I snaked the sink main tonight...

[FL shaver]

...and what I found in there has almost nothing to do with my wet shaving and everything to do with 3 blonde females rinsing their hair down the drain.

I wondered if my traps and drains would need more frequent cleaning since moving from canned creams to traditional soaps and creams, but I see no evidence that these substances accelerate the accumulation of, well, all that nasty stuff down there. The snake mostly pulled out a medium rat sized tangle of hair. Nasty. Heading for a couple fingers of Scotch after a shower!

 

[Loric]

Thats funny I had to un-clog the sink for the same reason last weekend, and I mysteriously found the same thing in the drain. Except this one was red. I was told my shave stuff was at fault, but I found no soap, no Proraso, no DE blades...not even any septic pencil. Go figure

 

[instpasr]

Funny I had this job last weekend and I found hair from a certain red headed SWMBO and blonde daughter. Since I have no hair I'm innocent right?

 

[GDCarrington]

Funny I had this job last weekend and I found hair from a certain red headed SWMBO and blonde daughter. Since I have no hair I'm innocent right?

Sorry, we males are never innocent even if all evidence proves our lack of guilt !

 

[instpasr]

Nuts! Worth a try

 

[FL shaver]

Another reason I love B&B! Where else can you commiserate about pulling wads of hair out of the drain?!

 

[Loric]

Another reason I love B&B! Where else can you commiserate about pulling wads of hair out of the drain?!

My first guess would have been the Plumbing Zone???

 

[Alacrity59]

Sorry, we males are never innocent even if all evidence proves our lack of guilt !

Keep it simple. The comedian, John Wing, claims all we men need to know is the three words that apply to all circumstances: "Oh", "Yeah", and "Sorry". They can be used in various orders as well.

I just wish that sounded as funny as his routine on this issue. . . . I wonder?

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSnpjx3d5YQ[/YOUTUBE]

To keep it on topic. I do find the soap scum from the traditional shaving products tends to build up a bit more. But it is my job to keep things running around here so my problem. I use a enzyme treatment on the bathroom sinks and the shower about once a month to help keep things running.

 

[AnB_Daddy]

This is so funny, I had to do the same thing about a month ago. My wife said it was all my new shaving stuff that was clogging the drain, but when she came home from work and I had a ball of hair on the vanity waiting for her she realized it was not from me, I'm BALD!!!

 

[TonyGold]

My wife and I are in the unusual position of having 'his' and 'her' bathrooms. I have to degauss her hand basin waste a couple of times a year and mine about once a decade. In her case long hair and soapy gunk is what usually causes the problem although occasionally I find crayons that the grandchildren have posted down the strainer. However both our sinks seem to attract a lot of fur from our long haired cat (a loathsome animal with unspeakable habits). I can only think that it must leap up and preen itself on the porcelain. It’s that sort of animal.

 

[Johnny Dale]

Just noted yesterday the shower drain was running a tad slow. Trying to drum up the courage to clean it out. I think after a belt of scotch this Saturday I will do the deed.

Enjoyed the John Wing video. I had never seen his act or even heard of him. Quite funny!

 

[DE Shaver]

John Wing is definitely an amusing comedian. Thanks for the post.

 

[media]

Ugh, this has been a joke around our house. My girlfriend sheds like no other, she has the thickest hair, even though it's falling out everywhere. We get them in the sink and the occasional "tumbleweed" on the floor after vacuuming.

 

[Myosin]

I used to work as a plumbers helper so I can give some good advice on this topic.

Shaving creams and soaps are not going to clog up the sink trap. They are designed to be very slick and dissolve in water.

99% of the time when a house pipe, whether it is the sink or toilet, stops up, it is the fault one or all of the female residents of the house.

Make up is usually where it starts since it has a tendency to clump up on the sides of pipes and harden. Combine that with the large amounts of thick long hair that most women have and you are essentially slowly creating an insoluble grease plug within the pipes.

