Do you find yourself standing in a pool of water every time you take a shower?  Then you probably have a clogged shower drain that needs to be fixed.  If this is the case, then you will not be singing happily in the shower until you get your clogged shower drain taken care of.  So, here are some tips on how to do this without having to hire a professional to do it for you.

Whenever your shower drain is operating properly, it will remove the water as quickly as it flows from the shower head.  Whenever your shower drain starts to run just slightly behind the flow, it can be quite easy to ignore.  However, you really do need to remember that whenever you have problems like this an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.  This means that whenever your drain seems to be going rather slowly, you should conclude that you have a clogged shower drain.  After all, it is going to be easier to remove a small clog than a larger one that may occur later on.

The most common reason that a clogged shower drain happens is because of hair.  Of course, it is impossible to dissolve hair.  Therefore, the best thing to do when hair leaves you with a clogged shower drain is to remove the hair.  This is actually rather easy to do.  The first thing that you need to do is check the strainer.  Often times this is all that you need to do.  Simply completely clean the perforations on the strainer, then if you still have a clogged shower drain take the strainer out with a screwdriver.

Once you have taken the strainer out, you can use a flashlight to look down into the drain.  You should see that the water level is a few inches below the mouth of the drain.  If you can see the clog, then simply use a wire or an unraveled clothes hanger to reach down and snag it but be careful that you do not push the clog even deeper down the drain.

If you cannot see the clog, then you are going to need a plunger.  Coat the plunger’s rim with petroleum jelly so that you can get a good seal, then place the plunger over the drain and pour enough water into the shower enclosure to cover the rubber cup.  Now you can plunge the plunger by moving its handle up and down rapidly until the clog breaks up and the water drains easily.

After you plunge your drain and find that you still have a clogged shower drain, then you will need to get a snake.  This is a tightly wound piece of spring steel that has an auger tip and a crank handle.  You put the coil in the drain until you reach the clog, then turn the handle while moving it back and forth until you snag the clog and can pull it out of the drain.