No, this is not some new product to pour down your sewer lines. Sewer lines get plugged by a variety of obstacles like rocks, toys, etc. I have found one way to reduce the number of times I had to locate & dig up a plugged line. It's 4x3x4! 6 to 12 inches below the sewer cap cut out a foot of the 4 inch S&D (Sewer & Drain) PVC pipe. Install a 4x3 inch reducer coupling on each end with a piece of 3 inch S&D pipe in the middle. Keep the first coupling close enough to the surface so you can reach it. While it may not be pleasant, 98% of your plugs can be easily reached and removed without any digging or locating. If something will pass through the 3 inch line it more than likely will not become an obstruction further down the line.
While reaching into a plugged sewer line is not pleasant it sure beats digging. Wearing a protective glove inside an inverted trash bag you can reach in and pull out the offending obstruction. Flip the bag over as you pull it out and it's ready for the dumpster. This is a low cost, labor saving solution to plugged sewer lines. I recently purchased a 4x3 coupling for $2.49 and the 3 inch pipe was .41 cents per foot.
The worst thing I ever had stuck was a softball. I had to screw an eye screw into the softball to pull it out. I was delighted that it was not able to find its way further down the line.
If you have any tips you would like to share and have me pass along please send them to me at jsims@arvc.org.
