Smoke Test - Plumber Locates Sewer Odors With a Smoke Machine
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- Опубліковано 12 вер 2024
- Smoke Test - Plumber Locates Sewer Odors With a Smoke Machine. Smoke Tests are an important part of plumbing. Real Plumbers Locate Sewer Odors With a Smoke Machine. If you have a sewer smell in your house, you may want to do a smoke test today.
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Our buddies over at Superior Smoke sent us the AWESOME Model SE Smoke Blower and I put it to the test! Plumber's all over use machine's like this one to locate breaks in the sewage line quickly and efficiently. Stay until the end to watch a Plumber have smoke burn his eyes.
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He got a fancy one ours is just a shop vac we put on reverse and tape up 😂😂
Comedy
i thought we were the only ones lol
@@bartholomewdelaronde3712 hell yeah like my Jman says has long it works and gets the job done 😂
Us too!
I've burnt about 10 shopvacs already lol
Thank you Roger. Very helpful.
Might want to make sure the house waste line does not have a back flow preventer before doing this test. Some municipalities might require the back flow preventer on the waste line. I've heard some wild stories of storm surges that have pushed back into the residential waste line. Crazy stories during Super storm Sandy here in NYC/Tri state.
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Should have some A frame style yard signs made that say " Plumbing smoke test in progress, do not call 911" and put a couple in the yard while doing it.
That’s a good idea
Then someone’s house actually catches fire and they don’t call lol that’s a double edge sword
@@andrewmcintosh8677 that would mean that person is an idiot. Why would a sign in the yard of house A cause someone’s to not call in a fire at house B?
@@andrewmcintosh8677 You take the sign out when you’re done
Great video! Thank you for posting. I wish there was someone in Southern California who provided this service.
Hello Roger
Big fan of the channel, what a great learning resource we have. I know you have created videos working underneath houses. My suggestion is if you could make a video to show how to work effectively and efficiently in tight spaces (not necessarily under houses). But in those hard to reach areas, or areas that are just out of reach. Those insights would be beneficial to us HVAC-R folks as well.
Thanks
Roger, the little snippet of the video where you showed and example of calling the fire department is completely the biggest part of the 5 P's preparation prevents pi$$ poor performance. Probably the best thing to help people in the complete process of what you need to do to be a great plumber.
I've had that exact one and it works flawlessly 👌 100% recomended
So where was the dry trap or what was the problem with the house?
at this one he mentioned they werent expecting any problems
I use something very similar when looking for exhaust leaks in on my car's (not a mechanic,just have a lot of fancy tools). Never thought of using the same concept to find dry traps. Also I'd be worried if anybody was afraid of the smoke,it's like a glorified fog machine is it not?
I do plumbing in California and I approve this message 😂✅
I'm not a plumber and I approve of - - - - what was the question?
@Roger Wakefield so glad to hear you mention about notifying the fire department. I had a trades company go out and perform a smoke test on my HVAC system at a commercial location which I understand it’s not the same thing as a residence but they sent an apprentice who had never done a smoke test before and honestly just didn’t know better so I really don’t blame the guy for making an honest mistake, but I guarantee you he learned from doing this. He hooked the smoke generator up to the ductwork and started flooding the ductwork with smoke not realizing that in commercial spaces we have monitored fire systems, and as soon as he flooded the ductwork with smoke it triggered the fire alarm and they rolled three fire engines out to the premises full of angry firefighters. 🤣 angry because when they got there there wasn’t any fire for them to fight.
He was very lucky that our business has a good relationship with the local police and fire departments and we were able to get them to not charge them anything for the rollout. It could’ve cost them a significant penalty for that.
We are also lucky that it didn’t set off any sort of fire suppression system which would have been disastrous.
I would say though even in the home, many people have monitored fire alarms these days so you’re right it’s really important not only to contact the fire department but probably the alarm company and let them know that it’s possible that the smoke could set off the smoke alarm in the home.
I wish I knew of this 35 years ago when I was a plumber. This is impressive.
these videos are high quality tbh
Looks like the room got Boxed with some good sheet
We got the old school Honda engine that drive a turbine then you manually pump the smoke into the machine
Plot twist the sewer smell is your brother who had taco bell the day before
I love our Hurco 2 power smoke machine. Its makes easy money.
We don’t have two was clean outs in the yard here in Alberta. We got a back flow preventer . This might work in rough in stage .
