Since bathroom plumbing is usually connected through ventilation pipes on the roof snakes can slither their way through the ventilation system and soon into your john.
How to snake from the roof.
Best way to snake from the roof i use to use flex 1 5 pvc hose.
How to clear drains through the roof vent.
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Instead they serve to equalize air pressure within the dwv system and also release sewer gases into the outdoor air as all vent pipes terminate through the roof.
Snakes can slither their way up anything that will lead them to the roof such as trees.
Yes the one on the roof.
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Preparing to unblock the vent.
The waste lines in your house are connected to a venting system that performs two important functions.
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.
The vent pipes are part of the drain waste vent or dwv system of a house or building and they do not carry water inside them.
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.