Muck Munchers ...

Bee witched

Hi everyone,

Has anyone with a septic tank used Muck Munchers?
We currently use Scottish Water to empty ours every 2 years.
Trouble is you can't really tell if it was needed or not.

Muck Munchers are teabags containing enzymes which are flushed down the loo every month. They are supposed to reduce the volume of "solids" so the tank needs emptying less often.
They will easily pay for themselves if we can reduce the emptying by Scottish Water to every 3 years. But how will be know if they've worked?

Reviews on their website and on Trust Pilot are glowing ... but they would be wouldn't they!

I just wondered if anyone here had used them.

Apologies to anyone who is eating lunch  

Bee x

Bee witched

I've no idea why my emojis are giant sized ... Bee x

Papi Jo

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Maybe your big smiley has been munching muck?

Bee witched

Hi @Papi Jo,

It was normal sized in the draft ... but turned big when it was posted.

Same happened on another thread ... it will be something I'm doing (or not).
Bee x

Lyn

Never heard of those.  We don’t put any bug killers in ours so it works naturally.  We have it emptied every 3 to 4 years.  My dad before me would leave it for years. We can lift the lid on ours and look in to see how it’s doing. 

I don’t think my OH’s dad ever hade theirs emptied. 

Bee witched

Thanks @Lyn,

Yep, we don't use anything that might harm the balance of the tank. And never put any fats down either.
We've just lifted the lid, and poked a bamboo cane down until we could feel resistance.
Seems like there's loads of room.
So, we've decided to buy some as an experiment, and do the same thing this time next year to see if it's still OK or closer to needing emptied.

Time will tell if this is a bad decision.
The tank was originally for two houses rather than just us. There's only two of us 99% of the time, so, hopefully it'll be fine.

Bee x

Lyn

As long as the pipe is fairly clear, that’s the main thing.  When we first came here the pipe diameter was reduced to about an inch!  Man told us not to use soap or washing power as it clings to the pipe and eventually blocks it. 

Bee witched

Thanks Lyn,

We use one of those eco egg things for laundry ... it works really well as we have lovely soft water here.
We do use liquid soap for handwashing, but not a lot of it.
The pipe looked fine when we looked.
Fingers crossed we are OK leaving it 3 years instead of the usual 2.

Bee x

Uff

I don't see why you should need anything Bee Witched. Over the last 25 years we've lived in 3 different houses with septic tanks and none of them have had to be emptied. I now live in a hamlet with 3 houses sharing the same tank and in the 7 years that I've lived here it hasn't been emptied. 
I wonder if there are different tanks with different needs. 

MikeOxgreen

A great many people get totally ripped off by having their Septic tanks emptied every 5 minutes.
Take a look in it, does it need emptying?
Answer: No.
End of conversation.
It really is as simple as that!

Bee witched

Hi @Uff,

This is the first house we've had with one, so there may well be different types.

Scottish Water told us it would need to be emptied (by them) every year.
We did that for a few years, and then moved it to 18 months, and then to 2 years. 
Trouble is that they are supposed to give you a card with the amount of "matter" removed.
Last time he had already filled in the card before he'd even opened the lid.

But if we don't get it emptied we might regret ignoring it.

So, we're going to leave it for an extra year so we'll be emptying it every 3 years.
And I'll insist on getting a card with a correct reading. Somewhere we've got a document with the capacity of the tank.

Can't help thinking it's a bit of money for old rope.

Bee x