Choke Clearing
Shower Drain Choke Clearing in Singapore
Shower drain choke clearing starts from $90 at SG QuickFix. Shower floor traps and linear drains blocked by hair, soap scum and grit are cleared so the water stops pooling around your feet. Most shower drains take 30 to 60 minutes.
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Listed price
From $90
Task guide
When this may be needed
- Water pools in the shower and drains slowly.
- The shower area floods into the rest of the bathroom.
- A linear drain's channel is full of scum.
- The shower drain smells.
- Hair keeps collecting under the grating.
What the team does
The technician removes the grating or linear drain cover and clears the trap, where hair and soap scum form a mat. The outlet pipe is cleared with a hand auger to the branch. The trap and channel are cleaned, the water seal is checked, and the shower is run to confirm the water drains away freely.
Included in this price
- Removing the grating or drain cover
- Clearing the trap and channel
- Augering the outlet pipe
- Testing the flow and water seal
Limits & price factors
Re-sloping a shower floor that doesn't drain towards the trap, re-tiling and waterproofing are not included.
The price starts from $90. Linear drains, drains under fixed glass panels and blockages deep in the pipe take longer.
FAQs
Hair and soap scum build a mat in the trap. A hair catcher and regular cleaning of the grating help prevent it.
The floor may not slope towards the drain. That needs re-screeding or re-tiling, which is not part of this service.
No. PUB lists clearing any blockage in a floor trap as simple plumbing work.
At SG QuickFix, shower drain choke clearing starts from $90.
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- Simple toilet choke clearingFrom $80
- Manual auger clearingFrom $100
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- Sink choke clearingFrom $80
- Basin choke clearingFrom $80
- Floor trap choke clearingFrom $90
- Deep / recurrent blockageFrom $150
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