Mobile homes have been built with three different roof shapes.
How to lean a roof vent in mobile home.
Common causes of mobile home roof leaks.
There are still many homes in use today that were built before 1982 just like mine.
Venting is one of the areas where mobile homes differ from site built homes.
Direct vents or vent stack the most common kind of vent is called a direct vent also referred to as a vent stack soil stack or vtr which is short for vent through the roof.
Start by trying to clean the roof vent and main drain with a hand held drum auger.
Use a coupling that has a threaded cleanout on it and also install a plug onto the cleanout.
This makes access to the vent pipe easier in the future as you would only need to remove the plug from the cleanout and insert the auger cable into it.
Mobile home drain line venting manufactured home drain line venting.
Flat bowstring and pitched.
Bring a screwdriver and a garden hose with an adjustable nozzle with you when you climb onto the roof.
The direct vent and the auto vent.
For those items you can t remove from above run the plumber s snake down the vent pipe.
The flat and bowstring were retired in 1982 and the pitched roof has been used since.
If the vent.
Slow draining and gurgling plumbing fixtures could be a sign of a clogged roof vent.
The process tools and materials for this job are described below.
The purpose is to prevent the siphon effect of water going down the drain from pulling all the water out of.
Listen carefully for water backing up and a sudden whoosh when the weight of the water forces the clog into and down the drain.
And on homes that do not have a main drain cleanout accessing a clogged main drain through the roof vent could be your best option.
Mobile and manufactured homes typically use 2 kinds of vents in their ventilation system.
In site built homes every drain has a vent pipe that eventually goes up through the roof.
Set up a ladder so you can climb on the roof.
How to clean plumbing vent pipes.
Be sure the feet of the ladder are firmly planted on level ground and the top extends 3 feet above.
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