{ "id": "snap-in-shower-drain-cover-white-2-pack", "sku": "snap-in-shower-drain-cover-white-2-pack", "title": "Snap In Shower Drain Cover, White Round PVC Strainer Grid, 2 Pack", "slug": "snap-in-shower-drain-cover-white-2-pack", "price": 29.99, "currency": "USD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "shower-drain-covers", "category_label": "Shower Drain Covers", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://ezydrains.com/dropship-images/shower-drain-covers/snap-in-shower-drain-cover-white-2-pack/main-snap-in-shower-drain-cover-white-2-pack.jpg", "https://ezydrains.com/dropship-images/shower-drain-covers/snap-in-shower-drain-cover-white-2-pack/snap-in-shower-drain-cover-white-2-pack-2.jpg", "https://ezydrains.com/dropship-images/shower-drain-covers/snap-in-shower-drain-cover-white-2-pack/snap-in-shower-drain-cover-white-2-pack-3.jpg", "https://ezydrains.com/dropship-images/shower-drain-covers/snap-in-shower-drain-cover-white-2-pack/snap-in-shower-drain-cover-white-2-pack-4.jpg", "https://ezydrains.com/dropship-images/shower-drain-covers/snap-in-shower-drain-cover-white-2-pack/snap-in-shower-drain-cover-white-2-pack-5.jpg", "https://ezydrains.com/dropship-images/shower-drain-covers/snap-in-shower-drain-cover-white-2-pack/snap-in-shower-drain-cover-white-2-pack-6.jpg", "https://ezydrains.com/dropship-images/shower-drain-covers/snap-in-shower-drain-cover-white-2-pack/snap-in-shower-drain-cover-white-2-pack-7.jpg", "https://ezydrains.com/dropship-images/shower-drain-covers/snap-in-shower-drain-cover-white-2-pack/snap-in-shower-drain-cover-white-2-pack-8.jpg", "https://ezydrains.com/dropship-images/shower-drain-covers/snap-in-shower-drain-cover-white-2-pack/snap-in-shower-drain-cover-white-2-pack-9.jpg" ], "description_short": "A two pack of 4.25 inch round PVC strainer grids with a press fit back that catches hair and soap scum before it reaches the pipe.", "description": "The small part nobody thinks about until it fails\n\nShower drain covers get ignored for years. They sit flush in the floor, do a quiet job, and then one day you notice the grate has gone gray, the edge has chipped, or the whole thing lifts out whenever you nudge it with a foot. Sometimes it vanishes entirely during a bathroom clean and never gets put back, which leaves an open hole collecting hair.\n\nThat open hole is the real problem. Hair goes straight down and wraps around whatever soap residue has already stuck to the pipe wall. Give it a few months and the shower starts to pool around your ankles. Most slow drains in a home bathroom begin exactly this way, and almost all of them could have been avoided by a strainer that was sitting where it should be.\n\nA snap in shower drain cover solves it for the price of a takeaway coffee and about a minute of effort. There is no plumbing involved, no silicone, no threading anything. You lift the old one out and press a new one in.\n\nHow a press fit cover actually works\n\nThe back of this cover has short prongs that sit inside the groove around the inside of the drain opening. When you press the cover down, those prongs flex slightly and then grip against the wall of the groove. Friction holds it. That is the whole mechanism.\n\nIt sounds crude, but it is the right design for a shower floor. There is no screw to seize up with rust and corrosion. There is no rubber gasket to perish. When you want to clean the drain, you lift the cover straight out with your fingers, pull the hair off, rinse it and push it back. Compare that to a screwed grate where someone has stripped the head of the screw and you can see the appeal.\n\nThe numbers that matter here are the groove diameter and the groove depth. This cover is made for a 4.25 inch opening with a groove roughly 0.25 inches deep. The visible top face is a touch wider at 4.72 inches so it overlaps the lip of the hole and sits neatly against the floor. Total height is 0.39 inches.\n\nMeasuring before you buy\n\nThis is the step people skip, and it is the step that decides whether you are happy. Pop out your existing grate and measure across the inside of the drain hole at its widest point. Not the old cover face, which usually overhangs the hole by a quarter inch or more. The inside of the hole.\n\nIf that measurement comes out at or very near 4.25 inches, you are in the right place. If it reads 4 inches, or 4.5, or anything meaningfully off, buy to that size instead. Press fit covers are unforgiving about diameter because the grip comes from contact with the groove wall. Too small and it rattles. Too large and it will not seat at all.\n\nWhile the old grate is out, have a look at the groove itself. If it is packed with old soap scum, scrape it clean. A clean groove lets the new prongs make proper contact. It is also a good moment to reach in with a bent wire or a drain brush and pull out whatever is sitting just below the opening.\n\nWhy PVC rather than metal\n\nThere is a reasonable argument for a metal grate if you have matching tapware and want the look. For pure function in a wet area, white PVC plastic holds up well. It does not rust. It does not corrode when sitting in standing water day after day. It does not develop the dull mineral crust that hard water leaves on cheap plated steel.