![]() But there are a lot of things to consider that I am unsure the reader has factored into his desire to install two bathrooms and hook them up to the city sewer. Also, I am concerned about the smell because the pump would be buried about 20 feet from my in-ground gunite pool.”įrom the description of the problem, it appears a sewage ejector pump would be the right choice. Not sure how to vent I guess just run a vent pipe up the side of the building and through the roof? Just wanting to keep everything as clean as possible. Another thought was to put the grinder pump just outside the pool house near the bathroom, but I’m worried about the distance it will have to pump and the vent situation. I was thinking about putting the grinder pump under the house and venting to existing vents. My house has a crawl space with the plumbing about 24 inches off the ground that flows to the city sewer. With that introduction out of the way, here is the reader’s question: “I’m adding a bathroom in my shop, about 150 feet from my house, and a bathroom in a man cave/pool house between the shop and the house. A note here in the case of vertical lift: Depending on the specific application, either an ejector or grinder pump might be the proper choice. Applications where a sewage ejector pump should be used are when pumping sewage to a septic tank, when pumping sewage to a gravity sewer main, when pumping sewage short distances (750 feet or less) and when there is a low vertical distance to lift the sewage.Īpplications where a sewage grinder pump should be used include when pumping to a pressurized sewer main, when pumping a long distance (1,000 feet or more), and when there is a high vertical distance to lift the sewage (at least 30 feet). It is no different here where the application and resulting capacity and head requirements will determine which type of pump to use.įor most of the applications we encounter in our industry, the correct choice is a sewage ejector pump. This is determined by a combination of elevation difference from the pump to the delivery point and the friction loss in the supply pipe. I have usually discussed this in the context of pumping effluent to a pressure distribution system and making sure the pump has the right delivery capacity (gallons per minute) operating against the required dynamic head (feet). So what is the difference? The difference is in the desired application, and it relates back to previous columns on pumps where I emphasized that pumps are designed to do certain jobs and as a service provider it is important to pick the right pump for the job. Is Al Gore's mansion downhill from this place by any chance?Basically, both pumps are built to handle and pump raw sewage. I'd like to hear back how you work it out. Also, one must consider the fact that he may be starving millions of the critically endangered blue-bottle fly and other insects. Your customer is a real prince for denying his kids a Harvard education so he can pay for a virtual Roman aqueduct to carry away his poopy. Now, I'm thinking that the only reason to run the drains to the downhill side of the house would be to utilize the downhill splash method of sewage disposal. The septic tank was a hillside briarpatch that couldn't be clumb by two-legged mammals. At some point I asked the lady of the house where the septic tank was, and she pointed off to the south where the lot dropped off at a 45 degree angle. ![]() They owned forty acres in that direction, which I learned when I did some plumbing for them. Two doors down from where I used to live, the folks had a property at the top of the hill on a ridge that sloped down gradually in all directions except for behind the house where it dropped off precipitously. ![]() I considered a watering trough heater, but would rather have something made for the purpose, both to resist freezing and UV rays.Īny ideas out there? Thanks have a nice weekend! I've been looking and calling various pump system companies asking about an outdoor, above-ground system with a heater, but so far haven't found one. I'll have to pour a pinned slab on the mountainside to provide a level place for the unit, I know, and run the electrical in conduit, but hope to avoid a structure. The homeowner doesn't want a structure built to house one because of the expense, which on the side of the mountain would be considerable. ![]() I'll need a sewage pump system on the bluff side, but there's no practical way to bury one. I'm going to install a typical in-ground septic tank and field line in the front yard, which fortunately has enough soil for that. The plumbing drains exit on the bluff side, and the mountain below is steep and of rock. I have a customer with a vacation home built on the edge of a rock bluff.
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