A brief thought...While standing in the shower the other day, I looked down and noticed that, yet again, I was wading in 2 inches of water due to the drain being clogged with, that's right, long fem hair. And I had a thought: This is going to become a more frequent event in the coming years. Better stock up!
Charles, as someone who has plenty of experience with clogging pipes with long hair (remember when I could sit on my own hair?), I'd like to pass on two pieces of wisdom regarding this matter.
ReplyDelete1) I've been told never to use Drano, as it damages the pipes in the long run. I have, however, been told I should use a drain mesh so that I don't clog up the drain, which should be cleaned frequently, and to pour bleach and hot water down the drain from time to time. I don't know if this is actually helpful, but I haven't clogged the shower drain in a long while.
2) Long hair will also break vacuums. You will have to cut through all the hair that wraps around the brush. Hair will also migrate into all laundry, as my old roommate will testify.
:) Ah, the joys of parenthood. I hope you're both getting a few hours of sleep every night!
Asako
Thanks for the advice. The Drano thing was more in humor than anything else (and to catch attention as the whole concept of Drano is sorta funny). We don't use Drano for the drains, we use something that I am a bit ashamed to admit but I guess is sorta funny...
ReplyDeleteSo while working at Stony Brook ED, I managed to "acquire" a suture kit that contained great tools like hmmm... Hemostats and Kelly Clamps. I find these to be PERFECT for drain-hair removal. Now hopefull nobody will come after for that suture kit.
I will think about the bleach thing though...
As for the vacuum, Sara has already broken our < one-year-old vacuum. But that was not from hair... but that's an entirely different story altogether.