Snake Stuck In Roof Vent

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Snake stuck in roof vent.

Best way to snake from the roof gear junkie did you see the post with photo s a while back where the plumber poster used a long length of 3 plastic to make a snake guide tube that went from the roof vent down to his snake that never left ground level i thought it was pretty ingenious heck maybe thats the way it s done in his area i ve just never heard of it around here he used a series. The snake is 3 4 wide by an 1 8 thick and has a pointed head that rounds off towards its back. If the cable gets hung up on broken pipe or roots the liability is not on the plumber. You put your snake down the vent stack on the roof and turn it on and you are making progress the snake is going through the pipe.

Most drain cleaning companys have you sign a contract b4 they start and in it you will find a clause that states such. There should be a grate to prevent debris entering the sewer if something happens to the vent cap so your snake shouldn t be in the sewer main. The waste lines in your house are connected to a venting system that performs two important functions. To my horror the snake broke off of the drum and fell down into the vent.

So i decided to use a tape snake on the vent from the roof. Dropped an auger down the plumbing vent. I believe the word idiot was used. I used a 30 power auger in the tubs vent and drain with no luck.

Big mistake. So i got on the roof. 24 7 valley wide service residential commercial multi housing price matching policy. When a clog forms in the vent stack it blocks the free flow of air.

If installed to code it should have an access cap on a short section sticking out about 45degrees from the vertical stack. It is extremely difficult to get a snake stuck in a drain if there is nothing wrong with the drain. All so ran the power auger threw the toilet no luck with that either. How to clear drains through the roof vent.

All of a sudden it binds kinks twists up like a pretzel and you realize that this may be a bad idea. How do i get a stuck snake sewer cable out of the pipe on the roof. Each plumbing fixture sink tub toilet and so on connects via a vent pipe to the main vent stack that exits the roof. The wife said it looked like i was sport fishing and trying to reel in a blue marlin.