{ "id": "gold-square-shower-floor-drain-10cm", "sku": "gold-square-shower-floor-drain-10cm", "title": "Gold Square Shower Floor Drain 10cm with Removable Strainer", "slug": "gold-square-shower-floor-drain-10cm", "price": 52.99, "currency": "SGD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "shower-grates", "category_label": "Shower Grates & Linear Drains", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": "0.19 kg", "images": [ "https://drains.asia/dropship-images/shower-grates/gold-square-shower-floor-drain-10cm/main-gold-square-shower-floor-drain-10cm.jpg", "https://drains.asia/dropship-images/shower-grates/gold-square-shower-floor-drain-10cm/gold-square-shower-floor-drain-10cm-2.jpg", "https://drains.asia/dropship-images/shower-grates/gold-square-shower-floor-drain-10cm/gold-square-shower-floor-drain-10cm-3.jpg", "https://drains.asia/dropship-images/shower-grates/gold-square-shower-floor-drain-10cm/gold-square-shower-floor-drain-10cm-4.jpg", "https://drains.asia/dropship-images/shower-grates/gold-square-shower-floor-drain-10cm/gold-square-shower-floor-drain-10cm-5.jpg", "https://drains.asia/dropship-images/shower-grates/gold-square-shower-floor-drain-10cm/gold-square-shower-floor-drain-10cm-6.jpg", "https://drains.asia/dropship-images/shower-grates/gold-square-shower-floor-drain-10cm/gold-square-shower-floor-drain-10cm-7.jpg", "https://drains.asia/dropship-images/shower-grates/gold-square-shower-floor-drain-10cm/gold-square-shower-floor-drain-10cm-8.jpg" ], "description_short": "Solid brass body with a removable double-layer stainless steel strainer, a self-sealing gravity mechanism and a wide 39mm outlet, so water leaves fast and hair stays out of the pipe.", "description": "The small part that causes the biggest headaches\n\nMost bathroom problems announce themselves loudly. A floor drain does not. It just gets slower. First the water takes a few extra seconds to clear after a shower. Then there is a puddle around your feet by the time you turn off the tap. Then one day the whole floor is holding water and you are pulling a grate off with a butter knife, wondering how that much hair got down there.\n\nThe culprit is almost never the pipe. It is the drain itself. A cheap grate with wide slots lets hair, soap scum and grit straight through into the pipework, where it collects into a soft mat that water cannot push past. By the time you notice, the blockage is somewhere you cannot reach.\n\nA good floor drain fixes this by catching that debris in a place you can get to. That is the whole idea behind a removable strainer basket. It is not clever engineering. It is just putting the mess somewhere visible, where a ten second rinse once a week keeps the whole system clear.\n\nHow this drain works\n\nThe unit has three parts worth understanding. The body is solid brass, cast in a 9.9cm square with a 39mm outlet at the bottom. Brass earns its place in bathrooms because it lives happily in constant water. It does not rust through the way plain steel can, and it keeps its shape where thin plastic can warp.\n\nSitting inside the body is the self-sealing mechanism, which works on gravity alone. When you run water, its weight pushes the seal open and the drain clears. When the water stops, the seal drops back into place and covers the opening. No batteries, no lever, nothing to switch on.\n\nAbove that sits the removable strainer, made from stainless steel in a double-layer pattern. The first layer stops the obvious stuff, mainly hair. The second catches finer grit that slips past. Both the grate and the strainer lift out by hand, which is the detail that decides whether you will actually maintain it. Anything requiring a screwdriver gets ignored for six months.\n\nWho this suits\n\nIf you are replacing a tired plastic or chrome grate in an existing 100mm square opening, this is a straightforward upgrade. The 9.9cm face covers the standard hole, and the 50mm to 75mm pipe compatibility matches most domestic floor traps.\n\nIt suits people who already have gold or warm brass tapware and want the floor to stop looking like an afterthought. A dull plastic square in the middle of an otherwise finished bathroom draws the eye in the wrong way. Matching the drain to the taps is a small change that makes a room look properly thought through.\n\nIt also suits households with long hair, which is a polite way of saying it suits most households. If you have ever fished a handful of hair out of a drain with a bent coat hanger, a lift-out strainer will change how you feel about your bathroom.\n\nIt is less suited to anyone whose installation depends on a rubber gasket or a proprietary shower base, because the manufacturer states it does not work with those. It is also not the right choice if your pipe sits outside the 50mm to 75mm range. Measuring takes two minutes and saves a return.