"Nancy Young" > wrote in message
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>
> "Julie Bove" > wrote
>
>> My tub always gets clogged when my daughter uses it. She must shed like
>> crazy. She had super long hair and every time she washed her hair in the
>> tub I would have to use a device to get the hair out of the drain. Never
>> seems to happen when I bathe, but I have shorter hair.
>
> I bought a plastic drain cover from Bed Bath & Beyond, it catches the
> hair while allowing the water to go through. Not the most attractive
> thing
> but it has saved on clogs.
>
> http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/prod...3708878&RN=182

That might work in my shower, but I don't think it would work in my tub. It
has a weird sort of drain.
>
> As far as the disposal goes, I don't use mine for much either. I
> certainly
> don't dump food down there deliberately. I have that little wire mesh
> thing over the hole to catch most stuff and the disposal is for the
> flotsam
> and jetsam that winds up down there anyway. I've had disposals in the
> past that weren't such a problem, but something about my setup doesn't
> work as well as those did. I have wondered if it's because I had them
> install it on the big bowl in the double sink rather than the small one.

Hmmm... I don't know.