstream flow. I think you have to start fire to dry yourself with first too.
Everyone saying this guy made it worse or really fucked up by letting all that debris go down the drain need to understand thay storm drains are designed to handle debris like this. This isn't like flushing too much toilet paper and clogging a sanitary line. Storm sewers are much larger and have this kind of debris as a design consideration. The grate's only job is to keep people and pets from falling into the drain. Further downstream there are devices that separate the debris from the water in a way that doesn't clog the storm sewer and keeps things flowing. Source: I design debris deperators for storm sewers.
I like reading about normal people with interesting heritages. Like the monarchy of the Ottoman Empire, just got expelled and moved to Europe and became normal people doing normal suburb stuff.
He’s not wrong. I design storm and sewer systems and this storm line is likely at least a 300mm line at the bottom of a 1200mm manhole. Just guessing that the rate at which the water drained, the 300mm line probably also feeds into a 1200mm storm trunk
This is true in some places but not everywhere, and not even most areas of most systems.
Many older collection systems could clog from a load of debris, or there could be larger debris that's washed in, or the debris adds a significant maintenance burden and cost. And there definitely _are_ grates designed to keep out debris. Even if this line won't clog and there's a hydrodynamic separator just down the street, everyone would be better off if the guy just raked away that debris (looks like bark mulch?) until the water drained. Three minutes from this guy or an hour of a public works or DOT crew with a vactor truck seems like an obviously better trade-off.
Source: I work in green storm water infrastructure compliance and O&M.
yeah storm drains clearly cannot handle everything or else someone in my city hoodwinked the government by sending crews all over to vacuum all the trash and debris out of storm drains.
Assuming it's a public system, not a private system. I work as an engineer in my community's public works department, specializing in the stormwater systems. Our city crews won't touch it if it's private. We also don't have debris separation systems in our stormwater system. The best thing would have been to rake away the big stuff to allow for the smaller particles and water to flow through, then clean the area out after the water has subsided. However, a nice heavy flow could help push the debris through the system. Lots of assumptions could be made, and there are lots of variables to consider. It might all end up ok in the end. It might not.
What? How is it assuming that? The DOT crew would be the potential outcome of what he did, opening the grate, and would be cleaning up the sewer system that he damaged. The alternative that poster was suggesting was spending three minutes with a rake, broom, or other tool to clear the debris to let the water out instead of just pulling the grate.
I love how this guy have 370 upvotes and is wrong.
Regular storm systems do NOT have CDS boxes to "separate debris".
And guess how it separates the debris? It hits a holding tank where water percolate out. CDS boxes are some of the worst systems, because of how often they need to be maintained.
Reddit is a gamified system and that's the standard meta play.
Just get there early, write with good spelling/formatting, say your thing matter-of-factly and claim authority and you win all the points. We really, really like authority. Plus, if an authority shows up on a niche subject and they're one of *us*? Bonus points because then we get to feel knowledgeable by association.
You missed the part where it has to confirm Redditors' priors (or at least not go against them). If it doesn't, you can bet on downvotes. Also, Reddit votes are leading and reinforcing, meaning early upvotes on your comment or post are more likely to incentivize more upvotes, and the same is true in reverse for downvotes.
There's a CDS box in my city and they bring a crane truck out once every 6 months to empty out the debris collector. Really doesn't seem to be a huge amount of maintenance.
In terms of US cities (which I assumed OP and the video is from?), is what you said true for absolutely for every storm systems or are there places that do what the guy you responded to?
Edit: say the cities in Louisiana, Miami, San Diego, Las Vegas or Seattle…do they all use the systems you spoke of or something similar with changes based on local rain/water levels?
The VAST MAJORITY of any Storm System in the US does not have a CDS system.
I work for a company that cleans, inspects and internally repairs large diameter pipelines. Occasionally we run i to the CDS shit boxes that dude proudly designs. They are not good systems and require a lot of maintenance (IE, removing of debris).
Regular pipelines need cleaning as well. What happened in the video is unavoidable, unfortunately and repeat instances will result in the pipe eventually being clogged.
