Well that is what a drain should do. You could be proactive and do a routine clean-out.

More important is choosing the waterproofing system. I only use schluter and am happy with their drain.

It's really only a problem if for some reason the hair gets past the drain and forms a clog.

The drain cover I have now is pretty good at keeping hair on top of the drain. I did specifically have the drain cover in the master bath ordered without screws so that it is theoretically easier to clean out below the surface "grate" but I haven't had to use that option as my shower water runs well. I did notice some slowing last week and realized that there was a clump of hair I hadn't noticed so I just picked that up and shower ran quickly again.

I had asked my designer why drain covers had screws and she said that it was to prevent water critters from getting into your home through the pipes. I have no idea whether that is true but I am not in fear of an intrepid water rat or alligator finding my non-screwed in drain cover and escaping into my condo. :-).

There are things like screens which you put over a drain which have smaller holes and are supposed to prevent any hair from going down the drain. These would be easy to just pick up frequently and remove hair from - I had one of these prior to my remodel. There are also something called a "shroom" which is theoretically supposed to go into the upper layer of the drain pipes and catch hair that might otherwise got caught further below - I have no experience with these.

My understanding is that vertical drains are somewhat more prone to getting clogged than more standard drains but I have no personal experience with that.

I also have Schluter drains; they come in different finishes and styles.

Explain to your daughter that drain covers have screws to keep them in place. First time I ever heard the drain critters story....

Thank you all - is a square drain cover better than a round one?

Square vs. round makes no difference: those are style preferences. What matters is the diameter of the drain piping and whether its walls have any roughness that tends to catch hair.

I prefer As Hallet mentioned A "Bonded" waterproofing drain. Tile in drains are popular as are envelopes.

@kudzu9 - My current drain cover without screws stays perfectly in place even when I aim the hand held shower head at it.

It was my designer and not my daughter who told me that drain covers are screwed in when I asked what the purpose was. I asked because I wanted to know if there was a function since having to unscrew the cover would probably be a factor for me in terms of accessing it in the event that there actually was hair down there or some other obstruction. Whenever there were choices, I always asked about the functional reasons so I could weigh - made sense to me as I know that we once had rats come in to my parents' house through the main drain when the trap was left off when that was serviced.

I went with a drain cover from Designer Drains. Originally I had wanted the kind of drain cover that was tiled with the same tile as the shower floor but there was a miscommunication so that wasn't feasible and I had to settle for a standard drain cover. However, the drains from Designer Drains are beautiful and I got one that goes beautifully with the somewhat Craftsman style look of my bathrooms.

I didn't say all drain covers needed screws. I just meant that, if they had screws, there was a purpose that typically had nothing to do with drain critters. I suppose that something could come up the drain, but rats and snakes find it easier to come up through toilets and we don't put protective devices on them...nor does this problem happen with any great frequency.

Obviously I didn't take it seriously - it became somewhat of a running joke between us when I moved back in after the remodel and laughed with her about having visits from the creature from the back lagoon.

I mentioned it solely because I thought having screws on my drain cover would be less functional because it would make it much more difficult for me to clean if necessary. Since the default is to have screws, I asked my designer if I could have a drain cover without screws and asked if there was any down side.