After two years of using Down John my 30 year old septic is looking like NEW!
UPDATE 4/22/2021 Just had my septic flushed for regular maintenance and was told that everything looks great now! 30+ year old system. Before I started using it two years ago. I was told that I should look at putting in an EXPENSIVE Aerobic system. Tried Down John as a "last hope" and IT IS WORKING!!!. My lateral lines are a being cleaned and there are NO problems. While I noticed a slight improvement after about 6-8 months, there is now a HUGE change from a couple of years ago. Septic is working like it was new. If someone on this website is complaining about Down John after only two or three MONTHS of use, its because they haven't given it a chance to work. Don't forget that there are usually YEARS of sludge and buildup that it has to work through. TRY IT! Update: 3/24/2020 My septic is 30+ years old. (installed in 1987) I was having problems with getting A LOT of solids in the second tank, which shouldn't be there. The lateral lines also had "issues". I used Down John for the first time about 8-9 months ago. We recently had some very unusual torrential rains in my area (4-5" in about an hour). This created a LAKE over my septic tanks and some lateral lines. The rain flooded my septic tanks and I had to have the rain water pumped out. When the septic was inspected this time, there were NO solids in the second tank. Down John did exactly what I hoped it would do! It looks like it will save me from having to install a new $8000++ Aerobic septic system. DOWN JOHN IS DEFINITELY WORTH THE MONEY!!! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- It has been two months since I added Down John. so far so good. NO issues or back ups. It will take another 10 months or so get a final reading. At that time my septic gets it's yearly pumping and I will be better able to see inside the tank and how everything has "broken down". When I originally used Down John, I liked that it was a three-part system. I am hopeful that this is a cure not a "band-aid" for septic systems like the one-part products. None of the one step products I had previously tried seemed to do anything. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unlike other"1-step" products I have used with marginal results in the past. This is a well-thought out system. 3 parts over three days to get the system back into shape. I had a question and called the company. The owner of the company, (and inventor / chemist!) took ten minutes to discuss my particular issues and made a few suggestions. Treatment takes time so I won't know fir a while how well it works but so far, it looks good! Given the cost of getting a new system, it is definitely worth a try. Read more














