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Keeping the bathroom plug holes clear.

What do you use? they keep getting clogged with hair and soap scrum making the water drain slowly, i have in the past used a plug hole cleaner for bathrooms but its £4 and will do the bath and sink once, i bet someone has a cheaper way.
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  • Sunnyday
    Sunnyday Posts: 3,855 Forumite
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    OOH this is a job that i hate!

    I have long hair and always end up with it stuck in the plughole, i wipe around it after each shower to get the surface hair but some inevitably goes down, if it`s left it builds soap scum up and is horrible.

    I borrow a small pair of hubbys fishing forceps once a week and shove these down to pull any hair and afterwards i put some bicarb down the plug hole and pour vinegar down the drain.

    This fizzes up and unblocks the plughole - works a treat :D

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  • Claire_Bear
    Claire_Bear Posts: 1,372 Forumite
    I've seen these little wire things with a hook on the end that you use to remove the hair, maybe you could make your own similar thing?
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  • Pink.
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    Hi missm,

    The water was draining very slowly from our shower last week and I thought it was probably blocked by dd's long hair. I squirted a bit of hair removal cream down the plug, left it for ten minutes, used a wooden barbeque skewer to give it a poke while rinsing the hair remover away with hot water. It worked like a dream and the shower is draining properly again.

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  • nonnatus
    nonnatus Posts: 1,458 Forumite
    Hair removal cream is just genius. Obvious really when you think about it! Am off to do it right now - thanks :D
  • Gingernutmeg
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    I've used the hair removal mousse stuff in the past and that works too - I found that it irritated my skin so I used it for cleaning the plugholes, and it's easy to squirt it down :) Very moneysaving lol :)
  • flea72
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    i dont think squirting hair removal cream down the plughole is recommended, im sure i read somewhere about it breaking down the seals/silicone holding the pipes together

    Flea
  • rocketchimp9
    rocketchimp9 Posts: 86 Forumite
    You can buy a hair catcher for the plug hole, I bought one for about £3 from kleeneze but I think you can get them on ebay and lots of places. Just leave it ontop of the plug whilst having a shower then take it off and remove the hair ready for next time.
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  • freakyogre
    freakyogre Posts: 1,465 Forumite
    The hair removal cream is a really good idea, wouldn't have thought of that! My shower/bath is draining really slowly, but there is no sign of hair in the plug hole, so I suspect something may be further down. I hate getting hair out of plug holes though (even mine) it actually makes me gag.
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  • siaoeh
    siaoeh Posts: 282 Forumite
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    big sprinkle of bi-carb and a kettleful of boiling water works for me everytime
  • Gingernutmeg
    Gingernutmeg Posts: 3,454 Forumite
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    flea72 wrote: »
    i dont think squirting hair removal cream down the plughole is recommended, im sure i read somewhere about it breaking down the seals/silicone holding the pipes together

    Flea

    I'm sure it can't be that bad - most of it ends up going down there anyway when it's used normally (albeit highly diluted). I'd certainly guess that it's a lot less damaging than bleach, and most people slosh that down plugholes much more regularly. I'd imagine that it'd be a problem if you used it every day, but who's that hairy?? :eek:
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