If you have long-haired people in your home, how

[mom31257]

do you deal with it on the carpet? Dd's hair is very long (over 2 feet, but haven't measured in a while). She isn't the best at keeping it from tangling, so she tends to lose a lot. my hair is longer, too. How do you find is the best way to get it up without having to deal with the vacuum roller getting it all?

Thanks for any ideas!

 

 

 

[Catwoman]

We don't have carpet.

 

Problem solved. ;)

 

 

(I have to tell the truth -- you must be a lot tidier than I am, because even when we did have carpeting, it never occurred to me to think about the long hair issue. The dog and cat hair issue was another story, though.... :D)

[J-rap]

I have four girls who have often had long hair, and I guess I never really noticed a lot of long hair on the carpet!  :)  We had pets who shed a lot more, so we vacuumed regularly.  That must've gotten up the human hair too.  It was a bigger problem in the shower stall, which we had to clean regularly or the drain would plug.

 

One of my daughters brushes her hair vigorously every time she washes it, and says that helps a lot with the hair shedding.  Also, I've heard that adding zinc to your diet helps with people who seem to shed a lot of hair. 

[happypamama]

I have very long hair; I could cut enough off to donate and still have long enough hair to donate a few more times. Honestly, there's no good solution. Eve on hardwood floors, we just have to clean out the vacuum cleaner every so often. Same with the drains; I clean it out every time I shower, and the pipes still get clogged. Just the way it is.

[Amira]

I brush my hair outside and wrap it up away from my face, so we get very little hair in the house. 

[Slartibartfast]

My hair doesn't usually get everywhere because I prefer to keep it up most of the time. 

 

It does get in the drain.

[mom31257]

We don't have carpet.

 

Problem solved. ;)

 

 

(I have to tell the truth -- you must be a lot tidier than I am, because even when we did have carpeting, it never occurred to me to think about the long hair issue. The dog and cat hair issue was another story, though.... :D)

 

I wish, but we don't have a few thousand dollars lying around right now to change over! LOL!

[KungFuPanda]

We brush our hair in the bathroom and clean the brush into the trash. I also take a seam ripper to my vacuum fairly regularly to clean off the hair and thread pieces it catches.

[dbmamaz]

I use the 'animal' vacuum, and have to clean out the rollers regularly.  its my hair . . . 

[Carrie12345]

We had lots of long hair in the house until recently.  I just vacuumed and went at the roller with scissors once a week or so.  I never really thought of it as any more of a problem then emptying the canister. It's just what needs to be done.

[redsquirrel]

We are a long hair family, and I am the only female in the house, lol.

 

I also don't have carpets but I sweep a lot and we vacuum regularly. I also try very, very hard to keep all hair brushing to the bathroom. DH is the worst offender. He will stand there in the kitchen, leaning against a counter, taking the boys and combing his hair and putting it back before he goes to work. Blurg.  I also take scissors to the roller on the vacuum a couple times a week. I have an expensive vacuum and I want to keep it in good working order.

 

For the drains, well, every sink and tub has a mesh drain trap that catches all the hair before it goes down. Yes they have to be cleaned out often, more than once during a shower, but they keep the hair out of the drains. I removed all the plugs and replaced them with the mesh traps. I am sure it has saved us a fortune in plumber bills. I put the traps in the dishwasher every couple days.

 

I am pretty vigilent about the hair really.

[Mergath]

I just vacuum it up and clean it off the vacuum roller periodically.

[Seasider]

Stick to brushing it out in the bathroom, then sweep or use a canister style vacuum rather than a carpet sweeper with roller. A sticky-tape lint brush works of furniture, as does the canister vac.

[Seasider]

Oh Margaret, my mom is a seamstress so I remember the thread battles! When I'm sewing or mending, I think of her and try to keep a wastebasket handy, but mostly I use the canister vac for the threads before vacuuming the carpet. Those threads are pesky!

[gardenmom5]

dd's hair was past her bottom.  she was required to brush regularly (daily) to get the loose strands.   conditioner works wonders to help it not tangle.  she also tended to put it up in a bun with hairsticks (or pencils pretending to be hairsticks), or braids.

 

when my hair was long, I also tended to pull it back.