"‘I would have never imagined this happening in a million years’: Roofer delivers critical message to homeowners"

While you may not see an issue with using the bathroom during roof repairs at your house, one roofer has gained viral attention for posting a public service announcement about it.

TikTok user Robert Brewster (@robertthebrewster), who lives in Alabama, might have saved a lot of homeowners from embarrassment. In short, he said that your roofers can tell if you go to the bathroom while you’re getting work done.

"Please, don't relieve yourself while I'm up here on your roof," Brewster remarked. "I really would prefer you not to do that while I'm around."

Is it advisable to stay away from the bathroom while roof repairs are taking place?

He proceeded to clarify his reasoning—naturally, while perched atop someone’s rooftop.

“Your [expletive] travels right through this pipe and hits me in the nose,” Brewster exclaimed, gesturing dramatically at the problematic pipe. He then feigned gagging, indicating just how intolerable the odor could be. However, the audience seemed to find the alert entertaining. 

“I feel like this should be taught in school,” one woman wrote. “Because none of us knew this.”

As of Saturday, Brewster’s video had amassed more than 320,400 views. 

Houses are equipped with plumbing vent pipes. This is the pathway that air must follow when you flush your toilet—or brush your teeth or do laundry, for that matter.

When you poop, your fecal matter isn’t legitimately shooting directly up the pipe, as Brewster suggested. Rather, it’s the air that is needed for proper water flow in your drains. The pipe essentially lets air escape as water flows down. 

But these pipes can get clogge