The vent system those plumbing pipes that stick out of your roof may be clogged instead.
Pipe on top of the roof.
Those pipes that are sticking up through your roof surface are there to ventilate the sanitary plumbing system in your home.
It is a vertical pipe attached to a drain line and runs through the roof of your home.
Why plumbing air vents are important.
A roof that leaks around a vent pipe is a common cause of small water stains on a ceiling or water leaking into a home.
They allow gasses to vent out of the system and not build up.
The top of the ladder should extend 2 or 3 feet beyond the roof line.
Climb the ladder with a garden hose and a screwdriver.
There is also the possibility that the vent pipe can become clogged by leaves debris animals ice or snow allowing for the possibility of gases and odors to enter your building.
A vent is intended to move low temperature gases that aren t the product of a combustion process.
The leaking may first be seen in the attic but if you don t catch it right away you may see water coming into the house dripping on the floor.
Generally there are only two kinds of pipes poking up above your roof.
There are pipe boots installed on plumbing vent pipes that penetrate through roofs.
Roof covering typically of flat and rectangular shapes and made of various materials such as slate wood flagstone plastic metal and composite materials.
It channels the exhaust gases to the vent and helps maintain proper atmospheric pressure in the waste system.
Look at the roof of any house in your neighborhood and you ll see one or two plastic or metal pipes jutting up about a foot above the roof line.
An external installation on the roof that uses the vent pipe system to prevent water seeping in and create damage.
Bird or rodent carcasses.
This is true whether the roof is sloped or flat but the type of pipe boot depends on the type of roof.
Your vent pipe can become clogged from a variety of things.
No matter the type is a pipe boot becomes weathered or damaged a roof leak can occur.
These are plumbing vents which are essential for proper drainage of the plumbing system.
Roof leaks around vent pipes is relatively common.
When the vent pipe is clogged it shows up within your home in a variety of ways from ghost flushing from your toilet to a sink that won t drain properly.
