What useful purpose do plughole covers serve?
Question:I live in a shared house. In the bathtub over the plug hole is a detachable piece of metal which fits in the hole and has small round holes in. I just don't understand it's purpose. It seems to just collect hair from everyone who uses the tub/shower meaning that somebody has the unpleasant job of picking out all the hair from it . Other than that, it serves no purpose. Surely things like hair would be better off just going straight down the hole into the drain, as they would if this cover was not there. The only possible useful thing they would do is to prevent items being lost down the plughole, but I believe that most people remove items like jewellery before taking a shower and i cant think of anythign one would normally take into a shower that is small enough to go down the hole.
Answers:
That IS the point... to catch all the hair...
Hair clogs drains.
It would be nice if the others would gather their own hair that drained there, to keep you from having to be disgusted.
what if u dropped a ring etc, and its really bad for your plumbing if too many of thos hairs go down it can cause a serious blockage
try removing it and wait to see how long it will be before you need Drano or a plumber to clear the accumulated debris in the trap pipe
You are correct about the reason for the cover. It takes less time to remove those hairs from the cover than it does to wait for the plumber to unclog the drainlines. Cheaper too.
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