How to unblock my shower cubicle waste more

meg72

When I found my bath water going away slowly I thought it was probably cloggged with hair, I got a wooden kebab skewer cut notches into it for about 3 inches and jiggeled it up and down the holes, removed a vast amount of hair in seconds and no nasty chemicals.

luminated

Again thanks to all for the good advice. I had already taken out the hair catcher device and there is no more bits that would come out to allow access. So it will be whatever our local Morrison's sell as it does need doing ASAP.

jackomdj

We bought a little brush from better ware or similar which you stick down the hole and twist a bit, we get loads of hair and gunk!

http://www.shopzilla.co.uk/sink-hole-cleaning-brush/products/

We do also use other cleaning products too.

macman

Just use a drain snake-costs about £6 at any shed. That will go right around the trap, which is where the problem will be.
Chemical treatment may help a little, but will not totally remove the solid obstructions.

ohreally

Try and get a thermo reactive agent or drain acid from a plumber.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HEAVY-DUTY-DRAIN-CLEANER-CLEARING-BLOCKED-DRAINS-/250602634080?pt=UK_HomeGarden_CLV_Cleaning_CA&hash=item3a5914bb60

luminated

We had a good rummage in our cleaning cupboard last night & found a bottle of Unblocker (yes that's the name on the bottle) which we must of bought at some point in the past (and forgotten we'd bought :rotfl:).

Put it down the hole last night & this morning all working better than we can remember. But will be getting a drain snake so we are better prepared next time. Oh yes I must stop shaving my legs in the shower if that contributes to the blocking. Joking as I'm a hairy legged bloke and long may they stay that way

Jaynne

PasturesNew wrote: »

I'd get a pot of bicarb of soda and some white vinegar. I'd tip some bicarb down the plughole, then pour white vinegar down. It'll fizz a lot. No exact measurements exactly so I'd do it by eye/by volume of roughly the same volume of vinegar to bicarb.

Walk away and leave it for half an hour.

Boil a kettle. Pour the boiling water down the plughole.

That usually sorts it out.

Total cost probably £1.20 and no nasty chemicals.

While the fizzing will look impressive and I suppose the action might loosen any gunk a little vinegar + bicarb makes water plus co2 and a food flavouring. (http://www.howtospotapsychopath.com/2012/06/22/fizzing-the-floors/)

I'm sure it will help if you did it every week but that's probably just the action of the boiling water.

Try just the bicarb next time then the boiling water and you'll probably have the exact same result.