olly
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- Joined
- Jan 10, 2008
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- PALS
- Diagnosis
- 11/2007
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- uk
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- uk
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- uk
well,theres a funny story to go with this tip.
i had to move here to a disabled adapted home a couple of years ago,already a new wetroom installed.
after about 6wks of using the shower i noticed the water was not going down,after a few days one night while showering it was so bad you could have bathed there right on the floor.
i called my local council who rent the homes and they sent a plumber out.
he said it was blocked with soap and hair and you had to clean it out with hot water and bleach every 3-4wks or so.
well,never having had a wetroom before i did not know this.
do others have to do this also?
anyway,my son refuses to do the job so i do it.
last week when cleaning it out i thought of a great idea of keeping it clean in use and smelling fresh.
after thinking of dish washer tablets or the ones for washing machines which i realised would disintigrate very quickly i came up with toilet cistern bleach tablets that last in water.
so here are some photos to walk you through it.
the first is the drain cover which you can unscrew.
2nd you can see the drain inside.
3rd this is the drain basket you lift out to clean,water fills up in middle then flows through a resovoir? then into drain.
4th basket back in drain with bleach tablet inside.
with the bleach tablet in when water flows in and through the basket into the drain it should keep it all cleaner and fresher.
if you try it let me know how you get on.
i had to move here to a disabled adapted home a couple of years ago,already a new wetroom installed.
after about 6wks of using the shower i noticed the water was not going down,after a few days one night while showering it was so bad you could have bathed there right on the floor.
i called my local council who rent the homes and they sent a plumber out.
he said it was blocked with soap and hair and you had to clean it out with hot water and bleach every 3-4wks or so.
well,never having had a wetroom before i did not know this.
do others have to do this also?
anyway,my son refuses to do the job so i do it.
last week when cleaning it out i thought of a great idea of keeping it clean in use and smelling fresh.
after thinking of dish washer tablets or the ones for washing machines which i realised would disintigrate very quickly i came up with toilet cistern bleach tablets that last in water.
so here are some photos to walk you through it.
the first is the drain cover which you can unscrew.
2nd you can see the drain inside.
3rd this is the drain basket you lift out to clean,water fills up in middle then flows through a resovoir? then into drain.
4th basket back in drain with bleach tablet inside.
with the bleach tablet in when water flows in and through the basket into the drain it should keep it all cleaner and fresher.
if you try it let me know how you get on.