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* what is the plaster like gunk that clogs my drainpipe?K&M
`* what is the plaster like gunk that clogs my drainpipe?findingZ0 aka findingzzero (a calibration notice on the NMR computer screen on startup)
 `- what is the plaster like gunk that clogs my drainpipe?Tom_7075

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Re: what is the plaster like gunk that clogs my drainpipe?

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 by: K&M - Tue, 10 May 2022 17:31 UTC

I've had the exact same problem. About once or twice a year, I have to blast through with a snake, though my deposits tend to gather at the end of the pipe just before it pours into the septic tank. It is a chalky, hard, but crumbly, crust that is creamy-white in color. And it floats. This is definitely not my favorite job either; I sympathize with you deeply. My job goes like this: bathroom toilet suddenly floods, I check septic tank to make sure it isn't filling faster than the leach fields can handle; seeing that the tank isn't full or overflowing, I know it is the chalky substance. I rent the snake (mine has to be a 2", 100' long to reach the end of the line, then I drag this heavy mo-fo under the house, unscrew the cap, run the snake, and look for breakthrough deposits in the septic tank. Of course, that's if everything goes right. I once had the screw-like head/blade at the end of the snake break off somewhere in my line! And I've hit my head hard, many times over the years. I always feel like a spider is going to crawl into my butt-crack and bite me. And then, of course, the water tends to back-up (uphill as you say) because the line is full. So the septic fountain
under the house is a special treat after hitting my head. Boiling hot water is the only thing that works for me too, and I'm definitely not using stuff that might destroy all the good stuff in the septic tank. I'm curious what you find with your sample. I've removed the stuff from the tank, but haven't figured it out what it is. I too though soap deposits from the dishwasher in particular. If the dishwasher pod doesn't dissolve entirely (maybe because water into dishwasher isn't hot enough), it goes into the line as a chalky, sticky substance, which then congeals onto future undissolved dishwasher tablets. I took out an old dishwasher and noticed a bunch of this chalky deposit clogging the dishwasher drain hose. So that might be one causal factor, which then serves as a foundation for other crap to stick to it and grow into a pretty substantial mortar. Well, that's my theory anyway. Curious what you find. And carry on, my brother.

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 by: findingZ0 aka findin - Tue, 10 May 2022 21:01 UTC

I am the OP and just got an email that someone has replied to my 14 yr old post. Glad it wasn't an emergency...
I'm guessing that since our pipes reflect our diet, that what we have here, me drooges, is the plumbing version of atherosclerosis. I would therefore like to suggest one of the statin drugs that lowers blood cholesterol in humans.
Since the price of snaking a pipe has come down from $300-400 to about $99, I don't mind paying this once every few years. The date on my pipe says 3-19-2019 (last time it was snaked). My hand snake job never got to the major clog and therefore the clog would reappear more often. They snake from the stack vent on the roof above my kitchen sink. Good luck out there. At the age of 78, I don't expect 2B around for the next 14 yr old query. I leave it to one of you. Cheers.

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 by: Tom_7075 - Fri, 27 May 2022 04:45 UTC

I just snaked out my kitchen sink's drain with a 25-foot 0.5" diameter steel snake and upon removal the backwash with the snake returned 1" to 2"- long pieces of this strange cream-colored material floating in the bucket with the drain water. Upon visual inspection the material appears to be made up of mineral deposits but it is soft like plumber's putty. We are on well & septic here in Connecticut and the previous owners installed a garbage disposal that we don't use. I put the material on a rock in the sunshine to dry out and a tiny bit broke off. I touched it and it smeared on the rock with a brilliant white streak in the sunshine. I am curious what comprises this material that was blocking the kitchen drain pipe (PVC out to cast iron to septic tank).

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