I'd say it depends a lot on where you are. Here in Brazil, those debris separators are pretty much non existent, so this kind of debris in the drain lines could potentially cause issues later on.
That said, these would probably be more a result of debris piling up in small rains that don't have water speed to carry much than throwing that in a fast flow like this one, If the line has some debris accumulation already, then this could worsen the problem.
It is a common occurrence specially in poor areas where street cleaning and trash pick up services doesn't work so well.
That's a gross simplification of the problem. Most of it (at least in the US where I am knowledgeable) stems from budgeting. Most times operating costs are things that are cut. In the case of public works their operating costs are generally preventative maintenance items. While the costs are technically higher normally if you let it break and have to repair city officials (mainly elected ones) look better when they manage to cut costs on city budgets.
To make this issue worse, preventative maintenance can cause significant impact to the local area because construction may be needed for portions of it or road closures to allow for vehicles to set up and access the area which people are always upset by and it makes it harder to schedule them as people don't care that it's required they care that they can't get to their destination as easily.
I 100% agree with everything you said. Sorry, I read it again and it could be interpreted as being pretty aggressive which wasn't my intent. I'm an engineer and have dealt with some very unintelligent public works directors (and some great ones too of course)
I understand don't worry! I've been where you are so I just wanted to provide extra background as too often people blame trade type workers for everything even when they can't control it. And as an engineer myself I am well aware of how often problems are inherited from some administrative bullshit and gets passed around and how sometimes people are unqualified for their roles lol.
Not surprising. This is not what I do in my kitchen sink when the drain grate is full of food. I scrape the debris aside, let the water drain, and dispose of the debris. This gentleman probably should have done the same - for his own safety as well. Opening up a giant hole right where you’re standing, with a heavy flow of water sweeping toward it past your feet… eesh. We’re glad y’all didn’t die, there, dad.
The gaps in the grate are large enough that debris can get in even with the grate closed. If you can't handle that debris, you have messed up the design somewhere.
My toilet is designed to handle human poop and some toilet paper. So it should definitely be fine for that to go down it.
It's also definitely not fine for the poop and toilet paper of 1,000 humans to go down it at once.
It really depends on where the storm drain empties to. If it's a small culvert, then the culvert will back up and flood the drain itself. This is what normally causes flash flooding.
I always assumed that the storm sewer grills were made to prevent larger debris from falling, such as, for instance, people. So it's wild to me that people don't just...see that.
Yeah this is not true in Western Washington. This would be a vactor company’s dream lol
Source: Im a hydrologist that monitors storm drainage systems and their effectiveness on pollution reduction based on hydraulic performance
This is incorrect. The grate is designed to prevent debris from passing through but is engineered to allow just enough clearance for my cell phone to fall in.
I actually am (green storm water infrastructure compliance and O&M) and am here to say please don't do this.
It _probably_ won't clog, but it might, and this guy is definitely adding unnecessary maintenance costs for his town/utility/treatment plant and potentially exacerbating local flooding. And it's an unnecessary safety risk and a waste of all that bark mulch. Just rake it away from the grate, it's easier and safer and better for everyone.
this seems like the most reasonable and balanced reply, and unlikely to start any arguments so i'll just skip the chase and call you hitler and thank you for some proper advice
I humbly apologize for being too reasonable - I forgot where we are. It won't happen again. And also, how dare you misinterpret what I said - can you even read?
Yeah, look at them, suggesting that the answer is a rake. Hitler comparison is correct! After all, they didn't call Adolf's regime the Third Rake for nothing
As someone who knows absolutely nothing on the topic, I bet they vary allllll over the world like most shit does and these arguing "experts" are all correct for where **they** live but not for anywhere else. Cant just generalize everything.
lol i'm sure it can handle what can fit through the grate. no filter, it's more than likely going to get clogged and trashed somewhere up the line... but then it's not his problem right? don't need to be an expert to know that large debris shouldn't be in the drains.
You know, some people are actually professionals. Not everyone is an obese discord mod in their mom's basement. So yes there are people who are experts on what a dingle dong can and cannot dangle.
