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05-16-2018, 10:23 PM
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Guru
City: Sharon, Ma
Vessel Name: Slow Lane
Vessel Model: 2005 Silverton 35 Motoryacht
Join Date: May 2017
Posts: 1,167
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My shower is draining SLOWLY
Guys,
All of a sudden my shower is draining very slowly. I'm gonna dump some baking soda and white vinegar down the drain and follow that with some hot water. After that I'll clean out the top of the drain with a coat hanger.
If that doesn't work then what?? Where is the sump/pump? In the hatch where the black water tank is?
The pump sounds fine and is working but maybe it's partially blocked??
Help! Thanks.
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Jason
2005 Silverton 35 Motoryacht
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05-16-2018, 10:31 PM
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Senior Member
City: Cape Cod, MA or Fort Myers, FL
Vessel Name: Osprey
Vessel Model: Her Shine. Newburyport
Join Date: Dec 2013
Posts: 389
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Try an Enzyme drain cleaner.
Flush with garden hose, suck with a shop vac?
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05-16-2018, 10:32 PM
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Guru
City: Inside Passage Summer/Columbia River Winter
Vessel Name: Alaskan Sea-Duction
Vessel Model: 1988 M/Y Camargue YachtFisher
Join Date: Jul 2012
Posts: 8,050
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So your sump box filter is full of hair and scum. Find the shower sump and clean the filter and box, I clean mine every month and is a nasty job IMO.......
Here is what it looks like.
https://www.westmarine.com/buy/rule-...08?recordNum=1
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05-16-2018, 11:02 PM
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Moderator Emeritus
City: Au Gres, MI
Vessel Name: Black Dog
Vessel Model: Formula 41PC
Join Date: Jul 2015
Posts: 21,191
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Alaskan Sea-Duction
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+1 it can be really nasty.
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05-16-2018, 11:21 PM
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Guru
City: AR
Join Date: Jul 2009
Posts: 2,515
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You might find some valuable information in the thread "shower sump pump" ongoing now.
Peggie
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05-17-2018, 01:00 AM
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Guru
City: ketchikan, Alaska
Vessel Name: 'SLO'~BELLE
Vessel Model: 1978 Marben-27' Flybridge Trawler(extended to 30 feet) Pilothouse Pocket Cruiser[
Join Date: Apr 2012
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Quote:
Originally Posted by South of Heaven
Guys,
All of a sudden my shower is draining very slowly. I'm gonna dump some baking soda and white vinegar down the drain and follow that with some hot water. After that I'll clean out the top of the drain with a coat hanger.
If that doesn't work then what?? Where is the sump/pump? In the hatch where the black water tank is?
The pump sounds fine and is working but maybe it's partially blocked??
Help! Thanks.
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We are of comparable size with similar layout. When we had this problem due to faulty plumbing in really hard location to reach, decided to dump the shower directly into the bilge where we pump it overboard. Doesn't hurt to flush a bit of soapy water into and out of the bilge.
Al-Ketchikan
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05-17-2018, 01:40 AM
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Guru
City: Between Oregon and Alaska
Vessel Name: Charlie Harper
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Join Date: Jun 2016
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Al
We are of comparable size with similar layout. When we had this problem due to faulty plumbing in really hard location to reach, decided to dump the shower directly into the bilge where we pump it overboard. Doesn't hurt to flush a bit of soapy water into and out of the bilge.
Al-Ketchikan
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Hurt depends on what your boat is made out of. Body oils and soap can make unpleasant odors and the hair eventually will clog the bilge pump.
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05-17-2018, 06:51 AM
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City: North Carolina for now
Join Date: Aug 2011
Posts: 6,348
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Don't let the hair go down the drain in the first place, that's a start.
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"There's the Right Way, the Wrong Way, and what some guy says he's gotten away with"
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05-17-2018, 06:59 AM
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Valued Technical Contributor
City: Litchfield, Ct
Join Date: Aug 2012
Posts: 6,786
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Quote:
Originally Posted by caltexflanc
Don't let the hair go down the drain in the first place, that's a start.
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I will let you have that conversation with my wife!!!
David
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05-17-2018, 07:07 AM
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City: North Carolina for now
Join Date: Aug 2011
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Quote:
Originally Posted by djmarchand
I will let you have that conversation with my wife!!!
David
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I'd be glad to. Been there done that, bought the strainer.
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"There's the Right Way, the Wrong Way, and what some guy says he's gotten away with"
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05-17-2018, 07:13 AM
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Guru
City: Seaford Va on Poquoson River, VA
Vessel Name: Old Glory
Vessel Model: 1970 Egg Harbor 37 extended salon model
Join Date: Jan 2016
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yes, a cheap rubber strainer can be found at WalMart. Sits right on top the shower drain and keeps out the hair. We also did that for the house after so may times of me having to clean the house drain, we got smarter.
