Floor drain in new house wasn't draining.

https://i.imgur.com/vg9TuTA.gifv

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/61977521

So I dug out a full cup of gravel and silt, along with a small foam ball, a penny, and a nail.

After flushing it with water to make sure it was good and clean, it flows great.

It had a threaded plug to block the cleanout, but it wasn't the right size, and besides the threads in the cast iron are all rusted away. So I filled it with a compression plug. Seems to be working well.

Before:

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Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 68d (2 replies)

You show us the before, but not the after?

hereiamagain@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 68d (1 reply)

Is it not loading? The video of it flowing properly shows up in the main post for me

Here's the link

https://i.imgur.com/vg9TuTA.gifv

Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 68d

Ah, yeah I don't see that. Unclear if it's my phone browser, or Verizon blocking random shit.

I'll check on my pc when I get home.

But I see the imgur link you just put. That there is a fine draining drain. Yep.

probable_possum@leminal.space · 5 pts · 68d (1 reply)

Penny

How did the Penny get in there?

hereiamagain@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 68d

Classic

thenextguy@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 68d

/c/oddlysatisfying