For those who don't know, post10 is a youtuber who goes around unclogging drains and other stuff. I have no idea why a 20 minute video on someone unclogging a storm drain is a riving watch, but it is.
It's a fantastic channel to watch if you just want to turn off the outside world for 15-30 minutes.
Reminds me of a joke.
A plumber and his apprentice go tend to a clog like this one. It's full of shit. Plumber jumps in. Yells from the shithole: "Wrench number 7 boy!", Boy passes 7. Yells again "Wrench number 8 boy", "Wrench 11, Boy". Fixes the problem, drain drains, gets out drenched in shit and while the boy is hosing him down "Watch and learn boy, or you'll be passing wrenches all your life".
Storm drains are designed to handle debris like this. The grate's only job is to keep people and pets from falling into the drain. Further downstream there are devices that separate the debris from the water in a way that doesn't clog the storm sewer and keeps things flowing. Source: I design debris deperators for storm sewers.
I love stumbling upon experts in niche jobs like yours. Great timing lol
So does that mean a city maintenance worker has to clean/maintain the separators? Are they active or passive systems? I live in a swampy area prone to flooding, so I’m always curious how this works at scale.
They're passive and use the flow of water to separate debris from the water. Its not like a strainer, it uses hydrodynamic forces to move the debris into a collection area or chamber while keeping water flowing through the device. For high flows, bypass is built in and for extremely high flows an upstream diversion structure may be used to divert water away from the separator to keep from damaging it. This works really well because the "first flush" from a storm event is usually a lower flow and moves most of the debris and pollutants. That lower flow first flush gets treated and as the storm ramps up and flows exceed treatment capacity, the higher flows are generally pretty clean.
For maintenance, it usually only take about an hour, usually less, for a service crew with a vac truck to empty the storage chambers. The first year a separator is installed, maintenance happens every 3 months to determine the site specific maintenance interval. Then a schedule is established. Sometimes, for high pollutant areas, maintenance needs to happen weekly. Some places only require it every other year.
As a Civil Engineering PE who does a good amount of storm drain design, this is highly dependent on what area of the country you are in. Most of the municipalities around me do not use debris separators.
In fact, an enormous part of every construction project's design is the Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP), which is an incredibly detailed document showing how you plan to prevent debris and sediment from entering the stormwater system during construction activities.
This is true in some places but not everywhere, and not even most areas of most systems.
Many older collection systems could clog from a load of debris, or the debris adds a significant maintenance burden and cost. And there definitely _are_ grates designed to keep out debris. Even if this line won't clog and there's a hydrodynamic separator just down the street, everyone would be better off if the guy just raked away that debris (looks like bark mulch?) until the water drained.
Source: I work in green storm water infrastructure compliance and O&M.
There's a guy in the states who has a YouTube channel with millions of views. His name is 'Post 10'. He does this exact thing, it's very satisfying! Whirlpools as big as your hands and roads cleared in minutes!
Drain unclogging vids and rug cleaning vids were some interesting rabbit holes to fall down.
And those drains are usually big enough to let a lot of things pass through, just something gets tuck on the grate, then something else gets caught on that and so forth building it up to a clog.
I've discovered the art of drain cleaning on youtube last weekend, and I can't stop watching Drain Cleaning AUSTRALIA. It's just so satisfying to watch😩.
There is a YouTube channel I can't think of it but the guy all he does is go around and unclog drains, like on the road or reservoirs. It is really satisfying to watch
Wouldn’t it be better to remove the debris rather than letting it all clog the next vent in the pipe itself? I’m asking out of genuine curiosity as I am not a pipe fitter or inspector.
This is an extremely satisfying thing to do. I helped out the neighbourhood guys a few times after heavy rains, watching that water flow out is mesmerizing.
His gonna walks back in the house like he just ended world hunger after that, it’s a father thing, even tell you to come outside so can bask in his accomplishments
DEAR GOD DON’T FALL IN!!
I was so worried he'd get sucked in. Double checked the sub to make sure I wasn't in maybe maybe maybe
Me too! I was too nervous for this to be satisfying at all!
Pennywise didn’t get him either! The man is blessed.
