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Category: Septic Drain Maintenance

Are Self-Dispensing Toilet Cleaners Safe for Septic Systems?

Posted on by Mark Reynolds

Hey Folks, it’s Mark Reynolds here, with a little advice on whether to use self-dispensing toilet cleaners or not. We live in a time where people want easy solutions to routine tasks, so these products are increasing in popularity.

However, we do not recommend using any self-dispensing toilet cleaners, because of the frequency of use.

These cleaners have harsh chemicals that affect your system’s biological health. They may contain sulfates, sodium hydroxide, sodium hypochlorite (bleach) and phosphoric acid. These highly toxic chemicals trigger asthma attacks, irritate lungs and burn eyes, skin and internal organs. Imagine what they will do to the fragile bacteria in your septic system.

Using toilet cleaners on an occasional basis gives your system’s bacteria enough time to recover. However when you use a self-dispensing cleaner, the bacteria can’t do their job once the frequency that these chemicals are sent down the pipes increases. The bacteria can’t keep up with the extra amount of chemicals being flushed.

Try looking into using green cleaning products or at bare minimum, non-automatic toilet cleaners. Whatever your choice of cleaner may be, add a biological stimulant — like our Bio-Septic Boost — to increase the activity of both aerobic and anaerobic bacteria, further protecting your system’s biological health.

Learn more at www.biosepticboost.com or www.septicdrainer.com

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Septic Drainer on Facebook – Follow Us!

Posted on by Tim A

Hey folks: Make sure you follow Septic Drainer on Facebook! We offer exclusive deals to our followers throughout the year. Our page also contains useful information, tips, insights and updates on the Septic Drainer family of products. You can follow us HERE.

Social media is such a great tool for learning and communicating. We hope you will use our Facebook page as a way of interacting with us and learning more about our products Septic Drainer, Bio-Septic Boost and Septi-Marker. Feel free to leave us a message and/or a comment on our Facebook page, too. We’d love to hear from you and answer any questions you may have about our products as well as generalized septic system care and maintenance.

Remember, Septic Drainer and its companion product Bio-Septic Boost are a green, simple and cost-effective means of rejuvenating and repairing your septic system and drain or leach field. Our products can even repair a failed system, potentially saving you thousands in costly repairs. Give us a try before you waste money on other fixes, some of which will cost you dearly!

Thank you for your continued support of Septic Drainer. We look forward to servicing all of your septic drain field issues!

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Contacting Septic Drainer

Posted on by Tim A

Hey Folks, it’s your Septic Drainer friends here. We want to give our customers many ways to contact us, so we can help assist you with all your septic repair needs! Here is some more information on contacting Septic Drainer.

You may fill out this form to send us an email. You can also call us at 518-812-0000.

Or, if you simply go to www.SepticDrainer.com, we also have a live chat that can be utilized any day of the week. You may also send us a message through our Facebook page. We try to give you as many was as possible of contacting Septic Drainer.

However you would like to contact us, our Septic Drainer professionals are ready to help you! Our customers are our number one priority and we’d love to hear from you and learn more about your needs.

Remember, Septic Drainer and our companion product, Bio-Septic Boost, are the ideal overall solution for septic drain field repair and maintenance. You can literally save thousands of dollars in repairs by using our products. Contact us by one of the means listed above and we will explain more about how our products can rejuvenate your septic system, even if it is failing.

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Hygiene Wipes and Septic Systems

Posted on by Mark Reynolds

Every time someone comes up with a new hygiene product, humans benefit. But, the environment suffers in one way or another. This holds true with hygiene wipes, which are continually increasing in popularity. They may be convenient and comfortable, but they can also spell disaster for septic systems and the environment. So read on and think twice before using these products.

In the case of septic systems, hygiene wipes are causing issues that recently affected a system at a local apartment building. The wipes collected inside the drain lines, causing grease to build up behind them, causing a backup. The expense was around $650 to have the tank pumped and the lines flushed. The owner now realizes these wipes have entered the dry well, blocking the drainage holes in the dry well. This means the tank needs to be cleaned out.

