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Originally Posted by TomC
I find a shop-vac in reverse works better than a compressor trying to blow through a 1/4" fitting.
I took a rubber, no-hub, coupling with one end worm-drive clamped to the end of my shop-vac hose (about 1" in diameter) and the other end clamped to an assembly of ordinary plumbing fittings to allow connection to the pipe in my shower (with showerhead removed). This is the highest point in the system and when I turn the vac on (blow) and open the various faucets one at a time, residual water is blown out. This method nicely clears the shower mixing valve too.
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Very cleaver. I never thought of a vacuum cleaner in reverse. I guess it would have to be a shop vac as I don't belive I have seen a regular home vac with a reverse for blowning on them. Fittings would be very easy to make up for most any type of connection or you could use a piece of hose that fits over the pipe and a quick clamp would do the trick (Say a piece of 5/8ths garden hose.).