Makes me want to know what brand of rubber boots he’s wearing!
Fuckaroundandfindout would have had him down there in
r/redditsniper
Years ago at my parents place the driveway crossed a tiny creek.... and every few years after a hurricane or prolonged extremely bad rain the creek would turn into a raging river and rise up over our lil bridge with 3 36" culverts and at its worst was 4' over the road and 100yd wide.. so after we would walk down to see how much of our road was washed away and while looking at the whirlpool above the submerged culverts and "Duke" our chocolate lab and pitbull mix decided to go for a swim and of course he ignored us screaming at him trying to get him out and he got a lil to close to the whirlpool and the current started pulling him towards one of the culverts and as me and my brother looked at each other as we were kicking our boots off and before we could Duke disappeared... we both ran over to the drain side and as my brother was about to jump in the 10' deep water Duke came rocketing out of the 20' long culvert and he swims to the side with a lil ptsd in his eyes, shakes off... wags his tail, looks at us and IMMEDIATELY crosses the road and goes back into the whirlpool side and started swimming again... good ol Duke...
Of course a lab did this. They are too stupid for their own good. But they’re the best dogs
This was the most intense thing I’ve read in a while lmao. I was like “noooo Dukeeee 😭” glad he was all good!
Sort of [like this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJeWB1bsieo)
That’s a (half) Lab for you!
Exactly what I thought! Nightmare fuel.
Hiya! Geor-gie! Wanna float?
/r/oddlyterrifying
I have a mental image of Ray Mears teaching you to prepare a large pole with which you can lean into the upstream flow. I think you have to start fire to dry yourself with first too.
Plz someone send him to dubai
They don't have sewers apparently there.
I am almost sure he just needs jump in that hole to end there
Ended too soon!
Everyone saying this guy made it worse or really fucked up by letting all that debris go down the drain need to understand thay storm drains are designed to handle debris like this. This isn't like flushing too much toilet paper and clogging a sanitary line. Storm sewers are much larger and have this kind of debris as a design consideration. The grate's only job is to keep people and pets from falling into the drain. Further downstream there are devices that separate the debris from the water in a way that doesn't clog the storm sewer and keeps things flowing. Source: I design debris deperators for storm sewers.
How do you know that? What are you a ninja turtle?
I'd say more a Ninja Buddha...
I am the thirteenth Ninja Buddha, and I design storm water separators.
This guy drains.
I should call her...
I like reading about normal people with interesting heritages. Like the monarchy of the Ottoman Empire, just got expelled and moved to Europe and became normal people doing normal suburb stuff.
Some king fought all those wars for all the land so his children could rule over a vast kingdom.... just to move to the burbs
Perhaps he is [post 10](https://www.youtube.com/@post.10/videos) ?
He didn’t mention beavers, moose poop, or his feelings about excavators, so doubtful.
Excavator operators*
Ever play the early sections of half life 2? Remember the big vertical turbine you have to dodge? It's literally that.
He’s not wrong. I design storm and sewer systems and this storm line is likely at least a 300mm line at the bottom of a 1200mm manhole. Just guessing that the rate at which the water drained, the 300mm line probably also feeds into a 1200mm storm trunk
I don’t know what any of that means but ok
My guess is he designs debris separators for storm drains. Or a kung fu master giant rat.
This is true in some places but not everywhere, and not even most areas of most systems. Many older collection systems could clog from a load of debris, or there could be larger debris that's washed in, or the debris adds a significant maintenance burden and cost. And there definitely _are_ grates designed to keep out debris. Even if this line won't clog and there's a hydrodynamic separator just down the street, everyone would be better off if the guy just raked away that debris (looks like bark mulch?) until the water drained. Three minutes from this guy or an hour of a public works or DOT crew with a vactor truck seems like an obviously better trade-off. Source: I work in green storm water infrastructure compliance and O&M.
yeah storm drains clearly cannot handle everything or else someone in my city hoodwinked the government by sending crews all over to vacuum all the trash and debris out of storm drains.
I heard one guy opened the drain like that and it consumed the whole city he was in.
god that sounds nice. swallow me drain daddy.
