Hairy problem: how to quickly clean the bath drain from hair

Perhaps, all people with hair longer than shoulders are faced with this problem. The water from the bath leaves frighteningly slowly, and you understand - it's time to clean the drain. After a little digging, it is difficult to get a huge lump of tangled hair, but there are still many in the tube ... Are there any simple ways to clean the drain of hair? Yes, and there are a lot of them so that everyone finds the right one.

Folk remedies

What is the plus of folk remedies? They are cheap, affordable and you are unlikely to have to go to the store. If you now have neither the desire nor the strength to go to the household chemistry department, and you need to clean the drain, use one of these methods.

Soda

Is there at least one area of the household where soda could not be used? So with blockages (including hair) soda copes well. It can soften the cork, which can then be easily washed off. How to use:

Heat the pipes by letting hot water run for a couple of minutes.
Pour half a packet of baking soda into the drain hole.
Wait 15-30 minutes (the stronger the blockage, the longer it takes to wait).
Close the drain, draw in half a pound of hot water and lower it.

Soda does a good job with small blockages, but it may take a few strokes to remove a large clump of hair.

Vinegar

Vinegar also does a good job of softening blockages. It can also dissolve dense particles that hold the hair together in one lump, and therefore is great for dense hair plugs:

Warm up the drain by passing some hot water through it.
Pour 4 tablespoons of 9% vinegar into it. It is better to do this work with gloves.
Wait ten minutes. At this time, you need to boil a pot of water.
When ten minutes have passed, pour a pot of boiling water into the drain. Be careful - do not burn yourself with steam! Do not bend over a stream of boiling water.
Then let ordinary hot water from the tap.

Vinegar usually removes even large clogs well, so one cleaning cycle is enough.

Chemicals

Using chemicals is more expensive. But they differ from folk in higher efficiency. Ideally, of course, it is better to always keep at home a package of some kind of anti-blockage product so that you don’t have to rush to the store in a hurry.

All chemicals should only be used with gloves and in a ventilated room.. Open the door to the bathroom, and in the next room open the window.

Expel "Volosogon"

A set of products specifically designed to remove hair plugs from the drain. In stores you can find sachets (sold in two pieces per pack, one bag is enough for one use), gels and liquids. In terms of effectiveness, they are exactly the same. They do not contain chlorine and do not leave an unpleasant odor. The method of use is simple - pour into the drain, leave for 20-30 minutes, rinse.

With other blockages that are not formed by hair, the tool does not cope very well. Therefore, it is difficult to call it universal.

Expel products are sold in various forms - sachets, gels, liquids

The effect was amazing. No lumps, water goes into the drain freely. No need to disassemble the drain under the sink. I use it regularly, I was repeatedly satisfied. Well, breathe when you pour somewhere to the side so as not to inhale the vapors.

Shumanit

Shumanit is a universal remedy, which, moreover, copes with hair plugs perfectly. In the shops you can find shumanit from different manufacturers: BAGI, "Cinderella", "Every Day" ... They are about the same in terms of efficiency, so take the cheapest one.

Shumanit is a granule that needs to be filled in a pipe and pour a glass of boiling water on top. You will immediately see a chemical reaction - a dirty gray foam will come out of the drain. Then you need to wait about 2 minutes and rinse with warm running water. This is a very caustic agent, so you can’t leave it in the pipes for a long time. But after such a cleaning, the pipes are cleaned not only of hair, but also of other dirt.

Granules Bugs Schumanit conquered me by the fact that I see the effect immediately, they work before my eyes. The powder cleans the pipes very quickly, it can be used for a maximum of 3 minutes. And you don’t have to keep in mind that after 30 minutes I need to rinse the pipe after another means is poured into it, I usually always forget to do it. Everything is quick here: cleared and forgot.

Tools for mechanical cleaning

All of the methods described above were chemical - they softened or dissolved the cork, which then freely descended through the pipes. But let's not forget about mechanical methods - they are no less effective. Their main disadvantage is that they are not suitable for squeamish people, who can begin to stir up at the sight of a bundle of wet hair. Otherwise, they are no worse than chemical methods. What devices can be used to pull a bundle of hair from a pipe?

Plumbing cable

A cable is a plumbing tool with which you can hook the deepest hidden hair clumps. For household use, a device 2.5 meters long is enough for you. You need to choose a diameter based on the drain hole - make sure that the cable will crawl through the available holes in the drain. At the end of the device there should be a kind of spring - it will cling to most of the hair.

Using a cable to remove hair clogs is easy:

Turn on warm, almost hot water in the bath.
Insert the cable into the drain hole and slowly begin to enter it into the pipe, simultaneously turning its handle. If you feel that she has run into a turn, gently twist it - the body of the cable is flexible, it will slip on.
When you begin to feel soft resistance, it means that you have reached the cork. Gently soften it by moving the cable back and forth. If you do everything right, then the water will begin to leave faster.
Then try to pull out the cork. Slowly pull the cable out of the drain. Most likely, you will pull out a large lump of dirt, and the water will begin to leave quickly. If the water still stagnates, climb the cable again into the pipe.

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Brush brush

The brush-brush is similar in principle to a cable, but it is more suitable for removing shallow plugs and better removes hair. The principle of operation is simple - put a brush in the drain hole, hook it with as much hair as possible and pull it out.

Such a brush is better suited for hair removal than a cable, but cannot get deep into the pipe

Armed with special tools and devices, you can get rid of a hair lump under the bath without extra effort. Let nothing spoil your water procedures!