[Redwood]

I don't make them to start with...

Toothpaste will work too....

 

[Redwood]

Saved me buying a champion when an employee decided to run the small machine through a toilet

I guess that's a lot better than him running a large machine through it...:laughing:

 

[Redwood]

And yes, a few times I've run a 3/8" cable through a toilet. Can't remember why. Seemed like the right thing to do at the time . . .

Although it never really was...

Considering that they make toilet augers for running through toilets....

And if the line underneath is clogged a 3/8" cable isn't big enough so you pull the toilet and run a big machine down the pipe...

 

[Redwood]

Not always.
If I sent my 3/8 thru a WC, I run it thru a J-shaped piece of 1 inch sched-40, then insert like a closet auger, Works every time.
No pain, no pain

Then it goes 20-30' down the 3 or 4" pipe hits something and gets all knotted up...

I've made a lot of money off Handy Hacks that tried that in a main... :laughing:

Yea we can get that cable out that the guy got stuck in your line...
No Problem! :thumbup:

I would consider 1/2" Cable to be a bare minimum on above ground lines and dicey as heck on underground where roots might be found...

 

[Redwood]

If you know what you're doing, you never allow the critical levels of torque and slack to occur together. I've probably run a 3/8" into a main a dozen times in twenty years; never flipped one. When trying to actually clean a line 3" or larger, no question.

Considering the size of the drain pipe used for toilets & mains.... :blink: