Odd plug hole behaviour in shower!
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Hi All,
I have an oddly behaving shower plug hole. New house(to us, bathroom about 7 years old I think)
I have already plunged for England, dropped an entire bottle of Mr Muscle down it an another unblocker.
So what happens is you turn the shower on, the tray begins to fill up and gets to about an inch or 2 deep and then suddenly it empties away and for the rest of the shower it flows out as it should. Really odd.
Any ideas, air block of some sort?
Cheers!
I have an oddly behaving shower plug hole. New house(to us, bathroom about 7 years old I think)
I have already plunged for England, dropped an entire bottle of Mr Muscle down it an another unblocker.
So what happens is you turn the shower on, the tray begins to fill up and gets to about an inch or 2 deep and then suddenly it empties away and for the rest of the shower it flows out as it should. Really odd.
Any ideas, air block of some sort?
Cheers!
triggerh4ppy said:
get yourself a drain/sink snake from amazon/ebay. I get this every couple of years. Its normally a build up of hairs.
Just done our shower. You're right... minging slimy decomposed hairs and soap scum. Black gooey st. Thankfully in ours the elaborate up-down-up-down path through various strainers seems to contain the problem to just below the plug hole. But the strainer ends up with a horrible manky curtain of sludge all the way round it, blocking flow. Its just grim. Mr Muscle won't do anything because it generally won't follow the flow upward through the narrow annulus after coming out the down pipe.louiebaby said:
pete said:
Have you tried One Shot? It's basically 91% sulphuric acid, and does a great job of dissolving grease, soap residue and hair (or anything else organic, so be careful with it!).
Pete
+1. It's very effective. And fizzy, and smelly. Use with the room well ventilated.Pete
Some human hair and soap residue will not be a problem....
louiebaby said:
pete said:
Have you tried One Shot? It's basically 91% sulphuric acid, and does a great job of dissolving grease, soap residue and hair (or anything else organic, so be careful with it!).
Pete
+1. It's very effective. And fizzy, and smelly. Use with the room well ventilated.Pete
I know its from the Mail but do bear it in mind
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2176839/On...
http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/8253292.My_face_me...
Sulphuric acid drain cleaner has a very powerful chemical reaction when it meets water or some other drain-cleaning chemicals. It generates heat that could cause violent explosions or eruptions of toxic fumes, so it can really only be applied to a mostly dry drain. This is one reason why sulfuric acid solutions with higher concentrations of the chemical are regulated and only available to professional plumbers
blueg33 said:
And with eye protection and make sure you have no metal pipework and the rest of the pipework is sound.
I know its from the Mail but do bear it in mind
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2176839/On...
http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/8253292.My_face_me...
Sulphuric acid drain cleaner has a very powerful chemical reaction when it meets water or some other drain-cleaning chemicals. It generates heat that could cause violent explosions or eruptions of toxic fumes, so it can really only be applied to a mostly dry drain. This is one reason why sulfuric acid solutions with higher concentrations of the chemical are regulated and only available to professional plumbers
Its on the shelf in B&Q for anyone to buy!I know its from the Mail but do bear it in mind
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2176839/On...
http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/8253292.My_face_me...
Sulphuric acid drain cleaner has a very powerful chemical reaction when it meets water or some other drain-cleaning chemicals. It generates heat that could cause violent explosions or eruptions of toxic fumes, so it can really only be applied to a mostly dry drain. This is one reason why sulfuric acid solutions with higher concentrations of the chemical are regulated and only available to professional plumbers
I hane had it eat through a plastic waste pipe and leak through a wall
But it is bloody good stuff.
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