Instant Power Septic Shock – Septic Tank Treatment, Drain Cleaner Liquid Clog Remover for Septic System, 67.6 Oz

I wasn't certain this would work for my clogged up toilet. I have been using draino and similar types of drain openers for many years. This was not my first choice but I decided I would give it a try anyway. I can tell you that within the first hour it worked and after 3 hours I had no more problems with my clogged sewage system! Starting out my toilet was full and I could not flush it after putting the full jug of this in it. In 10 minutes time I could hear glug glug coming from the shower! After that first hour the level had gone all the way down and I flushed the toilet. It wasn't fixed yet but it wasn't clogged either. So after 3 hours I had my old system back. I am getting another jug for next week and another just to have on hand but this is 10 star quality stuff and is now my first choice every time!

I want to say first that I do not have a septic tank, I'm in the city limits and I'm on the city sewage lines. So I didn't even know for sure if this would work for me.I've been having a problem for a few years, when there are heavy rains and flooding, my toilet won't flush. I have to wait for the water to dry up. As time went on, it was taking longer and longer to start working again, and less and less rain to make it malfunction. As you can well imagine, it was getting unbearable.I knew the problem was in the lines and not the toilet itself, but it's almost impossible to get the city to do anything, and even if I succeeded, they'd tear up my fence and yard and just leave the wreckage there. So I turned to google.It turns out that this is a common problem with modern low flow toilets - they just don't have the power the old ones did and they need to be treated with this kind of product every now and then. Newer toilets are kind of anemic and they need help. Of course NOBODY TELLS YOU THIS.There are basically two kinds of products you can get - this kind, and another kind that dissolves roots. I figured that if roots were clogging the lines, they'd still be there in dry weather, so it had to be something else. I went with Septic Shock. It didn't cost much, and the reviews looked good. I poured a bottle down the toilet - the nasty thing wouldn't flush - and didn't really expect anything. My thoughts: "I just flushed eight dollars and seventy cents down the toilet."For two days, nothing happened. On the third day, I noticed that the water in the bowl was clear. I hit the lever and - SUCCESS. It flushed.It's recommended to use this stuff weekly for the first month, and periodically after that. So I ordered another bottle, and, like clockwork, the flush was a bit sluggish a week after the first treatment. Whatever was clogging the lines was starting to grow back. I flushed the second bottle.I now once again have a functioning toilet. I can leave the toilet lid up and the bathroom door open. Two more weekly treatments, and then I can cut back to monthly or as needed. And I still have a yard and fence!

Symptoms:Water started draining slowly and toilet closest to septic tank started gurgling. Called a plumber and "over the phone" he diagnosed as a septic issue and suggested to contact a drainfield repair person. Then contacted called multiple drain field repair companies, so called "experts", who all said the same thing: "YOU NEED TO REPLACE YOUR DRAIN FIELD BECAUSE IT'S MORE THAN 25 YEARS OLD". HOWEVER, NOT 1 PERSON DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM TO SEE IF IT WAS ACTUALLY A DRAINFIELD ISSUE! Quote: $5000 to $7500 (Wow!!!!!!)Then so called "septic expert" suggested, drain the tank and this will give you a couple of months to save your money. Septic company who came to pump the tank, and said "Ya, it's your drain field, we have seen this hundreds of times. Pumping the tank won't fix anything". Well, it helped for a few weeks at first and then the problems started again.REMEMBER, NOT 1 PERSON TILL NOW DIAGNOSED THE ISSUE!Money was tight, and couldn't afford $5000 to $7500. We decided to try septic shock and everything else in market in an attempt to speed up the water draining. Well, NOTHING WORKED. The problem re-appeared again, and we had guests coming for the weekend. We decided to pump the tank again, after 3 months 1 day before guests arrived and then sign the contract on Monday to replace the drain field. Sunday, 1 hour before the guests arrived the water started backing up and not draining at all. Worst, this time raw sewage started backing up (YUK).I couldn't believe a 1050 gallon septic tank would be full in 2 days, with two people and no other discharge other than showers and toilets into the tank. Called another septic company on Monday at 7 am come and pump the tank again and when they opened the tank there was A HUGE SURPRISE.....Tank was only about 20% full, WHAT???????The septic guy said, it's a blocked main drain line. The new septic company jetted the main drain line from the septic tank, and a few packets of solid septic shock comes flying out of the main line which had caused the block that resulted in slow water draining and gurgling.After 6 months of this episode everything is working fine. We saved money in unnecessary drain field repairs and most importantly NOT ONE SEPTIC REPAIR COMPANY OR PERSON SUGGESTED TO CLEAN THE MAIN LINE. We learned a valuable lesson and would suggest to try the below noted before embarking on replacing a drain field:Step 1. Call a plumber and INSIST on having the main drain line cleaned and inspected with a camera.Step 2. Pump the septic tankStep 3. Punch holes in drain field, because if it's a biomat issue, this will fix it in a hurryStep 4. NEVER TRUST THE WORDS THAT COME OUT OF A DRAIN FIELD CONTRACTOR BECUASE THEY DON'T MAKE ANY MONEY BY DIAGNOSING THE PROBLEM.This product didn't help to clear the blocked line, but may have helped to clear the drain field issue.