Be careful what you put in your systems: no wipes, no harsh toilet cleaners, no paper towels or other hygiene products. Remember that everything you flush down the toilet still has to end up somewhere. You certainly don’t want any of those items in your septic system.

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For more information visit Septic Drainer and Bio-Septic Boost or call 518-812-0000

Septic Additives That Work

Posted on by Mark Reynolds

Hey, it’s your Septic Drainer friends here to talk about Septic Additives.

Not all Leach Field Claeners are the same. We’ve all seen the X product ads on TV, and one good thing about them is they remind us about our septic system.

Caring for your system is vital if you want your system to last. When picking the best leach field claener, you should treat your system to prevent both soil failure and biological failure. Using a soil conditioner is vital, since soil failure is the the number-one reason for septic failure.

Septic bacteria is not a soil conditioner. Using a bio-stimulant nutrient or a bacterial-based product, or both, can prevent biological failures, which is the second-greatest reason for septic failure. Are all bacteria additives equal? No. It’s a good idea to look to see how many strands of bacteria are included with the product you’re purchasing. You’d be surprised to know the truth about the products you have been buying.

So in summary, yes it’s a good idea to use both a soil conditioner and a bacterial treatment to maintain your septic system. Also, don’t forget to have your system pumped every two years, and every five years have the entire system pumped and the drain field flushed-out with a hydro-cleaner. Be sure to add your soil conditioner and bacterial products.

Just don’t get caught sitting down on the job.


For more information visit www.septicdrainer.com or www.biosepticboost.com


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Septic Systems – How They Work

Posted on by Mark Reynolds

Most people who own septic systems understand that as soon as you flush your toilet, the waste goes away. That is the extent of their understanding. What happens to your waste once you flush?

1) Your waste passes through a trap, if your system is plumbed properly. A trap is a device that allows water and solids to pass through it, leaving water in the bottom of the trap to prevent deadly gases from passing back into your house.

Plumbing Sewer Trap


Once this waste leaves your house, in most septic systems it travels to a septic tank. A septic tank is designed to separate the solids from the liquids, using baffles. The solids to settle in the first part of your septic tank.

Septic Tank


The solids are consumed by bacteria present in all organic materials. The type of bacteria present in a septic tank is anaerobic bacteria (bacteria that live without air). The reason the bacteria is anaerobic is because the waste is underwater in your tank.

A secondary baffle is located on the secondary side of the septic tank toward your drain field, allowing only water out into the drain field. A drain field drains away the liquids.

A baffle to the drain field:


This water travels from the baffle to a distribution box or a header pipe.

Distribution Box


A distribution box allows the liquid wastewater to flow unrestricted into each of the drain pipes. If one drainage pipe fails, the wastewater will flow to another pipe. These drainage pipes have holes in the bottom, allowing the wastewater liquid to drain into the soil.

Liquid is purified once it drains through 59 inches of sand. A septic drain field has aerobic bacteria if it’s operating properly.

Learn more about your septic system by visiting www.septicdrainer.com

Septic System Tips – The Do’s and Don’ts

Posted on by Mark Reynolds

If you live in rural America, you’ve probably heard about septic systems. In addition here are some septic system tips and other useful things you need to know:

1) The location of your system.

2) The type of system you have.

3) An understanding of how a system works.

4) Accurate maintenance records.

Many folks have questions like:

1) How often should you pump your system?

Every two years is a good rule of thumb. Every five years you should pump your tank and flush out your drainage system.

2) Should you add additives?

For the biological health of the system, we recommend a bio-stimulant nutrient (BSN), which is the safe bet. There’s no need to match your septic environment to a specific type of bacteria additive. Pick the wrong bacteria and you might waste your money. Using a BSN is the safe bet.

For drain field soil health, use a soil conditioner to keep your soil draining properly. Remember, 90% of the septic failures happen in the soil of the drain field, according to the U.S. EPA.

Common Questions

3) Is it ok to build things on top of your system?

