How do you unclog a vacuum cleaner hose?

I have a Bissell vacuum cleaner, but I think it’s just like any vacuum cleaner. I didnt notice the bag was full and of course I kept using it and it caused a clog in the hose. Does anyone know how to removed the clog? I dont know if it matters but it’s mostly clogged with dog hair. I’ve tried taking a wire coat hanger and pusing it into the hose. I put a curve in the end but all that happened was I pulled out a straight hanger, no hair.
I’ve already removed the hair from where the hose connects to the bag and vacuum. Now the clog is just stuck inside the hose, about 3 inches in. I dont know how big the clog is. THe hose wont scrunch down for me to put a knife all the way through. Maybe i could find something hard that’s long enough though. Keep the answers coming please.

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  2. Obviously poking inside the hose might puncture the hose, and thereby reduce the effect of the suction.

    So my suggestion, assuming it is just a simple vacuum hose and not some complicated hose with an electrical line built into it, is to take the hose outside run water from your garden hose into the end of the hose that was closest to the vacuum itself, while holding that end higher than the other end. This will push the clog in the opposite direction from that in which it jammed and use the weight of the water as well as the water pressure to force it out. The water will also dissolve some items that are soluble with water.

    Obviously, you need to allow the hose to dry before using it again.
    Hang it vertically and gravity will drain most of the water out.

    Good Luck

  3. Came in the instructions with the first canister vacuum I ever owned, and it still works. The sweeper has a vent, where the air blows out. The hose connects to that vent. Take the whole shebang outside, hook it up backwards, so you’re blowing air out instead of sucking it in. Turn on the sweeper and shake the hose vigorously. How could your vacuum pack anything in the hose that solidly and not blow it’s motor?

  4. If the hose is off the vacum you can probably drop a screwdriver through the hose from one end to the other to get the clog out.

  5. Try taking off the hose and using a hanger push out the clog in hose or turn it over and take off bottom plate off where brushes are and remove everything and clean it out.

  6. I have had the same problem in the past. Stretch the hose out and just lightly hit it against something.
    It sounds like it may be clogged in the hose adapter on the vacuum. Just get some required tools to take it apart and try not to break it. Its not doing you any good now so go ahead and take it apart. If you fix it, great and if you don’t your still not out of anything.
    Or……………..
    Buy a new hose.

  7. Well if the hose is flexible plastic, I use a butter knife, I stick it in , and when it stops, I use the handle thru the plastic to push it thru, and it always works. Sometimes I wrestle with it for a bit, but it usually works because the knife is tough enough to use w/out it bending, and it’s not thin enough to just put a whole thru the clog. You might have to rap it a few times after getting thru the clog, but when the knife comes out the other end, its all clear.

  8. You might try to look at the where the hose connects to the vacuum. The dog fur maybe clogged where the hose is attached to the vacuum . Also check the bottom of the vacuum too.

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