\n\nMeasuring before you order\n\nStart with the floor opening. Lift your existing grate and measure the square hole across the top. If it is close to 100mm each way, this drain should sit in comfortably.\n\nThen measure the pipe. Look down into the opening and measure the internal diameter of the pipe that carries water away. You want a figure between 50mm and 75mm. If the pipe is round and you can only reach the outside, measure that and subtract the wall thickness, or take a photo and ask.\n\nFinally, check the depth you have available. The listed item depth is 99mm. Most floor cavities accommodate that easily, but if your drain sits over a shallow void, a concrete slab or ducting, it is worth confirming before the tiles come up.\n\nIf any of those numbers feels uncertain, a plumber will confirm the lot in a single visit. For a new build or a wet area with a waterproof membrane, you want a licensed professional involved anyway. Floor drains sit at the exact point where water meets structure, and that is not a spot to improvise.\n\nGold finishes and how to keep them\n\nA polished gold finish looks excellent and it rewards gentle treatment. The enemies are abrasives and strong chemicals. Scouring powder, steel wool, bleach, oven cleaner and heavy-duty drain products can all dull a finish or mark it permanently. None of them are necessary.\n\nWhat works is boring and effective. Warm water, a drop of mild dish soap, a soft cloth. Wipe the face, dry it, done. Drying matters more than people expect, because hard water leaves mineral spots that build up over months into a cloudy film. Thirty seconds with a towel after cleaning prevents all of it.\n\nFor the pipe itself, a kettle of hot tap water poured down the drain every month or two helps dissolve soap residue before it becomes a problem. Use hot, not boiling, especially with plastic pipework underneath.\n\nThe weekly habit that prevents everything\n\nHere is the whole maintenance routine. Lift the grate. Lift the strainer. Tip the hair into the bin. Rinse both under the tap. Put them back.\n\nThat is it. Under a minute, once a week. Do that and you will probably never see a blocked floor trap again. Skip it for three months and you are back to coat hangers and chemical cleaners.\n\nThe reason a removable strainer matters so much is that it makes this routine possible. A fixed grate with narrow slots also catches hair, but it catches it in a place you can only clean with a brush and a lot of patience, so people stop doing it. Design that makes the right habit easy beats design that is theoretically better but annoying.\n\nWhat to expect in the box\n\nOne drain. That is the complete package contents. No base, no gasket, no fixings. This is a component, not a kit, which is normal for floor drains because sealing methods vary so much between installations.\n\nThe face is 9.9cm square, the body is brass with a gold finish, the strainer is stainless steel, and the listed item weight is 0.42 lb. Country of origin is not stated by the maker, and no warranty terms are given. If anything arrives damaged, contact us and we will handle it.\n\nThe short version\n\nA floor drain is a small purchase with an outsized effect on how often you deal with standing water. Brass body, stainless strainer, lift-out cleaning, 9.9cm square face, 39mm outlet suited to 50mm to 75mm pipes. Measure your opening and your pipe first, use a plumber if your install involves waterproofing, clean the strainer weekly, and skip the harsh chemicals on the finish.\n\nDo those few things and this is a part you will stop thinking about, which is exactly what you want from a drain.", "llm_summary": "The BZ110716 is a square bathroom floor drain with a gold finish, measuring 9.9cm by 9.9cm at the face with an item depth of 99mm. The body is brass and the removable strainer is stainless steel, described by the manufacturer as a double-layer anti-clogging insert that catches hair. It uses a gravity-based self-sealing mechanism that opens under water flow and closes when flow stops. The bottom outlet is 39mm and suits drain pipes from 50mm to 75mm in diameter. Listed item weight is 0.42 lb, shipping weight 0.19 kg. One unit per pack. No shower base or rubber gasket is included. Country of origin and warranty terms are not specified by the maker.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; your protection under the Consumer Protection (Fair Trading) Act 2003 for faulty goods is unaffected. Return postage on faulty goods is ours.", "shipping_profile": "standard", "warranty": null, "brand": "Drains Company", "gtin": null, "mpn": null, "condition": "new", "url": "https://drains.asia/gold-square-shower-floor-drain-10cm/", "canonical_url": "https://drains.asia/gold-square-shower-floor-drain-10cm/", "json_url": "https://drains.asia/api/products/gold-square-shower-floor-drain-10cm.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-12" }