\n\nThe glossy finish on this cover helps too. Water beads and runs off rather than clinging, and a quick wipe with soapy water takes care of the rest. The downside of white, if you want to call it one, is that it shows hair build up immediately. Honestly that is a feature. A dark grate hides a nest of hair for weeks while the drain slowly chokes.\n\nPlastic is also forgiving underfoot. It is warmer than metal on a cold morning and there is no sharp machined edge to catch a toe, as long as it is seated level with the surrounding floor.\n\nWho this suits\n\nRenters get the most obvious benefit. You can fix a tired or missing drain cover yourself without touching the plumbing, without asking a landlord, and without leaving a mark. When you move out, the old one goes back if you kept it.\n\nHomeowners with an older bathroom are the other big group. Original grates from the eighties and nineties are often brittle by now, and a replacement restores a clean look for very little money. Households with long hair also benefit, because a working strainer grid changes the drain from something you unblock to something you rinse.\n\nThe two pack suits anyone with a second shower. An ensuite and a main bathroom usually have the same size floor waste, so one purchase handles both. If you only need one, keep the other in the cabinet. Covers do eventually get cracked by a dropped shampoo bottle.\n\nFitting it, step by step\n\nSlide a flat screwdriver under the edge of the old grate and lever gently, working your way around the rim rather than prying hard in one spot. If it is cemented in place with scum, pour a kettle of hot water around the edge first and wait a minute.\n\nClean the opening. Wipe the groove with a cloth and get the loose hair out while access is easy.\n\nSet the new cover flat over the hole, check it is square, and press down with the flat of your hand until it drops into the groove and sits level. You will usually feel it seat. Give the edge a light tug to confirm it is holding.\n\nThat is it. No sealant, no setting time, straight back into use.\n\nKeeping it working\n\nThe habit worth building is a weekly lift and rinse. Take the cover out, pull the hair off into the trash rather than down the drain, rinse the grid under warm water and press it back. Thirty seconds, and it prevents the kind of blockage that otherwise ends with a plumber's bill.\n\nUse mild dish soap and a soft brush for soap scum in the slots. Skip scouring powder and abrasive pads, which will dull the glossy face over time. Dry the rim before refitting so it seats cleanly.\n\nTreat removal gently. Repeatedly jamming a screwdriver under the same point of the rim can chip the edge after a few years. Lifting by hand, once the cover is clean enough to grip, is kinder to it.\n\nThe short version\n\nThis is a two pack of white round PVC strainer grids for a 4.25 inch shower drain opening. They press straight in, no tools or fixings required beyond a screwdriver to lever out the old grate. The job takes a minute.\n\nMeasure the inside of your drain hole first, because fit is everything with a press fit cover. If it matches, you get a clean looking drain, a working hair catcher, and a spare in the cabinet for the next bathroom or the next time one goes missing.", "llm_summary": "This product is a two pack of snap in shower drain covers from, model SO--3012. Each cover is a round strainer grid molded in white PVC plastic with a glossy finish. The cover measures 4.72 inches wide and 0.39 inches high, with an item depth of 0.25 inches. It is designed for a drain opening of 4.25 inches, matching a compatible groove diameter of 4.25 inches and a groove depth of 0.25 inches. Installation is press fit, requiring no screws. The grid acts as a hair catcher and grate replacement, holding back hair and soap scum while water drains. Pack quantity is two. Weight, country of origin and warranty are not specified by the maker.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "There is no federal cooling-off period on an ordinary online purchase in the United States, so the change of mind window below is this shop's own policy rather than a legal right: 15 days from purchase on an unused item in its original packaging, with proof of purchase, where the customer pays return shipping and a non-refundable 29 dollar per order handling charge applies. An order can be cancelled free of charge until it ships; after payment and before shipping a 12.5 percent processing fee applies. Separately, and whatever this policy says, the FTC Mail, Internet, or Telephone Order Merchandise Rule requires us to ship within the time we state or within 30 days if we state none, and to offer a cancellation with a prompt refund if we cannot. Goods that arrive faulty, damaged, incomplete or not as described are put right at our cost, and nothing here limits the implied warranty of merchantability or any right your state's consumer protection law gives you.", "shipping_profile": "standard", "warranty": null, "brand": "EzyDrains Company America", "gtin": null, "mpn": null, "condition": "new", "url": "https://ezydrains.com/product/snap-in-shower-drain-cover-white-2-pack/", "canonical_url": "https://ezydrains.com/product/snap-in-shower-drain-cover-white-2-pack/", "json_url": "https://ezydrains.com/api/products/snap-in-shower-drain-cover-white-2-pack.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-11" }