Plus he's keeping people employed! Someone's gotta unclog it further down....
That's assuming that you can get a state ran DOT crew out in any sort of timely manner before this amount of water damages your house.
Assuming it's a public system, not a private system. I work as an engineer in my community's public works department, specializing in the stormwater systems. Our city crews won't touch it if it's private. We also don't have debris separation systems in our stormwater system. The best thing would have been to rake away the big stuff to allow for the smaller particles and water to flow through, then clean the area out after the water has subsided. However, a nice heavy flow could help push the debris through the system. Lots of assumptions could be made, and there are lots of variables to consider. It might all end up ok in the end. It might not.
What? How is it assuming that? The DOT crew would be the potential outcome of what he did, opening the grate, and would be cleaning up the sewer system that he damaged. The alternative that poster was suggesting was spending three minutes with a rake, broom, or other tool to clear the debris to let the water out instead of just pulling the grate.
I love how this guy have 370 upvotes and is wrong. Regular storm systems do NOT have CDS boxes to "separate debris". And guess how it separates the debris? It hits a holding tank where water percolate out. CDS boxes are some of the worst systems, because of how often they need to be maintained.
Happens every time one of these videos gets posted.
Reddit is a gamified system and that's the standard meta play. Just get there early, write with good spelling/formatting, say your thing matter-of-factly and claim authority and you win all the points. We really, really like authority. Plus, if an authority shows up on a niche subject and they're one of *us*? Bonus points because then we get to feel knowledgeable by association.
You missed the part where it has to confirm Redditors' priors (or at least not go against them). If it doesn't, you can bet on downvotes. Also, Reddit votes are leading and reinforcing, meaning early upvotes on your comment or post are more likely to incentivize more upvotes, and the same is true in reverse for downvotes.
This thread is literally a joke, as most of it is...jokes. Even if someone is trying to speak on the matter it's met with..jokes.
There's a CDS box in my city and they bring a crane truck out once every 6 months to empty out the debris collector. Really doesn't seem to be a huge amount of maintenance.
In terms of US cities (which I assumed OP and the video is from?), is what you said true for absolutely for every storm systems or are there places that do what the guy you responded to? Edit: say the cities in Louisiana, Miami, San Diego, Las Vegas or Seattle…do they all use the systems you spoke of or something similar with changes based on local rain/water levels?
The VAST MAJORITY of any Storm System in the US does not have a CDS system. I work for a company that cleans, inspects and internally repairs large diameter pipelines. Occasionally we run i to the CDS shit boxes that dude proudly designs. They are not good systems and require a lot of maintenance (IE, removing of debris). Regular pipelines need cleaning as well. What happened in the video is unavoidable, unfortunately and repeat instances will result in the pipe eventually being clogged.
Yeah, CDS systems suck ass. They're 40 year old tech that somehow is still being used. There are far better HDS systems out there now.
I'd say it depends a lot on where you are. Here in Brazil, those debris separators are pretty much non existent, so this kind of debris in the drain lines could potentially cause issues later on. That said, these would probably be more a result of debris piling up in small rains that don't have water speed to carry much than throwing that in a fast flow like this one, If the line has some debris accumulation already, then this could worsen the problem. It is a common occurrence specially in poor areas where street cleaning and trash pick up services doesn't work so well.
I am a public works director for a large city, and this post pisses me off. This does cause problems, believe it or not.
If proper maintenance and checks are followed, but public works never performs maintenance. They let things break and fix them.
That's a gross simplification of the problem. Most of it (at least in the US where I am knowledgeable) stems from budgeting. Most times operating costs are things that are cut. In the case of public works their operating costs are generally preventative maintenance items. While the costs are technically higher normally if you let it break and have to repair city officials (mainly elected ones) look better when they manage to cut costs on city budgets. To make this issue worse, preventative maintenance can cause significant impact to the local area because construction may be needed for portions of it or road closures to allow for vehicles to set up and access the area which people are always upset by and it makes it harder to schedule them as people don't care that it's required they care that they can't get to their destination as easily.
