Live Cultures

[Keith]

Anyone actually know if the various live bacteria, enzymes type products are beneficial to stripping the pipes of material?

[Dennis/Ohio]

Check RootX : Home Good people in the know.

[majakdragon]

Enzyme cleaners cling to, and eat, organic clogs. In my area, Draincare is a popular product. People seem to use it more than any other product. I have never heard Riddex claim it will clean the pipes, only help the septic tank.

[SilverBack4Jack]

We sell a product called Bio-clean. It is suppose to help with buildup. I recommend it as a maintenance solution. It will not open a clogged drain but it will help with slow drains if applied correctly. It isnt a quick solution but is helpful as I said with maintenace issues. Hope this helps.

Bio-Clean - the #1 natural drain cleaner for home and industry

[Dunerunner]

What happened to the old Draino Crystals that heated up in the drain when you added a little water. That stuff worked great!!

[waterwelldude]

Originally Posted by Dunerunner

What happened to the old Draino Crystals that heated up in the drain when you added a little water. That stuff worked great!!

Its just like anything else that works. They stop maken it.


Travis

[majakdragon]

As is human nature, people figured if one capful is good, two capfuls are better. later they found that the liquid to granule mixture was too dry, and the granules turned into a 'concrete" consistancy in the trap. The stuff was so caustic, it killed all the bacteria in the septic or ate holes in the pipe.

[Highpower]

Originally Posted by Dunerunner

What happened to the old Draino Crystals that heated up in the drain when you added a little water. That stuff worked great!!

Dune, I would say this is probably the biggest reason: http://www.zepcommercial.com/msds/ZUCRY2.pdf

It looks like Zep still makes it, but I would hate to see the numbers on how many people (John Q. Public... Dee D Deeeeee!) have gotten caustic burns from that stuff over the years.