Commercial Drain Cleaner & Maintainer 10 tabs (Bio Fizzy Tabs)

It’s important to remember that blocked drains are avoidable. Implementing a good filtration system to stop large particles from entering the drain and regular use of our Drain Cleaner & Maintainers tablets prevent blockages from occurring.  

These are the 3 stages of a blocked drain:

1. The drain begins to smell bad, water begins to drain slower and organic debris has begun to collect on your sinks or bath. Gurgling noises when the drain is emptying.
2. The smell gets worse, and water drains slower – more build is occurring in your drains
3. Small passage for wastewater, large particles become lodged and block the drains completely, there’s little water movement your drain will smell very bad. Toilets may overflow after being flushed

Most blocked drains are caused by a build-up of food, soap scum and other organic matter in your drains. It’s important to ensure you and your staff are not putting anything down your drains you shouldn’t be.

Major contributors to blocked drains include (but not limited to):

• Large amounts of oil or grease from cooking
• Organic food waste like vegetable peel, tea bags, coffee grounds, rice
• Nappies, tampons, sanitary pads, “flushable” wet wipes, large amounts of toilet tissue or kitchen roll, cotton pads
• Hair (the drain trap should be regularly emptied)

In summary, the first line of defence in preventing blocked drains is filtration, and then it’s ensuring the drain microbiome is in a strong and healthy state to naturally digest anything that does go down the drain with the regular use of our Drain Cleaner & Maintainer tablets.

Regular use of this product will prevent blockages,
however if you do find yourself with a blocked drain, this is how our Drain Cleaner & Maintainer can help. It’s important to note that because it’s less corrosive than conventional unblockers, the good bacteria will need a little more time to eat away at the blockage. Sometimes 3 or 4 tablets can be administered over a day to speed up this process and dislodge the blockage. The use of a plunger can help as well, once some time has passed.

However, a blocked drain is avoidable, and the regular use of these Drain Cleaner & Maintainer tablets prevents drains from getting to the point of being blocked.

Our drains and septic tanks have their own microbiome (or biofilm) filled with good, natural bacteria. This microbiome helps digest organic matter that goes down the drain. It’s important to look after the good bacteria in drains to help maintain this natural balance to prevent blockages from occurring. Our Drain Cleaner & Maintainer tablets are filled with the kind of bacteria naturally found in drains, in fact, the type of bacteria we use is grown specially to digest the type of things that go down the drain including grease, fat, soap scum, and other organic matter.

Conventional unblockers tend to contain hazardous chemicals like bleach and caustic soda which burn through blockages. This process also kills everything (good and bad) in drains, and this means in future, the drains won’t have a healthy amount of good bacteria to naturally digest matter as it builds up.

These conventional unblockers are also bad for pipes, and can cause erosion and leakages (especially in older plumbing), not to mention they are hazardous to use and for the environment as well.

With climate change flooding is becoming more common. This means there’s a high chance what is flushed down the drain can end up directly into waterways. In fact, billions of litres of raw sewage have been pumped into the Thames over the last few years. So it’s super important that what we’re putting down our drains won’t harm aquatic-life.

If it’s your first time using this product, we recommend 1 tablet daily for a week per drain, and then once a month afterwards. If you frequently use your sink in your business (for example in a restaurant kitchen), you may need to administer this treatment more frequently than once a month – for example, once or twice a week. And remember, it’s best used at night with tepid water.