Snake Stuck In Roof Vent

I used a 30 power auger in the tubs vent and drain with no luck.

Snake stuck in roof vent.

Each plumbing fixture sink tub toilet and so on connects via a vent pipe to the main vent stack that exits the roof. All so ran the power auger threw the toilet no luck with that either. The water drains slowly. Most drain cleaning companys have you sign a contract b4 they start and in it you will find a clause that states such.

It is extremely difficult to get a snake stuck in a drain if there is nothing wrong with the drain. Vents allow sewer gases to escape and allow air. Dropped an auger down the plumbing vent. Check where the vent goes through the lowest point of the house.

To my horror the snake broke off of the drum and fell down into the vent. The wife said it looked like i was sport fishing and trying to reel in a blue marlin. Big mistake. The snake is 3 4 wide by an 1 8 thick and has a pointed head that rounds off towards its back.

How do i get a stuck snake sewer cable out of the pipe on the roof. I believe the word idiot was used. If installed to code it should have an access cap on a short section sticking out about 45degrees from the vertical stack. 24 7 valley wide service residential commercial multi housing price matching policy.

The waste lines in your house are connected to a venting system that performs two important functions. 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. 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. 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.

So i decided to use a tape snake on the vent from the roof. 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. All of a sudden it binds kinks twists up like a pretzel and you realize that this may be a bad idea.