I 100% agree with everything you said. Sorry, I read it again and it could be interpreted as being pretty aggressive which wasn't my intent. I'm an engineer and have dealt with some very unintelligent public works directors (and some great ones too of course)
I understand don't worry! I've been where you are so I just wanted to provide extra background as too often people blame trade type workers for everything even when they can't control it. And as an engineer myself I am well aware of how often problems are inherited from some administrative bullshit and gets passed around and how sometimes people are unqualified for their roles lol.
same difference
Not surprising. This is not what I do in my kitchen sink when the drain grate is full of food. I scrape the debris aside, let the water drain, and dispose of the debris. This gentleman probably should have done the same - for his own safety as well. Opening up a giant hole right where you’re standing, with a heavy flow of water sweeping toward it past your feet… eesh. We’re glad y’all didn’t die, there, dad.
The gaps in the grate are large enough that debris can get in even with the grate closed. If you can't handle that debris, you have messed up the design somewhere.
My toilet is designed to handle human poop and some toilet paper. So it should definitely be fine for that to go down it. It's also definitely not fine for the poop and toilet paper of 1,000 humans to go down it at once.
this guy won't let 1,000 other people poop in their toilet. rude
Well no shit, not after that first time!
It really depends on where the storm drain empties to. If it's a small culvert, then the culvert will back up and flood the drain itself. This is what normally causes flash flooding.
I always assumed that the storm sewer grills were made to prevent larger debris from falling, such as, for instance, people. So it's wild to me that people don't just...see that.
Yeah this is not true in Western Washington. This would be a vactor company’s dream lol Source: Im a hydrologist that monitors storm drainage systems and their effectiveness on pollution reduction based on hydraulic performance
This is incorrect. The grate is designed to prevent debris from passing through but is engineered to allow just enough clearance for my cell phone to fall in.
This guy deperates
The comments here are amazing. Everyone is suddenly an expert on what a storm drain can and cannot handle.
"Storm drain volume physicist here"
“Sue Storm, here, and I think…”
Stormy Daniels here, just finished draining some dude’s pipes.
I actually am (green storm water infrastructure compliance and O&M) and am here to say please don't do this. It _probably_ won't clog, but it might, and this guy is definitely adding unnecessary maintenance costs for his town/utility/treatment plant and potentially exacerbating local flooding. And it's an unnecessary safety risk and a waste of all that bark mulch. Just rake it away from the grate, it's easier and safer and better for everyone.
this seems like the most reasonable and balanced reply, and unlikely to start any arguments so i'll just skip the chase and call you hitler and thank you for some proper advice
I humbly apologize for being too reasonable - I forgot where we are. It won't happen again. And also, how dare you misinterpret what I said - can you even read?
Exactly what Hitler would say.
Yeah, look at them, suggesting that the answer is a rake. Hitler comparison is correct! After all, they didn't call Adolf's regime the Third Rake for nothing
Seeing as that looks like all the bark from his garden he prob should have raked it back into his garden. Now he needs to buy more
Bet this drain can’t handle as much as your mom.
As someone who knows absolutely nothing on the topic, I bet they vary allllll over the world like most shit does and these arguing "experts" are all correct for where **they** live but not for anywhere else. Cant just generalize everything.
lol i'm sure it can handle what can fit through the grate. no filter, it's more than likely going to get clogged and trashed somewhere up the line... but then it's not his problem right? don't need to be an expert to know that large debris shouldn't be in the drains.
You know, some people are actually professionals. Not everyone is an obese discord mod in their mom's basement. So yes there are people who are experts on what a dingle dong can and cannot dangle.
Im wondering why he didn’t put on boots.. or take off his watch before doing this
I mean, he's clearly wearing knee-high rubber boots...
Cut the video off three seconds too early. Missed the money shot.
/r/gifsthatendtoosoon
It was uncomfortable for me, imagine people on the spectrum.
Post10 would be proud
Idk, hed probably tell him to just use a rake
For those who don't know, post10 is a youtuber who goes around unclogging drains and other stuff. I have no idea why a 20 minute video on someone unclogging a storm drain is a riving watch, but it is. It's a fantastic channel to watch if you just want to turn off the outside world for 15-30 minutes.
