For the sewage ejector system you can buy the pump separately, which costs about $350, but for the Macerating toilet you’ll need to buy the whole unit, and that whole unit is about $750. Whether you use the macerating pump like the Saniflo or a sewage ejector system, eventually the pump in the basin will need to be replaced. INside will be a waste water pump with impeller like the Zoeller: A hole about 3 ft deep and 2 ft wide will have to be dug for it. THis is what the sewage ejector pump looks like in the ground outside the building. You just route everything to the sewage ejector pump and basin, which cost about $500 together. This means you’re not paying a high price for a special toilet and perhaps even a separate Saniflo Swift pump for the shower. First, it allows you to use a standard toilet and to do all the plumbing inside the building in a standard way. There are a few reasons why I think the Sewage ejector pump is a better setup. It contains a large pump, and pumps the discharge through a 2 inch ABS pipe which again feeds into the main sewer line. The sewage ejector pump is a large pump basin, about 2 ft wide and 3 ft deep, which is placed into the ground outside the building. I’ve seen the connections work lose over time from the pump basin more than once and cause a flood in the area.Ī better option than the Sani-Flo toilet, if your situation allows it, is to use a sewage ejector pump. Ideally they would grasp more of the pipe. I’ve noticed with all the Saniflo pumps that I’ve worked with, that the connections where the PVC pipes attach, could be improved. This pump has two inlets and discharges from the top using a 1 inch PVC pipe. In that case you’d need to install a separate pump just for the shower, and the “Saniflo Saniswift” pump is the one you’d probably use: For instance there might be a shower in another room or at a lower level, so that it cannot drain by gravity to the macerating pump behind the toilet. Sometimes it may not be possible to connect all the plumbing fixtures in the room or rooms to the one macerating pump sitting behind the toilet. The outlet or discharge pipe from this pump tank is a 1 inch PVC Pipe, which can be routed to go into the main sewer line using adapter fittings. It has inlets in the pump tank which allow up to two additional inputs from a sink and/or a bathtub and shower, and/or laundry machines and laundry sink. This photo below shows how a sink can be connected to the same pump that is used for the toilet and which comes with the Saniflo toilet. But using a toilet like this, called a “Macerating Toilet” because the pump in the tank grinds or macerates the waste, is less expensive than breaking into the concrete foundation of the house to install a drain line, even if that could be done, and it can’t be done in many below grade type installations. The Sani-Flo toilet with the pump will cost about $850 to $1100, which is quite a bit more than a standard toilet which can be had for $180 or $250. The toilet you use in this case needs to be a special type - like the Sani-Flo model shown above - Zoeller and Liberty also make their own similar toilets - it has its discharge in the back of the toilet rather than below, since the discharge is not into a drain below the floor but instead into the pump basin behind the toilet. The pump of this Sani-Flo type toilet is located behind the toilet, and the drain from the sink and shower may also feed into this pump tank. In such instances, you’ll need the pump which assists your fixtures in draining, to be located in the bathroom itself, as is shown in the photo above. Or let’s say the basement has a concrete footing about 8 to 12 inches high all around the perimeter. Shown in the photo above is one way of doing this, and it’s probably what you’d need to set up if you are installing a bathroom in your basement, the floor of which is, let’s say, 4 feet below the surface of the ground just outside the building. So this means you’ll have to use some type of pump system for your plumbing fixture. The common theme is.you want some type of plumbing fixture installed, in a place where there’s no way for it to drain by gravity to the main sewer line. Or you want a utility sink in the garage…which is downhill from the house. It refers to those times when you want to put a toilet in your basement, or the pottery studio in your backyard, which is downhill from the house. No, this doesn’t mean installing plumbing fixtures that didnt’ do so well in school and got a C grade instead of an A or B.
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