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How To Smoke Test Your Home To Locate A Sewer Smells And Leaks!

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Begin by identifying all sewer vent pipes on the roof. Block off all but one of the vent pipes using a strong adhesive tape like Gorilla Tape. This ensures smoke will be directed through a single vent into the system. Next, convert a Milwaukee Packout shop vac into a blower by detaching the hose from the vacuum intake and reattaching it to the exhaust port. Ensure the shop vac's internal compartment is empty and the filter is removed to prevent obstruction. Finally, prepare the smoke emitters by unwrapping one and attaching a small piece of tape (e.g., Gorilla Tape or duct tape) to the end opposite the lighting point. This tape creates a handle to hold the emitter safely while lit, preventing burns.

Goal: Configure equipment and block vents for the smoke test.

Tools and materials

  • Gorilla Tape Gorilla — Blocking off vent pipes and creating a handle for smoke emitters
  • Lighter — Lighting the smoke emitter
  • Milwaukee Packout Shop Vac Milwaukee — Converted into a blower to push smoke into the vent system
  • Smoke Emitters — Producing smoke to detect leaks

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to fix it so what we're doing here we're gonna block off three vents and we're gonna blow our smoke down another one we're using gorilla tape today you can use any kind of tape I think duct tape whatever here where the hose connects to this a little lock and unlock just slide that over to the right and that's gonna pop out we're gonna switch it we're gonna put it right here the air intake that locks into place as well and bam now we've got a blower you want to make sure that if this is empty and I also took my filter off and how else is gonna work is we're just gonna jam that right down on there so we don't need a towel or something if you had a bigger vent pipe than this inch and a half then you could do something else with it right but this right here is actually just gonna set up in there like that right here this intake is gonna start sucking air in and we are going to be using these smoke emitters you got this little thing right here I looks like a little thing a lipstick chapstick that doesn't pop up it's gonna burn right here I'm not gonna hold it right there I'm gonna make a little quick holder just take a little piece of tape all right and now I can hold that it's not gonna burn me and when I'm done with it I can actually just throw it off the house so my friend is gonna go down she's gonna start

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