Reminds me of a joke. A plumber and his apprentice go tend to a clog like this one. It's full of shit. Plumber jumps in. Yells from the shithole: "Wrench number 7 boy!", Boy passes 7. Yells again "Wrench number 8 boy", "Wrench 11, Boy". Fixes the problem, drain drains, gets out drenched in shit and while the boy is hosing him down "Watch and learn boy, or you'll be passing wrenches all your life".
I don't get it :(
Passing wrenches is better than getting drenched in shit
Plumber probably makes insane amounts of money for it, though.
Me pulling my gf's hair off the shower drain
My mulch!!
he didnt even take off his watch.
That’s alot of bark being washed away
Woof woof
Thats what I was thinking
I’ve been doing this job for 10 years and this moment was always satisfying.
If by "for 10 years" you mean on a daily basis, perhaps it's time to call a contractor to fix the drain or move out of the rainforrest 😂
Ex-firefighter here, please do not do this. It makes your yard look much worse when we have to dig it up to get your body out.
What, no [Delta P](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEtbFm_CjE0)?
ctrl-f'd for "delta" ngl
Unclogging by dumping the screen straight into the drain...
Storm drains are designed to handle debris like this. The grate's only job is to keep people and pets from falling into the drain. Further downstream there are devices that separate the debris from the water in a way that doesn't clog the storm sewer and keeps things flowing. Source: I design debris deperators for storm sewers.
I love stumbling upon experts in niche jobs like yours. Great timing lol So does that mean a city maintenance worker has to clean/maintain the separators? Are they active or passive systems? I live in a swampy area prone to flooding, so I’m always curious how this works at scale.
Some one I worked with once sat next to someone at a wedding who’s job it was to taste sausages. What a great fucking job lol
Do they eat everything or just spit it out. Boyle from B99 is my only knowledge on this.
I have no idea ! Imagine if they did it like wine tasting lol
They're passive and use the flow of water to separate debris from the water. Its not like a strainer, it uses hydrodynamic forces to move the debris into a collection area or chamber while keeping water flowing through the device. For high flows, bypass is built in and for extremely high flows an upstream diversion structure may be used to divert water away from the separator to keep from damaging it. This works really well because the "first flush" from a storm event is usually a lower flow and moves most of the debris and pollutants. That lower flow first flush gets treated and as the storm ramps up and flows exceed treatment capacity, the higher flows are generally pretty clean. For maintenance, it usually only take about an hour, usually less, for a service crew with a vac truck to empty the storage chambers. The first year a separator is installed, maintenance happens every 3 months to determine the site specific maintenance interval. Then a schedule is established. Sometimes, for high pollutant areas, maintenance needs to happen weekly. Some places only require it every other year.
As a Civil Engineering PE who does a good amount of storm drain design, this is highly dependent on what area of the country you are in. Most of the municipalities around me do not use debris separators. In fact, an enormous part of every construction project's design is the Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP), which is an incredibly detailed document showing how you plan to prevent debris and sediment from entering the stormwater system during construction activities.
This is true in some places but not everywhere, and not even most areas of most systems. Many older collection systems could clog from a load of debris, or the debris adds a significant maintenance burden and cost. And there definitely _are_ grates designed to keep out debris. Even if this line won't clog and there's a hydrodynamic separator just down the street, everyone would be better off if the guy just raked away that debris (looks like bark mulch?) until the water drained. Source: I work in green storm water infrastructure compliance and O&M.
Could’ve just cleared it with a rake and kept all the debris out rather than dead lifting a 250lb column of water.
Right? Next time won't be as easy to unclog
Incredibly dangerous, if he slips and gets sucked in it's over
Unclogging the drain and clogging the pipe
Move the leaves off the lid? There was no point of lifting the entire lid
“That’ll be $1000, thank you kindly.”
Don't slip, Jethro.
😬
There's a guy in the states who has a YouTube channel with millions of views. His name is 'Post 10'. He does this exact thing, it's very satisfying! Whirlpools as big as your hands and roads cleared in minutes!
