How To Snake A Toilet From The Roof

One man in north carolina even reported that the snake he recently found was the sixth snake to come up his toilet in four years.

How to snake a toilet from the roof.

Did you know that using a plunger can actually damage your to. Yes the one on the roof. Begin the feeding the snake into the mouth of the drain. I would definitely not recommend to snake from there unless you have a very specific reason to.

Look for a narrow plastic or metal pipe protruding from the roof roughly above. 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. How do snakes get in there.

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 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. Place the end of the auger into the toilet bowl so that it points down the drain. Snaking from the roof will do.

Lean a ladder against the house as close as possible to the room with the blockage and climb it to access the roof. 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. Best way to snake from the roof i use to use flex 1 5 pvc hose. How to unclog a toilet using a snake and why you shouldn t use a plunger to unclog your toilet.

Prepare the area around the toilet for any likely mess. Unfurl the snake and lower the bulbous metal end into the toilet bowl. 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.