Macerator hair

[homerbw]

I'm having a lot of hair building up in my portable macerator. It is slowing down the grinding process and even forcing me to remove it and use a small tool to grab the hair and remove it. What do those of you who have this happening to you do about it?

[2gypsies1]

... and some folks are obsessed about their sewer hose getting immaculate. 🙂 Think of what they'd do if they had to deal with a macerator and keep it clean. LOL

[mccsix]

Macerator is in a box in the attic, no more useless maintenance.

[crasster]

Drain covers all the way. I've pulled many "pets" out of drains. Big rotting hairballs... Yuck.

[YC_1]

Ditto on the hair catcher drain covers. The wife is losing her hair due to medication and they really help.

[acker1]

I bought a cheap pair of long needle nose pliers that I keep with the macerator. Each time when I am done using the macerator I use the pliers to remove the hair.

DICK

[Kayteg1]

Tiger4x4RV wrote:
Use hair-catcher sink strainers in all sink/shower drains. Hair that never gets into the waste system cannot clog it.

x2
I like my wife with long hair, but that cost me replacing drainage pipes in my older house.
Took me a while to explain that her convenience is not more important that sewer pipe problems.

[Big_Katuna]

You should take your macerator apart once a year or every other year and clean it and check the impeller.

I have found that when hair has built up, there is usually a broken vane on the impeller. (not related)

Parts are available from West Marine or Amazon. The impeller has a part number on it and there are different ones.

[ksg5000]

Don't think that a common problem - suspect many older RVers might be a bit jealous - nose/ear hair are unsightly but don't create blockage issues 😉

[Tiger4x4RV]

Use hair-catcher sink strainers in all sink/shower drains. Hair that never gets into the waste system cannot clog it.

[corvettekent]

Take the cutting blade off and remove the hair (or shave your head).