Unblocking My Shower

[chrissa1]

I have just tried to make my shower drain quicker by spending £1.25 on a drain cleaner. It helped a bit but is still draining, slowly.

My question: when I removed the swivel hair catcher thing I noticed a flat thing that looks as though it’s is removable. Is it?

I don’t want to pull something out that is not meant to be removed. Thanks.

[andres]

Looks like ours but yours is metal and ours is plastic. I twist it and the cylinder comes out for cleaning.Just try pulling it out . There should be a cylinder in yours .If you are hesitant shine a torch down to see if the gunge has collected. Then just get something like a crochet hook or piece of wire and try to get it out.

[Flonska]

What your pic shows is the shower tray dip tube - like this one . .

https://mcalpineplumbing.com/traps/shower-traps-accessories/stw19-tubec-dip-tube-shower-traps

You should be able to twist it and take it out of the plug hole. This is what is supposed to collect any debris from going down the waste pipe. If it has been in there for some time, you may need to free it with pliers - do it gently.

[chrissa1]

Thank you, andres and Flonska. I twisted it and it came out. It was fairly clean though so methinks the problem is further down.

I’ll have a good look, tomorrow. Cheers.