Unclogging Gutter Drain Pipe

How to unclog a gutter.
Unclogging gutter drain pipe. If the clog occurs at the downspout cage. Remove and clean it. To unclog a gutter downspout try your easiest options first. Remove all the accumulated debris in the gutter.
Using water pressure 1. Setup the machine 3 to 4 feet 0 91 to 1 22 m from the cleanout opening. Turn on a garden hose to its most powerful setting and run water through the drain pipe. Start by cleaning the bottom downspout opening.
This was how i was able to figure it out and fix it. Never remove a cleanout plug or attempt to unclog a pipe that contains chemical drain cleaner. With mud you need a pretty hefty cable either a half inch or inch. Connect the machine to either a grounded outlet or a 12 to 14 gauge.
Then flush the line to clear out any remaining debris. Remove the downspout extension if present to expose the bottom opening. The downspout is the pipe that runs down the building from the gutter to the. If you still haven t identified the location of the clog and you have downspouts that descend below ground level then the clog likely is in an underground pipe.
This is especially important if the downspout is connected to an underground drain. A brief video showing one way a blockage can cause problems with your rain gutter down pipe drains. A cable attached to the machine and then fed into the pipe which breaks up the mud by spinning through the pipe. Place the end of a plumber s auger also known as a snake into the underground.
Remove the guard at the other end of the drain pipe if there is one. Clean the bottom downspout opening. Expose the bottom downspout opening divert the flow away from any landscape drain and then use a garden trowel to. If you have a pvc drain pipe you can try using a drain auger or sewer cleaning machine.
Apply penetrating oil to the cleanout plug to loosen it up. Check to see if water and debris come out the other end of the pipe. Expose the bottom downspout opening divert the flow away from any. Attach a high pressure nozzle onto your garden hose.
Wear leather gloves and safety glasses. Pull the underground drain which is often a black corrugated plastic pipe away from the end of the downspout. The hose s normal pressure probably won t be enough to dislodge. Insert the hose into the.