To be rather ashamed and embarrassed that on Tuesday I did this for the first time in 2 years?

[GrittersWifeAndProud]

I cleaned out the bath plug. I can honestly say that it has never occurred to me to do it before! It was boakworthy. I could've made a new wig with all the hair I pulled out. There was a MAHOOOOOOOOSIVE clump of hair (about the size of a dwarf hamster) that I dread to think how many dead spiders were tangled up in it. I shall be doing it more regularly from now on. Although it was quite theraputic pulling all the hair out. . .

P.s really sorry if anyone is/was eating when they read that.

I wanna puke just reading that

I do mine once a week of fortnightly and that is bad enough.

You are stronger than me to have done that, I would have gotten DH to do it

or*

Veet down the plug hole every now and again... DD has bum length hair its the only way....

I try to do mine once a fortnight with Caustic Soda but if i can't be arsed forget i get dh to do it, it makes me gag!!

I only ended up doing it because I had a shower and by the end my feet were completely underwater

Ooh I love cleaning the plug, so satisfying! Mine needs a good clean but have no idea how to get into the pipe to get it all out

it's all these cleaning threads. I know regularly open all the windows in the house, even though I'm freezing, and in the last week have done a maintenance wash for the machine and cleaned the inside and outside of the windows.

And now I have to go and pull gunk out of the plug hole

I bought a special devise from one of those men who sell household stuff door to door for just this job. Haven't tried it yet so can't tell you if it works or not so about as much use as a chocolate teapot.

Why have I put a k in now? . I can spell, honestly.

errr, how do you clean out a plughole?

I use tweezers, but thanks to mns am now planning to try veet. Apparently pound shop sells it.

Veet or another cheap hair removing cream is the way to go - poundland is where I get mine.

I have a plug hole guard, it's a metal disc shape that sits in the plug hole when I have a shower as I moult like a freaking Labrador :(

What's a maintanence wash for the washing machine?

Mine has a drum wash thing do not know what it is guess good to just have water flushing round. Never cleaned my plug but I am a bleach freak will look at it tonight though...

I did a maintnence wash last night... now feel propper grown up ;)

read you are supose to do a boil wash with nothing in it to clean all the pipes through etc...

Need more info re plughole. I don't fancy it TBH.

I pull out the hair and then use occasional 'Mr Muscle Foaming Plughole cleaner' or whatever it's called. Goes right down and leaves the pipe all sparkly and degunked. If I am feeling brave (in between foam cleans) I take an old toothbrush to my shower drain - you can take the cap off and get in about it.

I have also done a maintenance wash :)

I use the Dr Bergman washing machine cleaner once every couple of months, cleans the drum etc and removes limescale build up and just generally freshens it all up.

I use caustic soda for the plug and hope all the gook just dissolves away.

:o @ karma me too I'm going to stop sitting on my arse looking at MN, it's causing too much work!

My dh does it as all that hair and slime makes me want to puke. It looks like someone in our house regualry has good old nose clearout. Yuck and thrice yuck

Thanks everyone, I was eating toast (forgot/too busy to have lunch) when I started reading this.

Thanks again.

I don't do mine.

I'm hoping to move before it clogs

I like your style Laurie.