after the first month of 5 days, in a 2 story house for maintenance do you do the basement first, then do the upstairs the next day?
1879713
You will not harm the plumbing. Think of water going down, & the +/- cup of water in the trap.I would first try a plunger with HOT water on the first floor, then treat the first floor, and then treat the basement (in the same night). We have used a plunger every night before the treatment, to try to break up the blockage. By doing both drains each night you will use up more Bio Clean, but it's less $ than paying a plumber. Repeat for 5 days. Be patient.
1879714
Start from the basement and go up. Remember this is a "maintenance type product", not intendedto remove a clog in 20 minutes. It requires patience and time.
1879715
Yes. Always do the lower level first, and allow the next day's outflow to carry whatever got loosened up out of the pipes. Then do the upstrairs the next night. I think it is best to do these right before you climb into bed. That way, you know the bacteria have the longest possible time to work before they are flushed away by dishwashing, toothbrushing, etc.
1879716
I just had my plumber here and he suggested getting some of this stuff. I had an upstairs bathroom sink draining very slowly. He cleared the drain and told me to buy this stuff - or anything comparable, that said "enzymatic" on it - he said to use a powdered solution, like this product, and use it 5 night in a row and then once a month after that. He told me I could START in any drain in the house - the bathtub drain, the bathroom sink drain, the kitchen sink drain - he said it didn't matter because once the enzymes got started, they grow and look for nutrients throughout the pipes, and will spread on their own. You have to treat it once a month because these little enzymes don't last forever, however much gunk they can feed off inside your drains. So I will be starting on my upstairs bathroom sink, and probably maintain it from there or the kitchen sink.
1879717
This sentence makes no sense...We treat all drains the first weekend of each month.
257754
Thanks for the reply. I thought about the basement but unless it has an 8 foot plus ceiling it would be awfully tight. In the end I decided daylight was more important and worked out how to keep it warm. If we had a garage then I would have put there since you could open the door for daylight, probably would have still put in a heat pump for it if the garage was unheated.
712572
My basement area is approximately 650 square feet. Using only two of heating elements keeps the area comfortable. After a short period, have to turn down.
1375558
Yes. This thing is really fantastic. I've been slowly finishing my basement and buying this made me not feel like I had to rush to do the ceiling work while renting one of these units.
308752
Absolutely yes. I did the same in my basement and have been using for last few weeks.
444484
your weight and weight of the machine should not be an issue of using it on the second floor of the house,unless you have some structural issues with the flooring there.As one other response recommended, I would put some heavy padding under the machine in the event you should drop the weights so as to dampen the noise and impact on the floor. I've been using this machine off and on for almost 4 yrs with no problems on the first floor of my house.
1597971
approx. one hour.....make sure the area is separated from adjacent rooms by putting towels, etc on the doors to seal it from the res of the house.
614543
in my experience, no in two month.We left house maximum for 2 month and use system at this time.Also i suppose it's depending from water quality.
1708060
I had one upstairs, one downstairs and one down in Basement, I test it and it work as is.
482311
Certainly in a basement, not certain about the crawl space but probably...we turned our unit to the higher speed and it is 90% humidity where we are in the am and 34% when we return in the late afternoon. We are temporarily in a tiny apt but will run it full time in our house later.
1181840
Yes. It's a great system. I sleep well at night. My newly finished basement is well protected.
20481
Not all models have auto defrost which is important for colder locations, this model has that feature, also the fact that it has pump mean you do not have to go down to the basement and constantly empty the bucket. You probably have some kind of drainage tube (I think it require by code) that you can send the hose to but you only need the pump it you are going upward to a sink to automate the removal of water. Since basement are damper and colder you would want moire capacity then if upstairs so you probably want the bigger unit.
653606
No, it depends on the plumbing stack and the sewer line coming out of your home. The Wipes can take a while to dissolve and if their is build up already they escalate it pretty quickly. Newer home in newer areas seem to be ok. Older construction, not so much. It could be months before you know .
1145202
I did mine all in one weekend and have had no problem, now I did not put appliances back on the counter-top for about 4 days. Hope that helps
1365464
Once or twice probably. We built ours downstairs for Christmas, then moved it upstairs afterwards with no problem. Just kinda awkward.
1128270
I would say get two, one for upstairs and one for the first floor. Other than that they work great.
245762
We also have two floors and a full basement. We run one unit in the basement and the other on the stairway to the second floor. We get good coverage on the first floor (if your floor plan is open) and we can also smell the ozone on the second floor. If the area is not "open", I'd suggest one unit on both floors. These work great! If there is ever a problem with the unit, they are incredibly quick about offering repair. One of ours had a rattle in the fan, they paid for shipping, called and told us what they had fixed, and returned the unit promptly. Mammoth is a very good company to deal with.