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A man clears a sanitary sewer pipe with a motorized snake. Plant roots and other material being removed from a drain. A plumber's snake or drain snake or drain auger is a slender, flexible auger used to dislodge clogs in plumbing. The plumber's snake is often reserved for difficult clogs that cannot be loosened with a plunger.
5% of sewer line blockage is attributed to root invasion, though reports of line breakage due to the intrusion are rare. [5] Clay and concrete pipes are more likely to be invaded then PVC pipe, with pipe joints being the typical mode of entry for roots. [6]
For small diameter pipes there may not be enough room for the tractor mechanism. Instead, a somewhat rigid "fish" is pushed through the pipe and attached to a rope at the access point near the truck. The fish is then pulled to place the rope along the pipe. The rope is then used to pull the inspection pig and cable through the pipe.
A plumbing drawing, a type of technical drawing, shows the system of piping for fresh water going into the building and waste going out, both solid and liquid. It also includes fuel gas drawings. Mainly plumbing drawing consist of water supply system drawings, drainage system drawings, irrigation system drawings, storm water system drawings.
The cable rotated with a sharp C-shaped blade attached to the tip. The rotating motion cut tree roots out of sewer lines, eliminating the need to dig up pipes and clear obstructions by hand, thus inventing the world's first heavy-duty plumber's Snake. Blanc's wife, Lettie (née Lettie Jensen), called his invention the "Roto-Rooter". [2]
Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Pipe tree is a common name for several plants used in making pipe stems and may refer to:
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The trees also tend to break up sidewalks with their roots, produce suckers, and interfere with buried telephone wires and sewer pipes. [23] [22] Many of the oldest trees were uprooted and new street plantings were banned in the citrus colonies. Los Angeles prohibited new street plantings in 1930. [citation needed]