If I only had room...Bentonite Clay In Bulk!

[Fred588]

Fred's shower doesn't get clogged up (too much) mainly because all users of the pits clean up to about 99 percent outside, using a hose. The fact that the hose has adjustable hot and cold water suppies helps a good deal.

You get a second bathtub, like maybe one of those with clawed feet, and put it in a spare room, mix your clay and plug the drain securely, and be careful to cover it when it's not in use...and water it...if you take care of it, it should be good for a long, long time, since clay doesn't decompose or support the growth of any bacteria.

You could add a heater for some wonderful basking.

But how you get from the clay tub to the bathtub without leaving some kind of messy trail through your house is a thing I never figured out, although I do know that it has been successfully done by the extremely dedicated.

Fred's shower drain has always worked...hasn't it?

Nessie

That's a cool idea, even more so because I have a cast iron tub sitting in my garage! Not a claw foot but it will stand right side up on it's own....
Not sure how Fred doesn't clog his shower drains, but I came back from a sink back in August of this year with what I thought was only a little mud on me....got in the shower and was almost done rinsing off when I noticed the water was around my ankles....uh oh.....plunger didnt' work, plumbers snake didn't work, I ended up draining the tub with a garden hose and cutting the elbow out of it. The stuff was caked in there like cement. Luckily the pipes were PVC so all I had to do was hit the hardware store for some couplers and PVC glue and I had it all fixed up. Crappy way to spend a post sink afternoon though.