If a few stray hairs or yikes.
How to keep hair out of your drain.
Follow these simple steps.
And it s not just limited to your tub you can use it to pull out hair and other gunk from your kitchen or bathroom sink drains too.
There are a number of specially designed drain traps and covers that you can purchase for your tub to keep hair from going down the drain.
Place a piece of scrunched up nylon netting into your shower drain to stop hair from going down the drain.
Run the faucet and place plunger over top of the tub drain.
Drain snakes are thin flexible bendable and sturdy enough to go deep inside your drain to safely pull out obstructions especially hair.
Pour a cup of baking soda down the drain every week this will ensure that no debris or hair gets clogged down that drain.
Remove drain cover if possible make sure you get a good seal around the drain and that the plunger is submerged.
Clean it and prevent any hair from getting inside the drain.
These covers create a barrier over the drain that will allow water to drain but will catch hair and other debris before it can also go down the drain to clog your pipes.
The suction cups hold it in place until it gets gross enough to have to clean at which point you can yank it out wipe it down and stick it back over the drain in 30 seconds.
All that hair is bound to make its way down the drain and cause one serious clog.
Pour it down the drain to loosen the hair.
Clean the lid occasionally the lid of the shower drain can be the reason why the drain gets clogged.
They catch the most hair and block the drain the least.
When you pull the nylon netting out the hair will come out with it.
The best part about this trick is its free.
Eventually they get so discolored it s worth getting a new one but it took almost a year to get to that point.
A handful come loose while shampooing place them on the edge of the tub to dispose of them later instead of letting them wash down the drain.
Mix 1 cup of vinegar and 1 4 cup of baking soda.
If you have tried to remove the clog yourself by hand but it still won t budge try using a plunger to loosen up the hair.
To prevent this from happening place a dryer sheet or wash cloth over the drain during the bath and when draining the tub.
This removes loose hairs that would otherwise end up in your drain.