How do you keep your shower drain unclogged?

BrightNest
by BrightNest
We have discovered that there are A LOT of ways to keep your shower drain from getting clogged up. You know what we're talking about: the hair build-up, the gunk, the hair products...
What do you do to do keep your drain unclogged? See one of our methods: http://bit.ly/ProactiveWayToKeepYourDrainUnclogged and share your own in the comments!
  8 answers
  • Phil Phil on Sep 11, 2015
    once a month pour a half a gallon of bleach down the pipes in your house, run the water for a few seconds and let the bleach do the rest. in time if there are tree roots down there the bleach will make them disappear, no harm to your pipes
    • Kathy Kathy on Sep 11, 2015
      @Phil actually, according to my best friend's husband who's a plumber bleach WILL harm your pipes - vinegar is better. It's not caustic
  • Kathy Kathy on Sep 11, 2015
    my best friend's husband is a plumber & he told me to pour a couple cups of BOILING water down the drains once/week. I have been & it helps.
  • Cindy Richardson Cindy Richardson on Sep 12, 2015
    Heard you can mix vinegar and salt
  • Jane Jane on Sep 12, 2015
    A fluffy paint roller just fits. I put some spray cleaner on one and push it up and down after first removing the drain cover. You will not believe the horrible stuff that comes out.
  • Poppy Poppy on Sep 12, 2015
    regular use of 1 cup baking soda follwed by a cup or 2 of vinegar is good or there is the good old fashioned washing soda dissolved in boiling water for serious clogs
  • Cathi Cathi on Sep 12, 2015
    I have very long hair, so when I'm conditioning it, I collect the loose hairs and dispose them in the garbage, that helps tremendously! Because hair in the drain is too nasty to deal with! Even my own! Also, baking soda and hot vinegar helps keep the gunk at bay!
  • Linda Jowers Linda Jowers on Sep 13, 2015
    When my hair was a little longer it would come out at the end of the shampoo - conditioning. I saw somewhere to slap you hand against the tile wall to deposit it there & prevent so much hair from going down the drain. SEE CATHI ABOVE - it worked & went to the trash can. But I will try the hot water trick & hot vinegar too.
  • Carolyn V Carolyn V on Sep 20, 2015
    my husband uses the shop vac to suck out the hair.