Drano Down Gutters

To unclog a gutter downspout try your easiest options first.

Drano down gutters.

Follow these suggestions to unclog your downspout starting with the easiest options first. The chemicals in drano don t belong in your gutters or on the ground outside your house either since they can be toxic to plants kids and pets. Drano can be useful in unclogging indoor plumbing when goo and hair and who knows what stops up a drain. Pull the underground drain which is often a black corrugated plastic pipe away from the end of the downspout.

Clogged underground water drains are no match for the drain water rooter. If you still haven t identified the location of the clog and you have downspouts that descend below ground level then the clog likely is in an underground pipe. Start by cleaning the bottom downspout opening. Expose the bottom downspout opening divert the flow away from any landscape drain and then use a garden trowel to reach up into the opening and remove any clogged leaves and debris that could have accumulated there.

Tips on how to unclog a gutter downspout. Place the end of a plumber s auger also known as a snake into the underground. Then climb back up and try rinsing the downspout with your garden hose again. But don t consider using it for outdoor gutters.

Walk down the ladder one rung at a time gently knocking on the side of the downspout as you go. Working your way down from the gutter tap the outside of the downspout with a screwdriver and listen for a dull thud as opposed to hollow ring.