Drain snake
If you don’t like getting your hands dirty when you clean your shower drain, a drain snake might be a good solution for you. You can get one of these snakes at the store and they vary in price, depending on the kind you get. Using the snake is pretty easy to do: just remove the cover of the drain and stick the drain snake through the pipe. If you feel like you’re pushing against something, you have found the clog. Rotate the snake to make sure the stuff clogging your pipes will get caught on the drain snake and then pull it back. Get rid of the snake (if it is a disposable one) and turn on the shower to make sure the pipes are completely clean.
- Boil water: heat up a total of four cups of tap water and pour it down the drain. If you have pipes made from PVC, you might want to just use hot tap water instead of boiling water.
- Baking soda + vinegar: first, pour a cup of baking soda down the drain. After that, pour a cup of white vinegar down the drain. You will notice that the mixture will start bubbling.
- Water: after about ten minutes, pour more hot water down the drain.
With these tips, cleaning your shower drain will be easy! Take a look at the video in which he shows us what to do:
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