I know this because it has happened to me. I found out how to remove the chrome plug-hole so I undertook this simple task this morning and disengaged the offending hair (not much hair, it has to be said, but of significant impact to the drainage process).
Then I tried to re-assemble. The drainage pipe under the bath has dropped a little and needs to be raised in order for the top plug-hole element to be re-attached.
Here is the problem. I can use a gripper tool to grab the lower pipe and raise it but how to keep it in place while the top bit is screwed in? I thought of putting a hook on a string through the top plug-hole but all the hooks I could find were too wide. Someone suggested cutting a wire hanger but this would also be too large. I looped a small hook that I fashioned from soft-wire and tried to raise the lower pipe but couldn't get the pieces aligned before the weight of them slipped from the weak, inefficient hook.
Any ideas, tips, etc. that don't involve buying expensive tools or calling even more expensive plumbers will be appreciated URGENTLY, please!
Hopeful of Herts.
