Best Shower Drain blocker?

11fernsroad

Our shower cubicle does get blocked often.We use that Heavy Duty Drain Blocker in a Yellow container from B&Q.It does work for a while but blocks again in a month.
Anybody can recommend anyting better?
Unfortunately we cant open the floor and sort it out.

user1168934

surely you mean "un"blocker :-)

You can always use caustic soda which the main indgredient in drain unblockers anyway and is fraction of the price. A plumber showed me the trick to use caustic soda few years ago, I use it regularly and works like a charm. Basically you get some caustic soda (sodium hydroxide) crystals available easily at B&Q, homebase even Wilko. Put it in your drain without mixing with water (the label will say dissolve in water but dont). Pour hot boiling water slowly in the drain. Do be very very careful because mixing caustic soda with water results in an exothermic reaction producing a lot of heat and basically that cuts through all the rubbish clogging the drain.

Every month of so I put a little bit in the kitchen and toilet drains and have not had a blockage in years.

http://www.wilko.com/kitchen-cleaning-products/caustic-soda-500g/invt/1159440

Ebe_Scrooge

^^^ This. I use caustic soda all the time for things like showers where you can't easily get to the u-bend. It's cheap and very effective. Just be very careful with it - it's powerful stuff, splash some on your skin and you won't half know about it. It also gives off some pretty potent fumes. But I've always found it far better - and cheaper - than any of the Mr. Muscle or whatever branded drain unblockers.

SuzieSue

Wear eye and face protection - my friend would have been blinded if she hadn't been wearing glasses.

martinsurrey

Putting hot water on caustic soda crystals can result in super heated steam, and rather vigorously boiling water, which is nasty stuff, so be careful if you do it that way around (water to crystals).

I also use caustic soda on my drains (the wife moults like a Labrador), wouldn't bother with anything else.

Horizon81

Fit one of these:

http://www.lakeland.co.uk/24105/OXO-Good-Grips-Shower-and-Tub-Protector

If you have nothing similar to this it's no wonder it blocks with hair so frequently.

xyz123

We use unblocker found in pound land. The name of brand eludes me at the moment but it's one in orange 1 litre bottles. Every blockage I have had, it's cleared it. We use it regularly once a month in kitchen and bathroom.

EssexExile

Buy a drain unblocker from Screwfix & sort out the problem, rather than using chemicals to burn a small hole in the mess that doesn't last long.

EmmyLou30

I think treating the cause rather than the symptom is your long term solution. Surely pouring caustic soda down the drains all the time does the plastic pipe and joints no good over time? That'd be my fear.
I have alopecia and so have a LOT of hair heading towards the drain in the bath and shower but never had a blockage as I use a hair catcher thingy a bit like another poster suggested.

spo2

We use this:
http://www.wilko.com/plumbing-supplies-and-accessories/one-shot-instant-drain-clean-1l/invt/0343461

but it is sulphuric acid so be careful with it!