What would you use down the bath plughole?

[Thomcat]

The water is taking an age to drain away.
Obviously blocked with hair.
What would you chuck down there to get it moving again?

I use a plunger to get as much of the hair up as possible, you can usually pull up quite a lot.

I just looked in the supermarket for a mid priced one tbh. Can't remember what it was though...I actually think that a scoop of cillit bang followed after around 10 minutes by copious amounts of HOT water worked the best though.
Use a hair catcher in future, it's amazing how much dust gets caught up in that along with hair.
My blockage was in the basin, not the bath.

For a really bad blockage, dh has taken the pipes apart and manually cleared it. Mostly I just use the plunger, followed by white vinegar and bicarbonate of soda.

Don't even own a plunge so need to sort that out for starters. Thanks.

soda crystals

Do I jut throw a handful of crystals down and then run tap?

yes i just bung some down and rise with really hot water, good for cleaning washing machines too

A good squirt of 'cheap' Immac is good if you're sure it's hair. I now use a hair catcher - 59p, much cheaper than the vast quantities of horrific chemicals that I was buying! Just clear it before you have a shower. Much easier dry than wet.

I found a large paper clip in dh's study and twisted it into a sort of hook shape and got masses of hair from the bath plughole. Gross but satisfying to do!

that's a good idea pinkpussycat! Anything to avoid those nasty killitbang type things - if they can dissolve hair, think how bad they are for the environment.

Lol at 'killitbang'

Mr Muscle Sink + Plughole Unblocker, works every time!

Soda crystals

i just poke the end of a wooden spoon down mine

Pair of old tweezers.I shed so much hair that I have to clear it out everytime I wash my hair.

Is there a screw in the middle of the metal drain thingy? Last time my sink got blocked I unscrewed the screw - the metal bit lifts out and you can then poke the ball of hair/yuk down. (Or try cleaning slightly more often than I do and maybe this doesn't happen ).