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Plumbing is an essential part of every home or buildings. Plumbing system serves as the place where the water comes in and out through different materials like pipes. Here are some useful tools plumbers use to fix plumbing issues.
Electric Eel
An “Electric Eel” is also known as a “Plumber’s Snake” or a “Toilet Jack”. It is made up of a long coiled metal and is attached to a crank at the other end. It works by reaching into the pipes and it breaks any twig, wood or plastic that is causing the clog. It also entangles any hair and strings while scraping the insides of the pipes taking out other materials that clings on the inside as it twirls around. Those materials will come out as you pull this plumbing tool out, you can then pour some warm water into the pipes to clear the clogging.
Plungers
The Plunger is usually composed of a wooden handle with a rubber suction at the tip. You might have seen one with a tip that looks like a baby’s basketball cut in half and another that has a small protruding tip. And that’s because one is for the kitchen sink (the one that has a protruding tip) and the other one is for the toilet. Both serves the same function, it suctions water in and out forcing the material that caused the clogging to loosen up.
Slip-Joint Pliers
A Slip-Joint Pliers functions just like your ordinary Pliers. You press on the two handles to grip on to something using the nose of the pliers and twist, pull or push depending on what needs to be done. The only difference is the Slip-Joint. The only purpose is to enable you to widen the grip of this pliers nose enabling you to handle a bigger material compared to an ordinary pliers. All you have to do is just slip the handles and you’ll notice the nose of this type of pliers having a bigger gape .
Electric Eel
An “Electric Eel” is also known as a “Plumber’s Snake” or a “Toilet Jack”. It is made up of a long coiled metal and is attached to a crank at the other end. It works by reaching into the pipes and it breaks any twig, wood or plastic that is causing the clog. It also entangles any hair and strings while scraping the insides of the pipes taking out other materials that clings on the inside as it twirls around. Those materials will come out as you pull this plumbing tool out, you can then pour some warm water into the pipes to clear the clogging.
Plungers
The Plunger is usually composed of a wooden handle with a rubber suction at the tip. You might have seen one with a tip that looks like a baby’s basketball cut in half and another that has a small protruding tip. And that’s because one is for the kitchen sink (the one that has a protruding tip) and the other one is for the toilet. Both serves the same function, it suctions water in and out forcing the material that caused the clogging to loosen up.
Slip-Joint Pliers
A Slip-Joint Pliers functions just like your ordinary Pliers. You press on the two handles to grip on to something using the nose of the pliers and twist, pull or push depending on what needs to be done. The only difference is the Slip-Joint. The only purpose is to enable you to widen the grip of this pliers nose enabling you to handle a bigger material compared to an ordinary pliers. All you have to do is just slip the handles and you’ll notice the nose of this type of pliers having a bigger gape .
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