Snake Stuck In Roof Vent

All so ran the power auger threw the toilet no luck with that either.

Snake stuck in roof vent.

Most drain cleaning companys have you sign a contract b4 they start and in it you will find a clause that states such. To my horror the snake broke off of the drum and fell down into the vent. Plumbing express the price matching plumber one call beats them all. When a clog forms in the vent stack it blocks the free flow of air.

Check where the vent goes through the lowest point of the house. 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. If installed to code it should have an access cap on a short section sticking out about 45degrees from the vertical stack. The snake is 3 4 wide by an 1 8 thick and has a pointed head that rounds off towards its back.

So i got on the roof. Dropped an auger down the plumbing vent. I believe the word idiot was used. 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.

Each plumbing fixture sink tub toilet and so on connects via a vent pipe to the main vent stack that exits the roof. All of a sudden it binds kinks twists up like a pretzel and you realize that this may be a bad idea. I used a 30 power auger in the tubs vent and drain with no luck. So i decided to use a tape snake on the vent from the roof.

It is extremely difficult to get a snake stuck in a drain if there is nothing wrong with the drain. If the cable gets hung up on broken pipe or roots the liability is not on the plumber. How to clear drains through the roof vent. The wife said it looked like i was sport fishing and trying to reel in a blue marlin.

How do i get a stuck snake sewer cable out of the pipe on the roof. Vents allow sewer gases to escape and allow air. The water drains slowly. The waste lines in your house are connected to a venting system that performs two important functions.