I feel like an idiot for not knowing about these.
Every 2-3 months I have to snake out our shower drain with a 25’ snake. Giant PITA.
After some web searches, I stumbled across these hair trap devices. They come in both external and internal configurations. Many different types to choose from.
I purchased an internal one, installed it, and am going to give it a try. In theory I can just pop it out and clean it instead of snaking the pipes. Folks tell me they work well. If this one doesn’t work I’ll try another type. They are fairly inexpensive.
My solution to the problem was to preemptively lose all my hair in my thirties but yours probably works too.
All of it, like alopecia? Or male pattern baldness? Or none my damn bidness?
I know I’m in a tiny minority, but I wish I had gone bald. I hate getting haircuts and I just shave it all off when it gets unmanageable.
Look up st baldricks and see if they do events in your area. It’s shave your head for childhood cancer research and you can donate the hair too. I do it once a year and just let my hair grow in between shaves.
Thanks. I will definitely do that, but my hair is crazy. I have to shave like once every 3 months.
They might do events more often too! I always do it with a big group and we do it once a year.
I’m with you. If there weren’t health and social complications, I’d be wishing for full-blown alopecia.
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I’m super lazy. I started losing my hair at age 14 and it was pretty much all over by 30. I didn’t give in and start shaving the fringes until 40-something
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They’re fantastic! Ours is a tub shroom.
They’re fantastic until your 9 year old takes the rubber plug with hair in it and drops it down the drain.
We’re waiting on a plumber to come snake it out. However, that aside, they really are fantastic at catching the hair. 100% recommended.
Also, talk to your kids about not dropping shit into the drains (hair, objects, and/or shit) and make sure they know it’s not a bottomless void.
Education is important 😂
As a father of a girl who inherited my both curly and wavy hair that refuses to ever get a haircut, a hair trap in the shower is a godsend.
And cleaning it out is gross.
Yeah, I always glove up when I clean out the p-traps under the sinks. The smell is the worst part.
I mean if you think about it- there’s also pubes there.
Pubes are just different kind of body hair. No big deal.
When it’s your teenage daughter’s pubes, it’s a lot grosser.
I guess everyone gets wierded out by something else. Pubes of an offspring seem to me like a breath of fresh air after all the urine and poo and puking… well, puking may come again, but their babyhood prepares you for the things to come ;)
Been using a Tub Shroom for the past few years and it works great!
Can confirm, I’m on my second one now and it’s so good. Some traps back the water up and others don’t trap enough of the hair to be worth using, but these are perfect.
one of my favourite products of all time.
That one is my backup if the one I got doesn’t work! Thanks for the recommendation.
Lye crystals will also dissolve that hair in seconds. The plumbing in our place was poorly designed, too many tight bends. We have to use it every so often. It actually works better than the snake and takes a tiny fraction of the effort.
I’ve always heard those are bad for the pipes.
If you have PVC it can be. No problems with cast iron. It’s an old house.
This may not work for everyone, but I pull what hair I can out as I wash it and slap it on the walls. Then I swirl it up to throw away after. I hardly ever have to snake it back out, maybe once every few years.
Damn how much hair you losing in there. People shaving animals in your shower or what!!?
I don’t know about OP and I don’t have excessive hair myself but I do have two daughters
