A look at some handy dandy tools to have in the truck
By Simon Blake & Leah Den Hartogh
We asked plumbing manufacturers and suppliers to suggest one tool that every plumber should have in their truck. The suggestions that came back covered a wide range of products – some of them new and some as much as 50 years old.
The ideas ranged from the simple and inexpensive to
the complex and, well, more expensive. Some of the more inexpensive tools are a no-brainer for anyone doing plumbing service. Those at the other end of the spectrum may or may not make sense depending on the type of work you do.
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Every plumber has a toilet plunger. In fact, just about every homeowner has one too.
Some years ago, Calgary plumber Mike Scheuerman thought: “Crap, there’s got to be a better way.”
So, he set out to build a better toilet clog clearing tool, using plumbing pipe and other readily available materials. That was the original CLOG BOSS®.
A number of years and one CBC Dragon’s Den appearance later, the CLOG BOSS® has been refined into a very quick and effective tool for clearing toilets.
A conventional cup-type toilet plunger fits over the drain, which allows pressure to escape backward through the siphon jet and out the rim jets, making it difficult to maintain pressure. The “Universal Toilet Tip” on the CLOG BOSS® fits deep into the drain, beyond the siphon jet, isolating the trap and putting the full pressure into clearing the clog.
By pushing and pulling on the handle, the plumber can generate positive and negative forces. These powerful hydraulic impulses can be used to tear packed waste solids into smaller parts, reducing the overall viscosity.
Once this is achieved, the remaining contents can be flushed, and normal service can be restored. “This way you can do your business and keep things moving,” says Scheuerman.
Plumbing & HVAC – April 2019 www.plumbingandhvac.ca