Recommendation for good shower drain cleaner ??

[Gary V. Deutschmann, Sr.]

Hi James

Cleaning your shower drain really depends upon what type of trap was
used when it was installed, and if the plumbing was installed
correctly in the first place.

There are two places clogs normally occur. The most obvious being in
the trap and/or waste line, not so obvious is an obstruction in the
vent, often at the fitting between waste and vent lines.

A plunger is most effective on P-Trap type traps, but offer very
little relief if a drum trap was used, and often what little relief
you do get is only temporary.

Assuming the drain used to flow freely and is now running slowly with
frequent clogging, if no foreign object is lodged in the trap, the
most likely culprit is simply a buildup of soap and hair in the trap
and/or waste lines.

Since your drain is only slow running, I would suggest pouring 3
gallons or more of near boiling water down the drain, pouring 1 gallon
then waiting about 2 minutes, pour the 2nd gallon and wait about 5
minutes, then pour the 3rd gallon of near boiling water. Then run
only the hot water tap for about 5 minutes to carry the waste all the
way to the street. A follow up of flushing the toilets will keep it
all moving and out of your waste system.

TTUL
Gary

[James Nipper]

Thank you all for all of the good replies here !!

What a group !!

--James--

[Melba's Jammin']

In article <ffCdnZLlLuOjR2fcRVn-3Q@comcast.com>, "James Nipper"
<jnipper@nospam.fdn.com> wrote:

> I have used general purpose shower drain cleaners from Ace Hardware,
> and several types from Home Depot, and Lowe's.
>
> The last one I use was the Enforcer 10 Minutes Hair Clog Remover.

> Is there a more powerful, specific brand that I might try next ? My
> drain is not stopped up, but is just slow.

>
> Thanks !!
>
> --James--
>

I've had the best luck with a long plastic gizmo from Home Depot - about
$2-3. It's flexible and has jaggysnaggy teeth (more like barbs) on it.
It's about two feet long and you push it down the drain as far as you
can and pull it back up. Wouldn't believe the cruddy hair clogs it
hauls out. Especially afte my long-haired son has visited.
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[TOM KAN PA]

<< I've had the best luck with a long plastic gizmo from Home Depot - about
$2-3. It's flexible and has jaggysnaggy teeth (more like barbs) on it. >>
____Reply Separator_____
If you're squeamish, I wouldn't reccomend this.
It really pulls out some nasty $h!t.

[peggo]

"TOM KAN PA" <tomkanpa@aol.comic> wrote in message
news:20050129163253.11085.00000331@mb-m18.aol.com...
> << I've had the best luck with a long plastic gizmo from Home Depot -
> about
> $2-3. It's flexible and has jaggysnaggy teeth (more like barbs) on it.
> >>
> ____Reply Separator_____
> If you're squeamish, I wouldn't reccomend this.
> It really pulls out some nasty $h!t.
>

cool.

peggo

[Mike Grooms]

"Gary V. Deutschmann, Sr."

Ummm, and this comes from the plumbing newsgroup, you're nuts.

[Beachcomber]

On Sat, 29 Jan 2005 16:57:28 -0600, "peggo" <peggo666@hotmail.com>
wrote:

>
>"TOM KAN PA" <tomkanpa@aol.comic> wrote in message
>news:20050129163253.11085.00000331@mb-m18.aol.com...
>> << I've had the best luck with a long plastic gizmo from Home Depot -
>> about
>> $2-3. It's flexible and has jaggysnaggy teeth (more like barbs) on it.
>> >>
>> ____Reply Separator_____
>> If you're squeamish, I wouldn't reccomend this.
>> It really pulls out some nasty $h!t.
>>
>

If you have to use a chemical liquid, I've had good luck with chlorine
bleach. Just poor it straight in and let stand for a few hours
before flushing with water. It does seem to work on hair clogs.

In my old apartment, the janitor would use sulfuric acid in the
bathtub drain for those situations in which Draino did not work. The
stuff was so strong it clear the drained ( and who knows what else).
The white porcelin of the bathtub was temporarily turned black because
of the fumes.

Beachcomber

[scott_z500@my-deja.com]

A snake is my #1 pick. My second pick is "Zep 10 minute hair clog
remover", which I use in generous quantities and leave in overnight. I
have so many bends is a realtively short span in the drain that it
makes it difficult for a snake to work, so I switched to chemicals.
The Zep stuff really works because it's made for hair clogs. Since I
knew for a fact that hair was my problem it helps to know exactly
what's causing the clogs so you buy the right product to unclog it
with. And I bought this on a recommendation of another customer at
Home Depot who said that he had three teenage daughters whose hair is
always clogging up the shower drain.