Shower draining too slowly

[aerbus32]

Water is draining much too slowly in the shower. In a house, I'd simply dump some Drano or such. Not so sure in an RV. Any words of wisdom?

[DSDP_Don]

aerbus32.....Many of the RV drains have a chrome press on cover plate or a chrome cover plate held on with 2 screws. The chrome plate covers another set of crossbars in the drain. You may find the second set of crossbars are covered with hair.

[CavemanCharlie]

paulm999 wrote:

2chiefsRus wrote:
We just had a similar problem with our drain. After trying a couple drano type products which only helped for a day or two, a neighbor turned us on to another solution. We pulled a hose in through the window, aimed it down the drain with a hand towel wrapped around the sprayer end and blew the clog out with the hose pressure. It worked great! The clog has stayed gone this time.

Works with a compressed-air hose, too.

I wouldn't use too much air pressure though. You might blow something apart.

[paulm999]

2chiefsRus wrote:
We just had a similar problem with our drain. After trying a couple drano type products which only helped for a day or two, a neighbor turned us on to another solution. We pulled a hose in through the window, aimed it down the drain with a hand towel wrapped around the sprayer end and blew the clog out with the hose pressure. It worked great! The clog has stayed gone this time.

Works with a compressed-air hose, too.

[bigred1cav]

Root the hair out of drain.

[BigPackFan]

Best unclogging trick is simple household bleach. Pour in at least one-half gallon & let it sit for a minimum of 12 hours (24 if possible). It will be good as new & no risk of damage to any piping.

[Cummins12V98]

Old-Biscuit wrote:

old guy wrote:
you might ask old biscuit how to get that drain cleaner through the small holes in the shower drain

It unscrews :S

Better confer with Camping World!

[tahiti16]

Harbor Freight carries this Drain cleaner brush for $3.49 and this HF Zipit for $1.99. I have one of the brushes that gets used regularly in any sink the wife gets near! 😛

[aerbus32]

Thanks for all the suggestions. Camping World was fairly close to the church we visited this morning, so I dropped by. Salesman suggested the zipit; my wife found a powder that should help. Eventually, I'll get it unclogged. Thanks again!

[D___M]

pkunk wrote:
A can of Coke will work wonders. Let sit 20 min and flush with boiling water.

Coke also works well for cleaning corrosion off of battery terminals. Kind of makes me wonder what it does to my stomach. 🙂

[2chiefsRus]

I should have put in my original response that we had already tried pulling out the hair clog with a zipit but the clog was past its reach. On our particular drain, at about 3 feet from the drain there is a 90 degree turn where it meets up with the sink drain. We suspect that is where the clog was because the sink still drained fine. We also didn't just fire up the hose at full pressure. I turned on the sprayer a little at a time while Dave watched outside to see what was coming out the clear sewer connector. Dave saw two large clumps come out and then the drain ran freely.

[Happy_Prospecto]

We went out and bought the Zip-It at Lowes and ran it in the shower drain, you wouldn't believe how much hair came out of it. The shower drain works great now and we Zip the shower about every three months.

[mike243]

They make a plastic strip with burrs on it,works good on home sinks & showers to remove hair/strings ect,pick it up at home depot or lowes for a few dollars

[tatest]

I would not try a chemical treatment, most are trying to deal with a fat/soap scum problem, and it is probably a hair problem. Screen should be removable. Wire with a hook at the end will pull hair out, and there are barbed plastic probes at the hardware that have more chances to catch and pull out hair.

RV drainis usually alot less complicated than most household traps, with respect to drain geometry.

[BTPO1]

I use a solid wire such as a coat hanger with the end bent over as a hook and pull out the hair that has accumulated in the drain. No air/water or chemicals involved. JMO