Why Do I Have Water in My Shower Drain?
The gurgle is what gets you. Not the standing water, not the slow swirl—those you expect. It’s the low, wet throat-clearing sound from beneath the grate wh…
The gurgle is what gets you. Not the standing water, not the slow swirl—those you expect. It’s the low, wet throat-clearing sound from beneath the grate wh…
“Mum, the shower’s eating my toes again!” My niece’s voice carried through the flimsy bathroom door while I was balancing a tray of coffees. I kicked the d…
The first time I met a shower drain that refused to budge, it was 6 °C in the flat, the heating was off, and my apprentice was threatening to yank the chro…
The first time I pulled a 24-inch clump of my daughter’s hair out of a shower waste, it looked like a drowned rat wearing a Barbie-pink elastic band. She s…
The quietest leak is the one you don’t hear. It’s not the drip from the tap or the gurgle under the tiles—it’s the slow seep beneath the shower drain, invi…
The first time I saw faecal matter swirling back up through a shower drain, it wasn’t in a neglected rental or a flood-damaged property. It was in a brand-…
Complete guide to unclog shower drain with expert advice, practical tips, and step-by-step instructions.
Hair the colour of weak tea had wrapped itself round the cross-holes of a chrome waste like nylon thread on a spool. I was balancing on the edge of a cast-…
I once stuck my finger through what I thought was a bit of mushy soap and felt something wriggle back. That moment—half horror film, half plumbing reality …
The gurgling started after the third glass of wine. Not from the guest, thankfully, but from the corner of the bathroom where my feet had just settled into…