What is this object? It is about 16 inches long and the shaft is about 3/8 inch wide. This is a close-up of the flat shaft.
On a whim, we bought this at a local hardware store. We thought this might just work. Although we've had it lying around now for 5 or 6 months, I tried it out recently and it really worked!
What does it do? It fishes out hair caught in the shower drain. Our drain had gotten so bad that we had an inch of water on the shower floor by the end of a shower. It drained fairly quickly so we knew it wasn't a permanent clog. I inserted this thing into the drain and pulled out enough hair to re-cover a naked rat (in fact it looked sort of like a dead rat). Drain runs completely clean with no water backup.
And I think it cost less than $3.
I should get one of those. Some of our drains have been acting up as well. :)
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