Cleaning grey water drain pipes. (1 Viewer)

[Viennese]

Has anyone used DrainStix? Are they any good?

 

[rosalan]

There seems to be some debate about effectiveness.
Boiling water may work as well or will it?

 

[Viennese]

There seems to be some debate about effectiveness.
Boiling water may work as well or will it?

Not sure, done that already.

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[pappajohn]

Don't pour greasy water and food particles down your plughole then you shouldn't need to clean them.

 

[Robert Clark]

We found DishNTreat very effective
It’s a washing up liquid that keeps pipes and your grey tank sweet

 

[Robert Clark]

40 Shot Dish-n-Treat - Cleaning Grey Water Washing Grease Contamination Amazon product

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[Deleted member 29692]

Cheap full fat cola is still the best thing I've found.

 

[Duck Truck]

pour three ground up pedants down the sink!!!!

Whoops wrong thread

 

[Deneb]

40 Shot Dish-n-Treat - Cleaning Grey Water Washing Grease Contamination Amazon product

Not a comment on the product, I have no experience of it, but there are 2 reviews on that Amazon link, one of whom gave it 5 stars because he's looking forward to trying it out to see if it works!!!

Where do these people come from?

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[Lenny HB]

I wouldn't risk it, domestic drain cleaners often melt the plastic Motorhome pipes are made of.

 

[Viennese]

Has anyone used DrainStix? Are they any good?

I guess the answer is No then...

 

[GerTee]

We favour the old Coke trick, in fact we poured 4 litres down the plug hole yesterday and today we will swoosh it all about on the 2 hour drive to Glastonbury, has worked for us in the past.

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[Two on Tour]

Going by their information on their website, they would seem to be designed to get caught in the sink "S" bend and then rely on the action water passing it to work. We don't have "S" bends on our motorhome so wonder how effective they would be just sat in the bottom of a grey waste tank.

 

[GJH]

Don't pour greasy water and food particles down your plughole then you shouldn't need to clean them.

I agree. We wipe greasy deposits off plates with a piece of kitchen roll before washing them in order to minimise the amount of grease/fat entering the grey tank.
On returning home after each trip, and after emptying the grey tank (into the drain from our kitchen & bathroom), I pour a litre or two of hot water down each plug hole followed by a capful of Buster Plughole Sanitiser Foaming Granules. Half an hour or so later another litre or two of hot water goes down each plug hole and the grey tank is emptied again. That cleans the pipes and tank and prevents smells from the system, and is "gentle" enough not to cause damage.

 

[TCG]

Fenwicks drain and pipe cleaner... wonderful stuff, the probes on the waste tank even work after using this stuff

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[raysalaugh]

We favour the old Coke trick, in fact we poured 4 litres down the plug hole yesterday and today we will swoosh it all about on the 2 hour drive to Glastonbury, has worked for us in the past.

The tricky bit is getting it back in the bottle after, waste not want not.

 

[TerryL]

Has anyone used DrainStix? Are they any good?

Yes and no.

Problem is they need a trap to dissolve and be effective. Looking at the "traps" fitted to my Swift they don't hold anything so the stix just go straight through.