"Frank Erskine" wrote in message
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On Tue, 03 Jun 2008 09:35:37 GMT, Fred
wrote:

Hello,

I noticed that water was draining slowly from our bath and cured the
problem by removing hair from the trap. The problem is that access to
the trap is difficult: I put sealant all around the edges of the bath
panel! Is removing the hair as and when required the best method or is
there any preventative action I can take to prevent this happening
again? Someone told me dosing with bleach will dissolve the hair. I'm
not so sure about this; surely I would need something stronger like
caustic soda? But would caustic soda attack the bath enamel or the
metal finish on the plughole?

The caustic soda needn't come into contact with the bath enamel (not
that it should attack it anyway) - just carefully pour the NaOH
solution through a funnel into the trap.

Fill the bath to a few inches with hot water and give the plughole a good
plunging every couple of months followed by some more ineffective (but less
liable to cause splash damage) drain cleaner will probably be all the
preventative maintenance required. Hopefully more extreme measures then
won't be necessary. If they are, NaOH through a funnel is best, as he says.


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Frank Erskine