It works!
Written: Dec 11 '08 (Updated Dec 11 '08)
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Pros: Works exactly like the reviewers said. Not too thick. Glad its safe for PVC pipe.
Cons: There are no cons unless you say that not enough people know about it.
The Bottom Line: I strenuously recommend that anyone with a household drain clog and a relatively modern home give this product a try. No mess, no noticible smell and quick results.
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| jimthetechguy's Full Review: Drano Max Gel Clog Remover |
On Monday, 12-8-08, I was lying on the family room couch in our finished basement. Quite large, our basement has everything to make a complete extra house...sometimes I could swear that the previous owners rented out the downstairs, it's that complete. Anyway, I'm on one end of the house and on the other end of this basement there's a second laundry room that we have never used for its intended purpose, because we do not have an extra washer and dryer set.
As, I was getting ready for an afternoon study session I heard the familiar sound of splashing that is typical when doing laundry. As most of us know, in between cycles, a washing machine will drain itself and the water is sent into the appropriate drain pipe. It's all part of life, right?
Suddenly I realized that this was the first time I'd ever heard this familiar sound while all the way down here in the man cave. Milliseconds later I was jumping up off the couch and racing back to the end of the house where a pipe meant for the drain hose of a second washing machine (which we do not have) was spewing water. "WHAT IN THE HECK?" This was my first loudly voiced question as I watched dirty dishwater run across the floor while simultaneously moving items like an air hockey table, a dog kennel, and other items I'd rather not see waterlogged.
Eventually my wife and I had the mess cleaned up, and after ruling out the worst possible scenario (broken drainage pipes due to tree roots), I realized that we had a grease clog. Believe it or not, this was "good news" compared to the thought of paying thousands of dollars to have the side yard dug up so new sewer lines could be installed. This would have first necessitated the removal of three maple trees which I've been meaning to have done for the past couple of years.
When I started trying to find a plumber, I recalled my last experience with a plumbing contractor, and how I got ripped off, paying too much for work done by a guy who looked like he'd been wearing the same clothes for weeks, and was obviously less handy than me. This guy spent nearly an hour trying figure out how to put a belt back on a dryer for which I needed to have an orifice for LP installed (new dryers come with natural gas orifices, if you use propane, the orifice must be changed). The plumbing company that sent this guy ignored my complaint and charged me for the entire time that this bozo was in my house. They were greedy and incompetent, and I didn't want to have to go through something like that again.
Having been a handyman & general contractor in a previous chapter of my life, I knew that I could snake out the pipes, but I thought that it would be better to try an easier solution first. That’s when I used Google to find this website. In the course of my search I'd read about Drano Max Gel, and I felt that it would be the way to go. It didn't take long to find these reviews of Drano Max Gel, and they were so promising that I immediately changed out of my sweats and left the house. One person who submitted a review stated that they were able to find the product for $3.50 at a local Dollar General Store. We have several of those here in southern Ohio, so I went to one location that is less than fifteen minutes from our home. They had (5) 32 oz. bottles and I bought three of them, hoping that my experience would be as positive as the ones everyone else on this site had.
When I got home I boiled two kettles of water, and followed the directions on the Drano Max Gel bottle, pouring the entire contents of one bottle into the same pipe that produced the overflow on the previous day. After about 45 minutes I poured a kettle of hot water down into the kitchen sink above (upstairs) and although there was some progress, the water still wasn't moving as fast as it should. So in accordance with the directions, I repeated steps 2-4 because it was necessary. For $3.50 a bottle, I would have used all three of the ones I bought at Dollar General.
This is finals week for me, so I went back to studying and waited for another 45 minutes. Cautious, I didn't want to make another mess in the basement (man cave) if the Drano product had not worked. So when the time had passed, I went upstairs and poured another kettle of boiling water down the kitchen sink. It wasn't too much water, but if the drain pipe was clear it would go through and things would be back to normal. I hustled back downstairs and when I got to the offending drain pipe, I noticed the sound of properly flowing drainage, and not the sound of overflowing water splashing out onto the floor.
The final test was to run the water in the upstairs kitchen sink and hope for the best. With the kitchen sink faucet running (HOT), the water downstairs continued to flow down into the sewer. Even after I turned the flow of the kitchen sink water to full force, the drain downstairs didn't show any sign of ever being clogged. Just to be sure, I let the HOT water run for a good five minutes and finally I knew that everything was ok.
Elated, I had to share the news of my good fortune. Prayers were answered, and Drano Max Gel Clog Remover was an instrument to that end. Calling a plumber would have cost at least $150.00, and that is just to get one to show up. In a worst case scenario, we might have faced thousands of dollars in costs to have our yard dug up and sewer line repairs done. Those trees in our side yard are coming out in the very early spring!
Thank you, Drano.
I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS INCREDIBLE PRODUCT!!!
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