About a year ago I remodeled out bathroom. The new tub came with this handy little plastic screen that goes in the drain opening to catch all the hair and any other junk that can go down your drain and clog it up. I greatly appreciate this feature as our old tub didn't have it, and on multiple occasions I had to either snake it, pour chemicals down it, and once even call a plumber and spend $200 to get it professionally snaked.

My frustration is that the maintenance of this screen seems to have fallen to me...the person in the household who everybody else likes to continually remind us going bald (I'm not...my forehead is just growing!). Honestly, it's not any of the boys in the house causing the problem...we all have buzz cuts. It's the women. And they clog it up in less than a week.

They seem perfectly content to stand in the shower and let the water back up around their ankles, which then also leaves a slick of soap and other crud in the tub because it's not properly draining. I've tried waiting them out to see if they'll break down and clean it themselves, but I swear they'd just let it build up till it overflowed. It's a 30 second ordeal to unscrew the stopper, pull the screen out, clear it, and put it back. Yes, it's kinda gross, but it's your hair!

Preach it brother!!

Yep. Lots of people are “too clean” to clean up their own mess.

I just push the hair mass out of the way with my shower slippers to the side so the water can drain easily. Then somehow it removes itself, I think.

I just use this every few months.

https://www.homedepot.com/p/In...icals-1970/100169339

The roller on the vacuum cleaner, the shower drain, the sink drain, etc. Yep, btdt.

Your sink never cloggs, what's wrong with my sink? Just one of life's great mysteries.

Pick up the hair yourself and save it. Once you have a substantial amount put it in a festive box and present it to her as a gift. Tell her next time you will take a pic and post it on social media.

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Originally posted by ZSMICHAEL:
Pick up the hair yourself and save it. Once you have a substantial amount put it in a festive box and present it to her as a gift. Tell her next time you will take a pic and post it on social media.

Uhh...are you married??? Lol. I'm brave enough to bitch about it on here...but definitely not enough to do anything like that!

Yep. Women are pretty gross. I still married one, though. And I still have to fix all the shit that breaks around here. And I do most of the cooking.

Well...SHIT.

This is why women get married. So they'll have somebody around to take care of these annoying little tasks for them.

This is a battle you will not win.
I had to snake the bathroom sinks every six months, that is really gross! Three women with long thick hair.

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Originally posted by Schmelby:
This is a battle you will not win.
I had to snake the bathroom sinks every six months, that is really gross! Three women with long thick hair.

The beauty of the drain screen is that I don't have to do that anymore. It's annoying, but easy, and much better than dealing with a clog somewhere way down inside the pipe where you can't get to it. It's so easy, in fact, that you'd think a woman could do it...

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Originally posted by 92fstech:
everybody else likes to continually remind us going bald (I'm not...my forehead is just growing!).

No one here will remind you of your impending hair loss, Chrome Dome.

I have the opposite problem. I refuse to clean out the drain. That forces the old hag do it.
If I stop posting on Sigforum, you'll know she read my comments.

Perhaps they don't want to touch the hair because of all of your boys drain babies caught in the hair!

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If I stop posting on Sigforum, you'll know she read my comments.

Jupiter, you good? Still with us?

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Originally posted by Rey HRH:
….my shower slippers….

Hello, your WHAT?

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Originally posted by 92fstech:

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If I stop posting on Sigforum, you'll know she read my comments.

Jupiter, you good? Still with us?

Still here my friend. As a matter of fact, I had her read the thread. Her reaction was too funny once she read what I posted.
She chased me through the house. We had a good laugh. Did I mention I'm now stuck with drain duty?

Lol...well I'm glad it ended with a solution that works for everybody!

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Originally posted by Georgeair:

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Originally posted by Rey HRH:
….my shower slippers….

Hello, your WHAT?

My shower slippers. It’s a good habit I picked up from being in the navy. The only thing I don’t do now is use soap on a rope. But when I do drop the soap, I still instinctively position my back to the nearest wall before I pick it up.

I'll wear flip flops in a dorm or campground shower; I don't want a fungus. I still don't believe I've ever referred to shower footwear as 'slippers', though.