Buyer of my 100 year old house required floor drain to be unplugged. Drain cleaning company UNSUCCESSFULLY power snaked it, and I was faced with a $2,000.00 replacement.
I called Big Dave’s Plumbing in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Dave was en route to hunt deer and had recently been rear ended by a car doing 55 mph., so he could not unplug my drain, but looked at texted pictures and told me how to do it. He said the cleanout plug had probably fallen into the drain and debris had concretized around it. Bend 12″ x 3/8″ or 1/2″ threaded rod, to the curvature of the U at the bottom of the trap, and hammer it down the cleanout and drain sides, continually flushing with water and vacuuming out debris, until you see the rod tip come out the other side of the U. Eventually I uncovered the old brass cleanout. After carefully chiseling around it (you don’t want to puncture the cast iron trap) I was able to remove it, push the rod thru the trap from both sides, flush and vaccum, and make a second video showing that it works! I have made 300 videos demonstrating manufacturing equipment, and never made testimonial. Thank you Big Dave!