Moss in Vanity Waste Pipe

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MikeAqua

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#302989 9-Jan-2023 10:16

Our ensuite is on the South end of the house. We're in Blenheim so unchlorinated water (because it's so clean). The water pipe from the vanity grows moss, which makes the ensuite smell, well mossy. It only grows close to the plug hole.

Any tips for eradication?

I currently I control it with a combination of physical removal with a metal skewer followed by Draino. But it keeps coming back.

Mike

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#3018898 9-Jan-2023 10:26

You could try this:

https://www.google.com/search?as_q=&as_epq=Moss+killer&as_oq=&as_eq=&as_nlo=&as_nhi=&lr=&cr=&as_qdr=all&as_sitesearch=Nz&as_occt=any&safe=images&as_filetype=&tbs=

I suspect that you need to actually kill it to its roots otherwise it’s likely to grow back again.

Sometimes I just sit and think. Other times I just sit.

wellygary

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#3018907 9-Jan-2023 10:48

" It only grows close to the plug hole"

So its on the basin "side" of the "U bend"?

If that the case than take the U bend apart and physically clean out all the moss, then soak the pipes in a bucket of bleach for a day.... that should slow it down...

MikeAqua

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#3018909 9-Jan-2023 10:56

eracode:

You could try this:

https://www.google.com/search?as_q=&as_epq=Moss+killer&as_oq=&as_eq=&as_nlo=&as_nhi=&lr=&cr=&as_qdr=all&as_sitesearch=Nz&as_occt=any&safe=images&as_filetype=&tbs=

I suspect that you need to actually kill it to its roots otherwise it’s likely to grow back again.

I use something like this on the lawn. But it's marked "harmful to aquatic life".

Mike

MikeAqua

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#3018910 9-Jan-2023 10:57

wellygary:

" It only grows close to the plug hole"

So its on the basin "side" of the "U bend"?

If that the case than take the U bend apart and physically clean out all the moss, then soak the pipes in a bucket of bleach for a day.... that should slow it down...

Yep, on the basin side of the U bend. I'll give this a try.

Mike