Building driveways, patios and pools, and planting trees, prevents access and compacts the soil, compromising your system.

4) Should you dispose of paper products, female hygiene products or handy wipes in a septic system?

Absolutely do not dispose of anything other than human waste or toilet tissue in your septic system.

5) Does adding harsh cleaning products or paint products negatively affect a septic system?

Yes, these chemicals destroy the biological health of your septic system. Do not use toilet chlorine cleaning dispensers, harsh cleaning chemicals or any other chemical in your septic system or you will have soil drainage issues.

For more information and septic system tips, visit www.septicdrainer.com


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Regular Septic Maintenance With Septic Drainer

Posted on by Mark Reynolds

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Hey, it’s Mark Reynolds here to talk about your septic system and the importance of regular septic maintenance.

Don’t end up like your neighbors, having their lawn dug up to replace a failed system, or worse yet, living on a lake and having to install a holding tank to be pumped. There are four things to consider with winter coming:

1. Pump your tank every two years and pump out your tank and drain field every five years. We can’t stress this enough, yet it is a key preventative maintenance task that is frequently ignored by homeowners.

2. Keep your septic system’s drain field or leach field draining at its optimal levels by adding our patented product, Septic Drainer.

3. Maintain the biological and bacterial health of your septic system and drain or leach field by adding another of our great septic system products, Bio-Septic Boost.

4. For easy locating later, mark your septic locations and structures using Septi-Marker.

Septic Drainer and Bio-Septic Boost are essential for regular septic maintenance; they can restore a failed system, as well as keep it from failing. Pick some up at your local hardware store, order from your septic professional or order online at Septic Drainer. Septic Drainer really works!

How Often Should You Have Your Septic System Pumped?

Posted on by Mark Reynolds

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There are many opinions regarding this question. I am in agreement with the theory of having your septic system pumped every two years. I would even go so far as to recommend that you have your drain field lines and distribution box flushed and vacuumed ever five years. The extra prevention and maintenance goes a long way toward saving you money down the road.

It’s also important to inspect the parts of your tank, such as the baffles, and the condition of the tank, including the covers. When I have my system pumped every two years, I add four gallons of Septic Drainer directly in the outgoing line to the drywell. We’ve lived in our house for 19 years and have not had any septic issues. The cost to replace my system would be over $20,000, so it’s well worth the extra maintenance. Take my advice and you will see the same benefits.

As far as the biological health of my system, I add our product Bio-Septic Boost. Approximately 2.5 ounces a month right in your toilet is all it takes. Bio-Septic Boost reduces organic waste material, including a byproduct of hard pan soil called bio-mat.

For more, call 518-812-0000 visit www.septicdrainer.com

Natural Septic System Maintenance With Bio-Septic Boost

Posted on by Mark Reynolds

Natural Septic System Maintenance

There are some effective, simple solutions out there for natural septic system maintenance. Here are some suggestions to ensure peak performance, as well as dependability.

It’s important to maintain the biological health of your system. We recommend the use of a bio-stimulant nutrient, like Bio-Septic Boost, to enhance the natural occurring bacteria or to enhance a store-purchased bacteria. Bacteria does not reproduce on its own. Adding a bio-stimulant nutrient like Bio-Septic Boost will stimulate the reproductive growth of your septic system’s bacteria by millions-fold. This insures the biological health of your septic system. It is the key ingredient to natural septic system maintenance, which is essential for all homeowners.

We strongly recommend having you septic tank pumped every two years. While you’re at it, have your distribution box opened to pump out your field lines, as well. Be sure to add some Septic Drainer to your field lines, to be proactive in preventing future drain field failures. This preventative maintenance goes a long way, especially when it comes to saving thousands in repairs.

Septic Systems have an average year-round temperature of 55 degrees, which is why freezing is really only a remote possibility. It can happen, but only during an extreme cold temperature drop for an extended period of time. Large amounts of snow pack insulates the ground from a deep freeze, so you likely needn’t worry about this happening.

Look us up at BioSepticBoost.com or give us a call at 518-812-0000.

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