I was wondering if anyone knew how to open a clogged in ground drain??

Question

The drain is cemented in the floor of the basement.

Answer 1

If you go to the hardware store you can buy a rubber balloon that fits over the end of a garden hose.
Stuff it down the drain slowly and it works to clear the drain by pushing the clog ahead of it until the clog breaks up.
Sort of like that operation where they insert a balloon in your leg and feed it to your heart to open your clogged artery's.
Or like the other person said ROTO-ROOTER

Answer 2

Three ways.
1. Use a shop vac and suck it out. Seriously. the simplest and cheapest if you have one.

2. An attachment for a garden hose called a "Blow Bag". It hammers the clog with water pressure and washes it on through. May cost +/- $12 to $20 depending on the size diameter of the drain, but works very well. Should be able to get one at the hardware store.

3. Go to an equipment rental yard and rent a big rotor rooter type snake. Ask for directions. It can be dangerous if not used correctly. Answers 1 and 2 are by far the safest.

4. Last, pay the bucks and hire it done.

Answer 3

Go to a hardware store that rents equipment. Its called a snake. I had to do that 3 months ago. its like a flat metal wire about a inch wide and its all coiled up. They come in different sizes. I had to get 90 ft because that was from my floor drain in basement out to the street. Its a real pain but it works

Answer 4

IS THIS A STEEL PIPE OR PVC ????? WEL WILL TELL YOU THE WAY I DO IT IF ITS TOTALY PLUGGED IF ITS A KITCHEN DRAIN THEN YOU MIGHT JUST USE VERY HOT WATER LIKE NEXT TO BOILING HOT WATER CAN CAUSE PROBLEMS ON SINK PVC DRAINS BY THE TRAP JUST UNDER THE SINK AND ITS NOT GOOD TO USE THIS IF YOU HAVE THIN PVC UNDER THE SINK DRAIN OPENERS HAVE CASTIC IN THEM AND DONT LIKE TO USE THEM ON CAST OR STEEL AS PROBLEMS GET WORSE SOME TIMES= LIKE LEAKS HERE AND THERE = USE A DRAIN KING ON THE END OF YOUR HOSE YOU CAN BUY THEM AT ANY STORE LIKE WAL MART OR HARDWARE SUPPLY IF THAT DONT WORK AND ITS A PARTAL PLUG THEN PRESURE IS THE ANSWER BUT BE CAREFUL WITH THE PRESURE AS IT CAN CAUSE PROBLEMS TOO AS TO WHERE THE PRESS GOES IN THE HOUSE I HAVE SEALED OFF DRAINS IN THE HOME AND PRESSURED THE SYSTEM JUST TO FIND OUT THE AIR DROP ON THE ROOF WAS LETTING THE PRESSURE OUT BEFORE IT GOT TO THE PLUG , ALL OPEN DRAINS MAY OR MAYNOT FEED THIS PRESSURE BACK TO YOU ===IF JUST ONE DRAIN THAN THE DRAIN KING WILL WORK 60% OF THE TIME ====ONE PLUMBER I HIRED CAME OUT AND TOOK A HAND FULL OF PAPER TOWELS AND PUT IN A 4 INCH DRAIN OF MINE THEN PUSHED THE PAPER DOWN THE DRAIN TO THE CLOG THEN PULLED THE DRAIN KING BACK ABOUT 20INCHS AND PUT THE PRESURE ON IT AND IT BLEW THE CLOG OUT INTO THE TANK WITH ABOUT 100LBS OF PRES. IT COST ME 100.00 FOR THE PLUMBER TOLD ME HE USES THIS DRAIN KING ABOUT 80% OF HIS JOBS AND IT WORKS ===IF YOU HAVE A ROOT PROBLEM TAKE A 10 GAGE WIRE===(OLD WIRE WORKS GREAT AS YOU DONT HAVE TO PAY A ARM AND LEG FOR IT ) STRIP OFF INSULATION GO TO CLEAN OUT AND GET THE WIRE TO GO AS FAR AS POS IN TO THE DRAIN AND LEAVE IT THERE ( YOU HAVE TO FASTEN THE END AT THE TOP I DRILLED A HOLE ON THE SIDE OF THE PIPE AND PUSHED THE WIRE END THROUGH THE LITTLE HOLE AND BENT IT OVER WHAT THIS DOES IS THE ACID IN OUR DRAINS BREAK DOWN THE COPPER OVER THE YEARS AND STOPS ROOTS FROM USING THE WATER IN THE PIPES AS A SUPPLY AS COPPER KILLS THE ROOTS AND THEY DONT LIKE COPPER ALL THE WATER THAT LAYS IN THE PIPES BECOME COPPER RICH AND THE ROOTS STAY AWAY FROM COPPER === I HAVE DUG UP DRAINS AND FOUND THIS SYSTEM I N THE PIPES BUT DIDNT KNOW WHY THEN A OLD GUY TOLD ME THIS WAS COMMON PRATICE IN THE 30 AND 40 AND IT WORKS ===BEFORE WE USED SOLID PIPE AND USED THE OLD RED TILE SECTIONS WHERE ROOT S COULD WORK THERE WAY INTO DRAINS REPOST YOUR QUESTION WITH SOME OF THE FACTS OF PROBLEM AS EACH TYPE OF PROBLEM HAS A CURE GOOD LUCK JFB PS SORRY ABOUT RAMBLING ON WITH NO BREAKS IN THE THING

Answer 5

Borax? Snake? Pressure hose? Pool Acid HCl?
Hire a Plumber?

Answer 6

hmm, i know its a pretty big pipe, usually a few inches wide, so i guess it either happened over time or was one big thing, try to get a snake maybe, that they use for toilets to help dislodge whatever it is, also if you have very hot water running while doing that, that could help ease the friction

Answer 7

Roto-router. let your fingers do the walking in the yellow pages.

Answer 8

its called T-N-T or Dynomite!