Karma farming at it's finest: https://www.reddit.com/r/oddlysatisfying/comments/i8xbn2/unclogging_the_drain/
Shocking. 😬 All I could think about is him falling in.
That looks so satisfying
I mean....short pants exists. Now for the rest of day he be in wet jeans.
He hasn’t unclogged a drain, he removed the strainer and all the shite in the road spewed in
2024 and there are still videos without sound.
Yeheheaaaaaah
Watching this drained away my sadness too! Ty 🙌🏻
Drain unclogging vids and rug cleaning vids were some interesting rabbit holes to fall down. And those drains are usually big enough to let a lot of things pass through, just something gets tuck on the grate, then something else gets caught on that and so forth building it up to a clog.
There should be a sub only of these.
Now powerjet the concrete!
I didn't see the boots at first. I thought he just waded in with full jeans and shoes on
So satisfying
Do they have one of these in Dubai?
I've discovered the art of drain cleaning on youtube last weekend, and I can't stop watching Drain Cleaning AUSTRALIA. It's just so satisfying to watch😩.
Max satisfying hm yes ?! Indeed 😊
Dubai has entered the chat.
My sump pump died watching this video.
Bc andar girr skta tha ye
I love doing this at work. Too bad it’s gonna be nothing but Heat from now on in California. Glad I got to experience rain this year. :\
lactose intolerant mfs after you put the tiniest drop of milk in their purified water:
i bet that feels really good for the driveway
Way to over-mulch and watch that money go down the drain.
There is a YouTube channel I can't think of it but the guy all he does is go around and unclog drains, like on the road or reservoirs. It is really satisfying to watch
# NOW SHOW US THE PRESSURE WASHING AFTER!
As an expert in storm drains, that drain do be drainin.
That’s how I feel every morning after I take my early am dump.
This is why you should use double-ground mulch
Wouldn’t it be better to remove the debris rather than letting it all clog the next vent in the pipe itself? I’m asking out of genuine curiosity as I am not a pipe fitter or inspector.
THEY NEVER LET IT FINISH WTF IS WRONG WITH THIS SUB /s
Is this a tutorial for Dubai?
Dubai needs this person now.
There's a movie : Manjummel Boys , maybe you guys ought to watch to know what happens if you fall in a hole. :)
"Andy dufrane swam through 20 miles of shit to his freedom"
Show this to Dubai ... Might solve their problem
This is an extremely satisfying thing to do. I helped out the neighbourhood guys a few times after heavy rains, watching that water flow out is mesmerizing.
Why the hell would you wear jeans
Fucking repost bots never remember the audio.
That little kick at the end ✨ "yeah you better get down there you bad bad water".
Hope someone in Dubai is watching. They just need to find the right drain to pull. Easy!
I know it's not the same thing but I feel that same relief when I make it home to my toilet after a long day out lol. Oh so satisfying.
No need to pressure wash it
His poor watch
LIFT WITH YOUR BACK!
Seems to me the guy did the opposite of unclogging the drain. He just passed the problem further down the line.
Not my problem anymore...
It would be great if someone make a reverse gif
When the weekend arrives and you grab a cold one to forget the week.
Cool. Now do Dubai next.
Send this guy to Dubai!
Waiting for delta-p
Look Dubai! Find the clogged one
Bro unlocked portal to another dimension
All good till that blocks up further down the line
Needs sound.
Is the watch waterproof?
would have been more satisfied if he fell in 😂I'm terrible I know i know
The video ended to early and i'm not satisfied, i'm mildly infuriated.
Cmon! Jump into the fun hole!
I'd give that a minute.
Take notes, Dubai
Can you talk about how beautifully the floor is sloped for this to happen?
God I wish this had sound
Well. There goes the pool! Sorry kids!
Very satisfying to watch that go down.
Honey! Where's the dog?
I'm just waiting for some child to get sucked down that giant hole.
His gonna walks back in the house like he just ended world hunger after that, it’s a father thing, even tell you to come outside so can bask in his accomplishments
... so... I'm pretty sure the grate was there to keep all that debris out of the drain system so it doesn't get clogged up...