How To Snake A Toilet From The Roof

Turn the handle clockwise to extend the auger s cable or snake down into the drain towards your clog.

How to snake a toilet from the roof.

I would run my snake through it attach my cutter then band it to the vent with a 2 x 1 5 or 3 x 1 5 or 4x 1 5 band. Snaking from the roof will do. Now with my k 60 i take it up to the roof with me if i don t feel comfortable climbing on the roof then i pull a toilet. Prepare the area around the toilet for any likely mess.

Look for a narrow plastic or metal pipe protruding from the roof roughly above. How to unclog a toilet using a snake and why you shouldn t use a plunger to unclog your toilet. At the end of the snake is a curved hook which will help break up and grab debris that has accumulated in the pipes. Make sure the plastic coating on the end of the snake is intact so it doesn t scratch the porcelain.

Usually a toilet clog will be in the trap in the base of the toilet. Yes the one on the roof. Lean a ladder against the house as close as possible to the room with the blockage and climb it to access the roof. Snaking a vent stack from the roof would entail carrying a heavy auger up there and running an extension cord to power it but milwaukee tool recently launched a revolutionary idea in augers.

How do snakes get in there. Lay a couple of towels around the base position a large bucket nearby and put on rubber gloves. Unfurl the snake and lower the bulbous metal end into the toilet bowl. I would definitely not recommend to snake from there unless you have a very specific reason to.

Best way to snake from the roof i use to use flex 1 5 pvc hose. Place the end of the auger into the toilet bowl so that it points down the drain. One man in texas called the police after his son pointed out a six foot long indigo snake poking his head out of the bowl.