Can you use drano, drain chemical cleaner in a boat?
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05-17-2018, 07:43 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Posts: 1,161
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We use a fine mesh screen to collect hair but after 12 months enough soap scum builds up inside the the bilge Pump you have to open it up and clean everything including the screen. Do this about once a year and you should be ok. I have mention the on the H38E everything was very accessible just forward of the engine.
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05-17-2018, 08:08 AM
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Senior Member
City: Chesapeake Bay
Vessel Name: Patty Ann
Vessel Model: Mainship 34 MK1 1980
Join Date: Jan 2014
Posts: 410
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Stainless mesh strainers can be found in various sizes. We placed them in all galley, head sinks plus shower drains , catches all debris.
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05-17-2018, 10:46 AM
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Guru
City: Inside Passage Summer/Columbia River Winter
Vessel Name: Alaskan Sea-Duction
Vessel Model: 1988 M/Y Camargue YachtFisher
Join Date: Jul 2012
Posts: 8,050
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Al
We are of comparable size with similar layout. When we had this problem due to faulty plumbing in really hard location to reach, decided to dump the shower directly into the bilge where we pump it overboard. Doesn't hurt to flush a bit of soapy water into and out of the bilge.
Al-Ketchikan
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I had a 1986 Sea Ray 300 that did just this. Came from the factory set up this way.
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05-17-2018, 12:06 PM
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City: North Carolina for now
Join Date: Aug 2011
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Bi-weekly or so (full time liveaboards) generous doses of distilled white vinegar keep the scum down dramatically, along with regular flushes of fresh water in between. I don't recall ever cleaning a sump in almost 7 years of living on our boat.
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"There's the Right Way, the Wrong Way, and what some guy says he's gotten away with"
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05-17-2018, 12:39 PM
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City: Kenai, Alaska
Vessel Name: Melanie Rose
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I had mud wasps plug the through hull while it was on the hard, my first shower on board all went into the forward bilge instead of overboard. I would check the line from through hull backwards, checking the easiest first and then moving on to the harder issues.
I tend to be lazier the more times I find the fix isn't the hard one (and expensive one) but an easier remedy.
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05-17-2018, 11:18 PM
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Senior Member
City: Yelm, WA
Vessel Name: "Convergence"
Vessel Model: Camano Troll
Join Date: Nov 2017
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Quote:
Originally Posted by South of Heaven
Guys,
All of a sudden my shower is draining very slowly. I'm gonna dump some baking soda and white vinegar down the drain and follow that with some hot water. After that I'll clean out the top of the drain with a coat hanger.
If that doesn't work then what?? Where is the sump/pump? In the hatch where the black water tank is?
The pump sounds fine and is working but maybe it's partially blocked??
Help! Thanks.
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Did you ever find the pump? I was going to look at mine and drop you a note..but forgot. Sorry. I will be down there tomorrow....for sure....
toni
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05-17-2018, 11:49 PM
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Guru
City: SoCal and Vancouver Island
Vessel Name: Tortuga
Vessel Model: Nordhavn 63
Join Date: Aug 2016
Posts: 748
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Quote:
Originally Posted by N4061
We use a fine mesh screen to collect hair but after 12 months enough soap scum builds up inside the the bilge Pump you have to open it up and clean everything including the screen. Do this about once a year and you should be ok. I have mention the on the H38E everything was very accessible just forward of the engine.
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Make sure you use only liquid soap in the shower and sinks. Bar soap will try to resolidify and creates messy clogs. No such problem with liquid soap.
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05-18-2018, 07:09 AM
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Guru
City: East Coast
Vessel Name: M/V Maerin (Sold)
Vessel Model: Solo 4303
Join Date: Jun 2013
Posts: 886
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Quote:
Originally Posted by sdowney717
Can you use drano, drain chemical cleaner in a boat?
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You can, but if things go wrong and the drain stops, you'll be dealing with whatever you poured down the drain up close and personal. The snot in the drain is smelly and ucky, but it won't strip your skin. Drain0 just adds another magnitude of danger. Then there's the cleanup....??? From the perspective of 25 yrs in the plumbing trade, the best approach is first, mechanical cleaning/opening of the drain. Flush it. Maintain it with a biological. Regularly clean the screens/sump. It's a maintenance item. Maintain.
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05-18-2018, 09:05 AM
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Senior Member
City: Annapolis, MD
Vessel Name: Think Big
Vessel Model: Camano Troll 2003
Join Date: Aug 2017
Posts: 129
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I am 99% sure that pump is is between the holding tank and engine compartment bulkhead. I haven't used the shower onboard. I want to add a power vent through the head 'ceiling' and up top under the flybridge, with another intake just below the main cabin ceiling. My marina has a great bathhouse!
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