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[day_trippr]

Cousin It after a year on Ozempic?

 

[jschein]

Hop roots

 

[day_trippr]

Unlikely unless they were grown in a tube. Hop roots run sideways much more than down...

Cheers!

 

[ba-brewer]

First thought was a palm frond stem, but zooming I think it is what you get after cleaning Cousin Itt's shower drain.

 

[BongoYodeler]

Did that come out of your dishwasher drain line? Or the dishwasher itself?

Nope.

 

[Konadog]

Down spout drain clog?

 

[Rodent]

somebody discovered that technically it is possible to have too much fiber in one's diet

 

[GrogNerd]

 

[BongoYodeler]

Anyone want to hazard a guess?

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This is what I dealt with yesterday. The meat of it begins around the 4:30 mark.

 

[day_trippr]

Ugh. That's rude right there.

 

[balrog]

 

[Agent]

This is what I dealt with yesterday. The meat of it begins around the 4:30 mark.

So which tree do think you were, uh, personally fertilizing?

 

[BongoYodeler]

So which tree do think you were, uh, personally fertilizing?

Not sure. This is something that likely began some time in the past 8 years. When we moved into this house 8 years ago, other than the kitchen, every room including closets and bathrooms were carpeted. Among the first things we did was to have nearly all the floors tiled, so all three toilets were lifted and put back down at that point. I would *think* (or hope) if something were amiss it would have been handled then. We had a birch tree in our front yard, but it became diseased so we had it removed a year ago. That was the only tree on our property, aside from a smallish lemon tree. So my guess would be it was from the ex-birch tree. I recently decided to replace all three toilets in the house. The first two replacements went fine and without incident. After I lifted this final one and began scraping off the old wax seal from the flooring I hit something which ended up being a small, 1/4 to 1/2 inch diameter root exactly as described in the video. My first thought was the drain pipe had been breached and I have a root growing up into the house. I checked youtube on how best to handle that, but when I watched the video I linked above my stomach turned. And when I pulled up that 4ft root "snake" I about hurled. As I think about it now it was kind of like noodling for catfish, (youtube it if you don't know). At any rate the new toilet is now installed and I do feel better knowing that the root monster is now out of there.

 

[balrog]

We had a birch tree in our front yard, but it became diseased so we had it removed

Oh I totally smell a Ridley Scott/Sigourney Weaver movie plot in the offing.

 

[bruce_the_loon]

Not sure. This is something that likely began some time in the past 8 years. When we moved into this house 8 years ago, other than the kitchen, every room including closets and bathrooms were carpeted. Among the first things we did was to have nearly all the floors tiled, so all three toilets were lifted and put back down at that point. I would *think* (or hope) if something were amiss it would have been handled then. We had a birch tree in our front yard, but it became diseased so we had it removed a year ago. That was the only tree on our property, aside from a smallish lemon tree. So my guess would be it was from the ex-birch tree. I recently decided to replace all three toilets in the house. The first two replacements went fine and without incident. After I lifted this final one and began scraping off the old wax seal from the flooring I hit something which ended up being a small, 1/4 to 1/2 inch diameter root exactly as described in the video. My first thought was the drain pipe had been breached and I have a root growing up into the house. I checked youtube on how best to handle that, but when I watched the video I linked above my stomach turned. And when I pulled up that 4ft root "snake" I about hurled. As I think about it now it was kind of like noodling for catfish, (youtube it if you don't know). At any rate the new toilet is now installed and I do feel better knowing that the root monster is now out of there.

Two things, roots are not always trees. Shrubs and even grass can get into the drain lines and go bonkers. 1/4 to 1/2 inch root will exclude grasses, they don't normally grow trunk roots like that, but even small shrubs on the borders can create such a drain snake.

Second, it might be worth getting someone to shove a camera through the lines all the way to find where the roots are entering. It could have been much further than the length of what was pulled out and just broke off when it was removed.

 

[BongoYodeler]

Two things, roots are not always trees. Shrubs and even grass can get into the drain lines and go bonkers. 1/4 to 1/2 inch root will exclude grasses, they don't normally grow trunk roots like that, but even small shrubs on the borders can create such a drain snake.

Second, it might be worth getting someone to shove a camera through the lines all the way to find where the roots are entering. It could have been much further than the length of what was pulled out and just broke off when it was removed.

Thanks. Actually the root was growing down the drain, not up. Our house has no basement, it sits on a concrete slab. The root found its way through a small crack in the slab, I assume. Inside the bathroom the toilet wax ring apparently wasn't making a perfect seal and allowed a very small amount of water to escape and flow down the crack. The root followed that path of the water up to the bathroom, through the toilet flange under the toilet, but next to the drain. It then took a u-turn and traveled down the drain, following the path of the water. A perfect storm. After removal of the hideous root monster I inspected it and found no break, so I'm reasonably certain I got it all. On reinstallation I destroyed as much of the root as I was able and then poured copper sulfate crystals all around the drain flange, and wax ring. As long as my new wax ring seals without a leak no water should ever go anywhere but straight down the drain. The copper sulfate crystals are for added insurance.
I should have taken pictures as I worked through this.

 

[balrog]

Boys and girls, when you wash your fermenters, and you use soap and a nylon scrubby sponge, you think you’re good.

Then you toss is some PBW (homemade) and it turns this color and then you know.

 

[doug293cz]

Boys and girls, when you wash your fermenters, and you use soap and a nylon scrubby sponge, you think you’re good.

Then you toss is some PBW (homemade) and it turns this color and then you know.

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I find just spraying all of the loosely adhering scum off, followed by a hot oxy or PBW soak to be very effective. No scrubbing required.

Brew on

 

[BongoYodeler]

I find just spraying all of the loosely adhering scum off, followed by a hot oxy or PBW soak to be very effective. No scrubbing required.

Brew on

Yep, that's how I approach it. The key is taking care of it quickly. The longer it sits uncleaned the more stubborn it becomes. Come to think of it that's how our kids were when they were younger.

 

[doug293cz]

Yep, that's how I approach it. The key is taking care of it quickly. The longer it sits uncleaned the more stubborn it becomes. Come to think of it that's how our kids were when they were younger.

I find it's less about time, and more about whether it drys out or not.

Brew on

 

[BongoYodeler]

I find it's less about time, and more about whether it drys out or not.

Brew on

But....the longer it sits the more it'll dry out. I think we're basically saying the same thing, just using different words.

 

[day_trippr]

Hop resin is a beyotch to remove without chemistry like PBW or even OxyFree. That's what that orange/green hue is about.
Scrubbing with "soap" is barely gonna dent that stuff...

Cheers!

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Bat mobile on the LIE moving at the speed limit.

 

[balrog]

 

[ncbrewer]

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That's random.

 

[whoaru99]

LiFePO4 battery build.

12V, 210Ah

 

[GrogNerd]

Hop resin is a beyotch to remove without chemistry like PBW or even OxyFree. That's what that orange/green hue is about.
Scrubbing with "soap" is barely gonna dent that stuff...

Cheers!

hop resin is how much worse than its happier cousin's resin?

 

[jschein]

hop resin is how much worse than its happier cousin's resin?

Are you suggesting Formula 420 for cleaning? That stuff works well

 

[Broken Crow]

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Ranger is right! I know that face:

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

 

[whoaru99]

Hey! Where's my stuff??

 

[balrog]

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

 

[Tom R]

Recipe looks pretty solid, I'd brew that.

 

[whoaru99]

 

[Chorgey]

 

[govner1]

 

[GrogNerd]

 

[balrog]

 

[pvtpublic]

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I live not too far from there