I have cleaned my shower drain for the first time since replacing the Waterless Trap due to not realizing it was not a typical P-Trap and I ran a snake down it. I destroyed the bladder inside the trap and had to replace the trap at about $30. It needs to be cleaned occasionally of hair and soap scum. Not a pleasant job due to the difficulty of reaching the attachmment nuts that must be loosened.
In View 1 I have put numbers to the parts.
#1 is the nut that is attached to the shower strainer. It has a removable rubber washer so don't lose it.
#2 is the elbow that comes with the trap if you have to order a new trap. This is reusable so order the the 1 1/4 inch trap, it's cheaper and fits the trap body which is 1 1/2 inch.
#3 is part of the trap body and the washer is not removable.
#4 is the part that is glued to the outgoing pipe and has a washer that is not removable.
In View 2 you can see the cleaned unit. I didn't take pictures of before cleaning. Not a pleasant site after a year and a half.
1) Loosen nut #1 completely before loosening nut #3 because if you don't you will put stress on nut #1 and make it harder to loosen.
2) Loosen nut #3 and remove #2.
3) Loosen nut #4 and remove and clean trap.
Reassemble in the reverse order making sure that before you tighten nut #4 that the ribbed part of the trap is on the bottom.
I hope this helps in some way for those that want to tackle the job.
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