my gutter pipe is clogged. Water does not pass through the vertical closed pipe. Horizo.ntal channel is full?

Question

horizontal gutter on the roof is full of water. The vertical PIPE (chnnel is clogging)

Answer 1

It's a messy job but someones got to do it otherwise this can back up and leak into you house. ( especially in winter). This is a home project at it's best. You can almost always get it going again. You can use the garden hose, coat hanger, dynamite, just about anything. I would save the dynamite for when you do this on the fourth of July. Like unplugging anything. Shove the hose,wire,dynamite down the vertical after cleaning out the horizontal. Last resort is slice open the vertical with good razor blade knife, spread it apart with that 18 inch screwdriver you thought you never had a use for, and take it out with the screwdriver. Then go get another piece of new gutter and a pop rivet tool. You need this tool for repairing all kinds of stuff anyhow, including automotive,shoes,belts, kids projects and sleds, etc. While doing this I strongly suggest at minimum, goggles, at maximum a total hazmat suit.

Answer 2

take a hose or a hanger and push through the elbow till the water runs through ima house painter and we do a lot of this in the fall before the snow to keep the water from freezing and taking down the gutters it also is a good time to hammer the nails back in and back screw the gutters to the fascia boards so they cant fall down with snow or ice id just go up and use a ladder and pull the funky junk out by hand then run the hose through

Answer 3

it is going to be secure. A pipe will burst if there is way less AIRSPACE attainable than what the enlargement of the water can displace. without water constantly in the pipe, it ought to get chilly and the moisture interior it ought to properly freeze as a COATING, however the pipe could have a great number of airspace for the ice to enhance into and the flushing will possibly shop that layer melting in between, besides.

Answer 4

clean them out! Start w/ the horizontal channel, just go around and pick out every bit of debris by hand. The vertical pipe will be the hardest and you may have to take it apart to get the job done. You might also try to use some sort of wire "snake" to do the job.

Answer 5

use the water hose and blast it clean or a long poker stick first and get the vertical open and rinse it. Lots of leaves will block it like a stopper.

Answer 6

stuff your garden hose down the drain pipe if possible and flush it out