Running A Garden Hose Over The Roof

Be sure to call in a roofing or gutter professional for more stubborn clogs or if you re uncomfortable on a ladder.

Running a garden hose over the roof.

Clogs are clear if you can run garden hose water from the roof to the ground below. A sun damaged tube can develop kinks and bulged areas that look like a snake swallowing an orange. 1st floor hose bibb 4 1 hose adapter garden hose mpt adapter mpt sharkbite 90 degree elbow 14 foot run of 1 2 pex that goes through a 45 degree curve now vertical and then goes in rounded manner over the parapet wall supported only at the top and over to a sharkbite mpt female hose bibb. From there work in small sections to scoop up debris along gutters and downspouts then drop the waste into a bucket or onto a tarp below.

I got this working as follows. The top of the ladder should extend 2 or 3 feet beyond the roof line. Slide a barbed drip to hose thread coupler with a 1 2 inch diameter into the end of the 1 2 inch diameter drip tubing that is closest to the water source. Thread a 15 pounds per square inch psi.

My dad always kept them under cover when not in use by placing them beneath a small disc shape platform. To find a. To check for a cleared line insert the garden hose down into the roof vent opening ask a helper on the ground to turn on the water and watch to see if water seems to be flowing freely into the main drain.