blocked bath plug hole

yraunaj

anyone any good tips for plug hole cleaning i used to buy the plug hole liquid stuff but its so expensive and ours seems to need doing every other week i have a thing over it that stops the hair but it still blocks up i've had the tweezers in there as far as they will reach to get some of the gunk out and poured boiling water down works for a few days only

Stephen_Leak

It sounds like you need to get medieaval on it with an old-fashioned rubber plunger.

Stompa

http://www.diynot.com/pages/pl/pl005.php

Skint_Catt

bicarb and something (I forget what) is a good drain unblocker I believe - someone with Martins OS book to hand might be able to tell you!

whatatwit

I use a metal skewer to poke out any nasty bits lurking down the plug hole.

Is your bath panel easily removed, as it may be that the u-bend in the pipe is blocked and needs cleaning. If the panel is well fixed on, then as an earlier poster suggested, out with the plunger.

glitzy

Hi try bi-carbonate of soda and add white vinegar - it then fizzes up leave for 20mins or overnight if you have time - then wash it down with hot water - hey presto

Skint_Catt

glitzy wrote: »

Hi try bi-carbonate of soda and add white vinegar - it then fizzes up leave for 20mins or overnight if you have time - then wash it down with hot water - hey presto

Thats the one!

chardonnay_2

hair remover cream is supposed to work.

try using a chopstick to dig the hair back out

chardonnay_2

my shower has a special removable trap in the drain to catch the hair. could you get something similar for your bath if it is a persistent problem?

rasmus

Try plugging the outlet hole with a bit of damp tissue, put a bit of water in the sink/bath and with an old dishcloth sort of pump it up and down!! like you would if you used a plunger.

Ishtar

A good cupful of washing soda followed by a kettleful of almost boiling water does the trick in our house. OH has quite long hair which gets trapped in the plughole!

I probably do this once every three weeks or so, then it doesn't really build up and cause a big problem.

D.