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.

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    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.

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      2 months ago

      Yeah, I always glove up when I clean out the p-traps under the sinks. The smell is the worst part.

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          2 months ago

          I think the part that stinks is all the dead skin sticking to the hair and all the skin oils and bacteria accumulating on that mass.

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            2 months ago

            Oh probably, but it’s the pubes I think about.

            I don’t like thinking about the fact that I’m having to clean up my kid’s pubes.

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              2 months ago

              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 ;)

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            2 months ago

            I don’t want to think about what might be worse. We’re talking about my teenage daughter here. If it was just gross stuff coming off of me and my wife’s body…