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  2. Plumber's snake - Wikipedia

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    A man clears a sanitary sewer pipe with a motorized snake. Plant roots and other material being removed from a drain. A plumber's snake or drain snake or drain auger is a slender, flexible auger used to dislodge clogs in plumbing. The plumber's snake is often reserved for difficult clogs that cannot be loosened with a plunger.

  3. Root invasion - Wikipedia

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    5% of sewer line blockage is attributed to root invasion, though reports of line breakage due to the intrusion are rare. [5] Clay and concrete pipes are more likely to be invaded then PVC pipe, with pipe joints being the typical mode of entry for roots. [6]

  4. Roto-Rooter - Wikipedia

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    The cable rotated with a sharp C-shaped blade attached to the tip. The rotating motion cut tree roots out of sewer lines, eliminating the need to dig up pipes and clear obstructions by hand, thus inventing the world's first heavy-duty plumber's Snake. Blanc's wife, Lettie (née Lettie Jensen), called his invention the "Roto-Rooter". [2]

  5. Pipeline video inspection - Wikipedia

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    Roots from trees and vegetation may work into the joins between segments and can be forceful enough to break open a larger opening in terra cotta or corroded cast iron. Eventually a root ball will form that will impede the flow and this may cleaned out by a cutter mechanism or plumber's snake and subsequently inhibited by use of a chemical foam ...

  6. This Drain Mistake Could Be Costly - AOL

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    A perforated pipe is placed at the bottom of the trench, Arnold explains, and the trench is then backfilled with porous materials like gravel or stone that help prevent the pipe from getting ...

  7. Bog-wood - Wikipedia

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    Bog-wood (also spelled bogwood or bog wood), also known as abonos and, especially amongst pipe smokers, as morta, [1] is a material from trees that have been buried in peat bogs and preserved from decay by the acidic and anaerobic bog conditions, sometimes for hundreds or even thousands of years.

  8. Fatberg - Wikipedia

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    In any sub-surface pipe, even of the most advanced design, penetration by foreign intrusions such as tree roots is a commonplace cause of a fatberg blockage. Fatbergs are not just the result of fats that have congealed through cooling. The lipids in fatbergs have undergone a process of saponification.

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