[C320-list] Shower sump pump

[Mark Gillingham]

Pat,

Great ideas. We don’t use the shower very often but our dogs hair gets into
it anyway. I filter at the drain would be brilliant.

Mark
Speakeasy #612

On Sat, Sep 15, 2018 at 9:31 AM Pat Tormey <ptormey at 4square.net> wrote:

> The pump saver screen-filter on the shower pump is NOT a great solution
> and it’s a PIA to get to.
> You can make life a little easier if you take one of those flat nylon
> scrubby pads for washing dishes, cut a 1” by 2” piece and roll lengthwise,
> then stuff the roll into the show sump drain intake. It will catch all the
> normal crap from the shower BEFORE it gets to the pump-saver filter.
> Replace the pad every dozen or so showers or whenever you clean the head.
>
> I also like to put one of the solid, white, slow dissolving toilet tank
> tabs in the sump. This sanitizes the sump water below the pumps ability to
> remove it. You could use the blue kind but I don’t need that much
> excitement in my life.
>
> Pat Tormey
> Blue Skies
> #1037
> Newport RI
>
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