The week a single clogged floor drain shut down a whole office building

Got called to a three story office block downtown on Monday for a smell complaint. Found a completely packed floor drain in the basement janitor closet, which had backed up into the main waste stack. It took us until Thursday to snake, jet, and finally camera the whole line, finding a massive wad of paper towels and cleaning rags someone had been dumping. Anyone else ever have a small problem turn into a multi day job because of what got flushed?

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grace4192mo ago

So who was dumb enough to dump those rags?

paige5142mo ago

Check the security camera footage first.

miles541mo ago

Man that's brutal, a whole week for a drain clog. @paige514 made a good point about checking the cameras, bet you'd find the culprit pretty quick (and give them a stern talking to). Killing a few days over some paper towels and rags, what a waste of everyone's time.