Is clearing out the shower hair trap the worst household task? Discuss.

[Kucinghitam]

Prompted by having to do it this morning. The slimy textures, the tangled hairs of various lengths, the sulphurous odour. Just revolts me 🤢

Is there a better way?

Or, is there a worse household job?

I remove the hair and gunge with wipes and put in the bin.

If its the same as OPs then you use a Phillips screwdriver to remove the silver bit from the white cylinder. Need to put the screwdriver in from the cylinder side.

I use a plunger and never look once the water goes down. Minging me.

I swear I could clean mine out daily and it'd still be manky. Every time, I think I can't possibly lose that much hair?! It's the brown/black gunge too! What is it??

From a YouTube video showing where to put the screwdriver

Urgh I'm gonna have to do it now. Thank you .....I think

Just watch you don't drop the screw down your sink plug hole like I did one time! Now I don't take it all the way out

Had the exact same shower drain, hated It with a passion. Bought one of these

ShowerShroom Ultra Revolutionary Shower Hair Catcher Drain Protector, Stainless Steel, Stainless, Standard
https://amzn.eu/d/ddfMgLB

so much easier to maintain now

Like pps, satisfying and disgusting in equal measure. But worse must be cleaning the dishwasher filter. I didn't realise the mesh bit came off for cleaning - mine had fingers of slime growing out of it that honestly looked like some sort of monster from a horror film!

I clean the shower drain once a week while I’m having a shower. Doesn’t smell bad then and the warm water makes it more pleasant. I chuck the hairball to the other end of the shower and then flush it down the loo when I’m finished showering. It’s only my hair though so not too bad!

I have some giant tweezers I've had for years. It's very satisfying grabbing all the hairs.

@YourWinter

Any self respecting 🕷️ just pushes them
out the way? Then kicks yhem
sack into place once they're in the bath!

OMG I'm putting one of those in my basket now.

Omg no it has to be anything bin related. Sorry but that’s a blue job in this house - I will happily clean the toilets but will not go anywhere near the bins

I think it is up there with the worst household tasks- maybe cleaning that hole at the bottom of the fridge is another?
Make sure everyone brushes their hair really well before washing it to get as many loose hairs off as possible first.

I do hate this job but as it's once a week I suck it up. However my worse one is cleaning the sinking after washing up. The soggy food makes me heave and as it has to be done more regularly this tops my list!

Absolutely, followed by the dishwasher filter 🤮

@ThunderSocks and @Blackberriesandcobwebs Yes!! The dishwasher filter is my second-worst household task!

Nah! Defrosting the fridge is much worse.

I have that shower trap and wondered if it's possible to buy a new one anywhere? It is a horrible job. Sometimes I put it in with sterilising tablets to get it clean but would like a new one.

I've seen them on amazon - the cup bit and the mushroom cap thing

We have that shower trap. It was absolutely designed by a man who has never had to clean one. If I could come up with an easy clean version maybe i'd be a millionaire?

I find it horrendously disgusting and it makes me heave BUT using scissors to cut the hair into smaller pieces makes it much easier to disentangle them, and then it’s over much faster.

I tend to do mine really regularly so it’s not too bad. I lift it up and give it a good rinse under the shower every time I shower too so it never gets too bad. Still not my favourite job. And there are two others in the house too which don’t get done as regularly.

I think I’ll get one of those ShowerShroom things that @Bey linked to and see if they work in all our showers.

Do they still let water sit to stop the odours coming up from the drains? I’ve noticed that if our cleaners are particularly thorough the bathroom smells as there isn’t any water in the drain.

Hang on, what? How? I’ve never seen any screws.

Argh, another ‘MN made me buy it’!!