Shooting debris...

[freewhiten41]

I have the huge old cast iron pipes, one with a plastic cap, which is currently ejecting all the water, waste etc of my five person household onto my dirt floor basement. I have a blockage, for sure. The water that doesn\\\'t shoot stops about six inches from where the pipe goes underground. A pipe snake isn\\\'t doing a thing. It\\\'s Sunday, so no plumber either. And my potential in-laws are coming. Any ideas?

[TexMex]

have you looked for a rodding point (you may call them "pipe snaking" points out there), or inspection chamber outside. Putting your pipe snake down from this end is likely to solve the problem.

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