Get them to use make up removing pads that they throw in the trash instead of washing their makeup off in the sink and you'll see the sink stop up less.

Likewise if your toilet is having problems, 99% of the time it is due to people flushing tampons down the toilet instead of throwing them in the garbage

Your shaving aids are likely contributing less than one percent to the problem, but the hairs from your shave are going to combine with other things such as makeup to slowly form a ball over time.


Oh, and they will lie when you confront them about this. No one will ever admit when they caused a problem, even if you're holding a greasy ball of their hair and makeup. I have snaked tampons and blonde hair out of the sinks and toilets of women who live alone and they still can't understand how it got in there even though it's their hair color and brand of tampons.

 

[cnnc97]

I once dropped a sensor cartridge down my drain. Just left it there since it was an apartment that I was vacating shortly.

 

[FL shaver]

Just noted yesterday the shower drain was running a tad slow. Trying to drum up the courage to clean it out. I think after a belt of scotch this Saturday I will do the deed.

Enjoyed the John Wing video. I had never seen his act or even heard of him. Quite funny!

I did the shower the day before (Sunday). It wasn't totally stopped up. I pulled a smaller rat out of that drain. Every day before I shower, I pick up a swirl of hair from the drain sieve (that round plate with holes in it over the drain), shower, then leave the bathroom without a sign of hair in the tub. No shaving products go down that drain. Hmmm.

I'm just glad that I'm getting more and more proficient at these menial tasks and I can still do them myself.

 

[ouch]

I snaked the sink main tonight...

That's what you wacky kids are calling it these days?

 

[media]

I used to work as a plumbers helper so I can give some good advice on this topic.

Shaving creams and soaps are not going to clog up the sink trap. They are designed to be very slick and dissolve in water.

99% of the time when a house pipe, whether it is the sink or toilet, stops up, it is the fault one or all of the female residents of the house.

Make up is usually where it starts since it has a tendency to clump up on the sides of pipes and harden. Combine that with the large amounts of thick long hair that most women have and you are essentially slowly creating an insoluble grease plug within the pipes.

Get them to use make up removing pads that they throw in the trash instead of washing their makeup off in the sink and you'll see the sink stop up less.

Likewise if your toilet is having problems, 99% of the time it is due to people flushing tampons down the toilet instead of throwing them in the garbage

Your shaving aids are likely contributing less than one percent to the problem, but the hairs from your shave are going to combine with other things such as makeup to slowly form a ball over time.


Oh, and they will lie when you confront them about this. No one will ever admit when they caused a problem, even if you're holding a greasy ball of their hair and makeup. I have snaked tampons and blonde hair out of the sinks and toilets of women who live alone and they still can't understand how it got in there even though it's their hair color and brand of tampons.

High five man.

 

[Barber-Eile]

Yup things were running slow in my shower drain this week so I had to do this just today too.
Well not snake it, as I'm not sure where to get one of those over here, but I justs a drain cleaning thingie... pour it down, leave it... rinse water down and done.

And yup, I will openly admit that I am sure it was clogging because of my hair. I've pulled enough of my hair out of drains in the past to know that it's my fault.
I have a hair catcher I put over the hole now when I shower

Just a thought guys - get the female guilty party to do the hair-pulling/declogging. If she has to do it it might be an incentive to her to buy a hair catcher or something, or at least to admit it's her fault.

 

[instpasr]

There SHE is accepting blame sheesh.

Yup things were running slow in my shower drain this week so I had to do this just today too.
Well not snake it as I'm not sure where to get one of those over here but I justs a drain cleaning thingie... pour it down, leave it... rinse water downa nd done.

And yup, I will openly admit that I am sure it was clogging because of my hair. I've pulled enough of my hair out of drains in the past to know that it's my fault.
I have a hair catcher I put over the hole now when I shower

Just a thought guys - get the female guilty party to do the hair-pulling/declogging. If SHE has to do it it might be an incentive to her to buy a hair catcher or something, or at least to admit it's her fault.