An idea how this shower drain works?
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The middle comes out somehow, we used to have similar.
Stick your fingers in the bowl and pull it up by the outlet slots at inside the bottom of it.
There will be 2 parts to it
When you do get the middle out, however it does it, please show us all the shower gel gunk, hair and hell knows what else is clogging it up.
Ours was absolutely rank, and once it was cleaned it got cleaned every week after that !!
Stick your fingers in the bowl and pull it up by the outlet slots at inside the bottom of it.
There will be 2 parts to it
When you do get the middle out, however it does it, please show us all the shower gel gunk, hair and hell knows what else is clogging it up.
Ours was absolutely rank, and once it was cleaned it got cleaned every week after that !!
Using a cable tie with backwards facing barbs cut in to either side of it can be used once a week to snag hair trapped in the drain and drag it out, with the added bonus of pulling any mank that’s stuck to it out. That’s if you can’t get to the blockage with the centre section pulled out.
thebraketester said:
Drain unblocker is what you want. It works great. One shot if you can get it.
This. We have the same waste on a shower tray and it blocks occasionally. this stuff poured down it and left overnight sorts it every time.
https://www.wickes.co.uk/Kilrock-Kil-block-Bathroo...
blueg33 said:
sparkythecat said:
This. Looks like our old matki trap. Not the best design. Give yourself 10 Man Points.
It's actually the Mk11 Matki trap. A lot better than the Mk1, which had an strange unnecessary restriction in it that caught all the hair and blocked very easily.
sparkythecat said:
blueg33 said:
sparkythecat said:
This. Looks like our old matki trap. Not the best design. Give yourself 10 Man Points.
It's actually the Mk11 Matki trap. A lot better than the Mk1, which had an strange unnecessary restriction in it that caught all the hair and blocked very easily.
We now have McAlpine fast flow shower traps, miles better and very easy to clean
Well, thanks everyone!
I have an admission - my wife had removed the inner part to clean, so I didn't realise that part should have been present.
Anyway, with that removed it still wasn't flowing well, so before seeing the recommendations to use a cleaner I resorted to the kitchen waste plunger, which actually seems to have worked.....!
I guess some cleaner would be the a good idea anyway.
Many thanks again!
I have an admission - my wife had removed the inner part to clean, so I didn't realise that part should have been present.
Anyway, with that removed it still wasn't flowing well, so before seeing the recommendations to use a cleaner I resorted to the kitchen waste plunger, which actually seems to have worked.....!
I guess some cleaner would be the a good idea anyway.
Many thanks again!
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