Roebic K-97 Liquid Main Line Cleaner with Bacteria Enzymes, Eliminates Organic Buildup in Sewer/Septic System and Protects from Clogs, Safe for Bathroom Toilet, 32 fl oz

My septic system is over 35 years old and works like new. I used as labeled.

(skip ahead to SO WITH THIS PRODUCT if you have better things to do then relive a 1980s crutchfield catalog with this review) Purchased several bottles of this Main Line Roebic to Rehab several Drains in my "new to me" c. 1969 Townhouse. Over just 2 months living here, I've noticed a lot of Plumbing Company Trucks coming and going in the condo complex. Previous owners of my unit were not exactly maintenance conscious. The place was disgustingly dirty, and I had to replace HVAC, water heater, all appliances, $10K in flooring, and a badly rotting patio fence. And then a same building neighbor told me that the drainage plumbing in our complex is not the best. It's like spaghetti in some places, and the complex installed low flow Loos years ago. Thus the plumbing trucks spotted around every week. The trucks all have bright, cartoonlike graphics so it's impossible to NOT see the trucks. SO WITH THIS PRODUCT, I'm Rehabbing the main drain line first. The main drain line is a shared line / shared with with a neighbor who's usually out of town for weeks at a time. It's crucial that the neighbor's gone, if I wanna ensure nobody flushes for 6 hours. So on the shared wall drain, I've been doing a 1/2 bottle in the loo, every night or every other night. That's to hopefully clean out our shared drain for 2 Bathrooms + 2 Kitchens. I usually let it sit 6-10 hours total. 1/2 bottle might seem like overkill. But 2 households using a shared line is A LOT of stress on the line over 55 years. After 1-2 treatments of 1/2 bottle per day,... I'll probably cut back to 4 treatments per bottle. IM HOPING this will help clean out our shared wall drain, and whatever's between our front doors to the main underground city sewer line. AFTER SPENDING WAY TOO MUCH TIME skimming over all the products on Amazon, Roebic seems to be the top tier or top 2-3 products. IT'S HARD TO KNOW FOR SURE what's happening inside drains you cannot see. But a good number of reviewers are saying that plumbers dig this brand as one of the few that works. I'd rather use what the plumbers use, and not have to play a plumber $300 + potential damage to walls and floors. SEPARATE FROM THIS PRODUCT, I'll be using 3 $20 bottles of Roebic soap blaster. First bottle for the kitchen drain which is kinda slow. Am I the only person who drains grease into jars? When the prior owners of your new place neglected proper maintenance, it's a good bet they never took those extra steps. Second Bottle will be for the Laundry Wall Drain. Laundry drains always back up when you don't drain into a nylon capped hose, into a separate utility sink. When I have a side sink to drain into, the nylon always clogs up within 2 weeks. THAT'S A LOT IF LINT. Third Bottle will be used on my shower, which is part of the shared drain I rehabbed first. It's been stubbornly slow and I'm hoping this will Altogether, approx $100-$120 worth of Roebic for an inaugural treatment cycle. To put my mind at ease given the brightly colored plumbing trucks drama. Hopefully I'm doing this all in the correct order. I already went through 2 bottles of the Drano for the Kitchen sink and Shower, and it didn't do enough.

This product will work fine for hair and organic material buildup, but most safe drain cleaners including this one will not clear hard mineral or corrosion deposits. The problem with this one and why most drain cleaners will get a 3/5 is due to the ambiguity these cleaners advertise, which is to be able to simply clear your drain with a general picture of buildup, this is not the case and will work half the time for most people buying these products. This one gets 4 stars because it's the most affordable product in the market of drain cleaners. Try this one first before forking over 20+ dollars on another product, they're all essentially similar.

My kitchen sink and countertop was being replaced in a month. My sink drain had other ideas and was not draining. I took it apart and cleaned out the grease and black stuff. I ran a snake down 25 ft and cleaned the waste pipe several times, but kept removing the black sludge. Though I could still see black in the pipe, it was now draining, so I reassembled and then tried this product. I used 8 oz of the product to 1 gal of warm water at night. This would let it work undisturbed for at least 8 hrs. I did this for 4 nights a row. Sink was still draining well. Did it really work ?... Well fast forward 1 month when I replaced my countertop and sink. When I removed the waste plumbing of the pipe that I used this product on, it was clean. I did not see any black or grease, I saw a "white" inside the plastic waste pipe. I even ran my endoscope in the pipe to check out the results. I was amazed as it was clean. The product really worked. I will continue to use this a maintenance. It is very easy to use and can stave off a plumbers call or a dirty job.

great name for the product but average in results

Bought this to help with a tub clog used this prior to snaking the drain but it helped to break up what ever was in the drain so the snake could push through . Drain has been clear ever since used the whole bottle one time and left overnight than snaked drain a day later and clogged tub is now free and clear.

Main line is our go to product for clogs! We have a lot of toilet issues with 40 year old pipes and many digestive issues, so we need it way too often 🤢 We have every tool and tried every product imaginable so I don't have to break my back each day just to be able to flush effectively. When I say I was desperate for anything to help me out, I mean I was ready to rip out every toilet and build an outhouse! All jokes aside, Main line is a quality product at an affordable price that truly unclogs and/or gets the plumbing moving again! Some reviews state that it doesn't work well, but you can't expect anything other than an auger or a plumber (who will use an auger) to get rid of large clouds. That being said, in the cases where Main line doesn't totally unclog it, it absolutely loosens it so the hard work doesn't break a hip. I definitely recommend!

It did help with breaking down part of the clog, but had to use Liquid Plumber in Gold bottle to clear completely.

Cleared blockage, no problems so far.

This is the best drain cleaner i ever bought.. it works very fast. i will be getting more.

Worked where nothing else would!

２週間近く前に、ペーパーを一気に流しすぎたのが原因で 流れが滞るようになってしまいました。 （不幸中の幸いで、完全に止まってはいなかった） これはなんとかしないと・・・と思って、藁にもすがる思いで購入。 説明書き通り続けてみるも・・・実はこの商品だけでは解消されませんでした。 説明書きで”ラバーカップの併用”を勧めているように、軽度のものでないと この商品だけではどうにもならないようです。 ラバーカップを使った時に、突然凄い勢いで水が流れだしたのですが それまでのバクテリアさんの活躍で、軟化していたのではないかと思うのです。 カップだけではこうはならなかっただろうと。 解消後は、それまでの水流とは一段レベルの違ったものになっており なんやかやと付着していたカスなども一掃された印象です。 その意味では効果はあったのだろうと。 結局のところ、詰まりが発生しない使用が大事ってことですね。 いい勉強になりました。

This worked really well . We have an old farmhouse that was remodelled to include an extra bathroom, both with water saver toilets, and the basement has to flow through a pipe and then up to the septic field. So what has been happening is that the outflow because of the water saver feature, has left gunk in the mainline, add laundry residue, fibers, hair, etc, and we had a smell. So we used it in both toilets, and I put some through the washing machine. No smell in well over a month now. I bought enough to last 2 years and we also add vinegar to the wash, and that helps too.