General Pipe Cleaners Water Ram
July 14, 2010 — Nobody likes green water, but green plumbing tools? That's a whole 'nother kettle of fish. And if a kettle of fish or a clump of hair or globs of grease or anything else is clogging up your co-op or condo's sinks, toilets, drains or any other plumbing fixture, the Pittsburgh-area firm General Pipe Cleaners can help you unclog things without using electricity, carbon-dioxide canisters or anything else for power.
No,this isn't a "pipe cleaner" like those bendy fabric things they used to give us in first grade for making stick-figure sculptures. This type of pipe cleaner is the Water Ram kinetic drain-cleaning device, which uses something as simple as compressed air and a shock wave to cut through those clogs at 4,700 feet per second. That's more air power than won World War II!.
OK, so it's basically a bicycle pump on steroids. But what works, works — it's both a lot easier on your plumbing than many chemical drain cleaners, and heaven knows it's less messy and icky than a drain snake (although we did have that really cool, high-tech automatic drain-snake machine a few weeks back). The company says 98 percent of the force is forwarded against the obstruction, with only two percent of the impact hitting the pipe sidewalls. Suitable for sinks, toilets, bathtubs, wash basins, floor drains, fountains, urinals, toilets, wash basins and pipes up to six inches diameter, and will power around pipe bends and curves.
There's a Flash demo here that's kind of fun to watch.
The device comes in four models, ranging from $253.75 to $426.60: the KR-A Water Ram Economy, the KR-A-WC Water Ram Standard, the KR-C-WC Water Ram Standard With Toilet Attachment and the KR-D-WC Water Ram Deluxe (at left). It's designed to last — a relatively simple machine, there's virtually nothing on it that can wear out without being simply replaced. It comes with a one-year warranty against defect or breakage.
So let's add a page to our all our efforts at going green. In fact, let's add a Water Ram page!
General Pipe Cleaners • Water Ram website • 1101 Thompson Avenue, McKees Rocks, Penn. 15136 • (412) 771-6300 • toll-free (800) 245-6200 • info@drainbrain.com
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