I am a licensed plumber in Florida.
Can I just buy smoke bombs that I can light and drop down the vent stack on the roof to look for leaks? I don’t have any fancy smoke test equipment and I almost never get calls for this type of thing.
Thanks.
Does this drive frogs out of the drains? I have a frog problem I need to solve without killing them
Can you use that in a laundry sewer vent in the house? I don't want the neighbors to see what I'm doing. I've got nosy neighbors
I own a house and I have no idea where the 2 way plumbing clean out is. Any tips on how to find my plumbing clean out? Is there a chance I don’t have one coming up out of the ground?
EDIT: I will watch Rogers video on finding hidden 2 way plumbing clean outs.
sometimes i wish we had these in Canada :(
Trap primers work nicely
Back in my days we called it shotgunning.
Ty Rog, great vid man
I used to be in commercial plumbing for restaurants etc. I was in charge of all odor detections and smoke tests. I didn't have that cool smoke blower. I used a shop vac and turn it on blow and used 90 second smoke bombs. I do miss it but sadly the company is not what it used to be. If you ever need an odor/smoke specialized plumber. Also a lot of experience in residential as well. I'm your guy. Family and I have been looking at leaving the state soon because it's way too expensive anymore 😞
Also I used to block off the roof vents and have one person outside and two minimum inside inspecting where odors have been present/plumbing etc. Also prior to a smoke test we would inspect all the straight forward failure points with an odor detector first to see if it was just a simple fix. Wax ring/hole in vent/separation etc. I have seen a lot and nothing surprises me anymore 😅
Don't know if you can help me, but I removed my old toilet, and tried to put a new one in. Sewer gas began smelling up the room. I've hired 2 plumbers to put the toilet in, and it smells like sewer gas every time. Used spacers, XL Johnny Rings, and smoke and they do not see a leak. We did smell smoke in the toilet, but none escaped the wax or flange. The flange is old, but in relatively good shape. It's level. Where on earth would the sewer gas be coming from? We see no evidence of a crack around the flange or in the PVC drain. At my wit's end.
What if you have well water? I dont think I have an opening on the ground... just roof
That's how you got box. Like a boss.
Curious what does lead AP mean? My gut tells me lead advanced plumber but you never know
Great video
911. What's your emergency?
Uh there's smoking coming out of a sewer vent in one of my neighbours houses. 😆
That’s pretty cool
Finally ❤️❤️❤️
Just did this today on a 40 ft roof with same exact machine
Thank you for this! I have one question: in the video around minute 4:10 you say to make sure water is running through all the traps and to dry the trap. How do I dry the trap?
I think he mis spoke. Make sure there is water in all p traps. " wet traps"
Would have been nice if you showed us what you actually look for in the home. How do you find a cracked sewer pipe or whatever? As it is, all I seen is how you demonstrated how the machine works.
I made an updated version! I hope it helps
ua-cam.com/video/HT6wUJeFFl8/v-deo.html I hope it helps
I use a RIDGID VACUUM on blower mode.
How can I do that ?
How can I do it . Does it make the same effect ?
@@LuisGarcia-u7v put a tin can in a Ridgid vacuum light the smoke bomb and put the vacuum on reverse the blower.. put the hose in a vent or clean out and that's all
Where does he get those button ups
Should've done this video in Houston, would've completed the start of this video. 😅😂
can we get one with a actual leak ?
If you don't get smoked out. lol
Do you wear a white shirt all the time? I mean I’m not a plumber, but it seems like a bad idea to wear white shirt all day
No not all the time. It looks good though...
“This is the benford 8200 smokinator”
- Tim Taylor
Roger got a new toy
Y'all should put auto iso on or something
650 bucks for a fancy blower. man im in the wrong business. hopefully they gave roger his
I use this same machine to blow smoke up my arse, very good
Can’t you also use that as an exhaust fan
@Jasper felix OHHH REALLY
Awesome
Habemus plumber's papam ☝️
Just curious what happened to the audio around 1:40
It's not hard to figure out what he said I just find it weird that the audio cut out for a couple of words
My 7-year-old says your catch phrase with you. :)
I see smoke coming out the roof of a house and I just assume the heat is on
I run a fog machine in my garage when looking for air leaks.
Hi
Roger 100% a stoner
I thought you were the rock
I am like 272
Nothing too new
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