Hello, I just got my workshop built ( right next to my home ) Now I am wanting to plumb in a bath room ). The only trouble is the workshop sits a bit lower than my septic tank. Are there any pumps or any thing I can do to get it to drain into my septic tank? This will only have a bathroom ( no washer or any thing like that ) I am sure it will be ok. Just need to know if there is a way to make this work? I was hoping you might tell me a system that can help me. I do not want to have a septic system put in for 1 restroom that wil not be used but a few times a week. thanks Mike T.
2006-07-20 05:19:51 · 9 answers · asked by mlt2_98 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Well if you build up a base for your toilet and make it like a throne you might be OK. Otherwise your in trouble. hey how about a portapody and you can just empty it once a week?
2006-07-20 05:24:59 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This situation is very common in which a sump pump pit is needed to pump lower level drains into the septic system. Obviously you can't defy the laws of gravity.
http://www.hammerzone.com/archives/letters/bath/bsmt_throne.htm
2006-07-20 12:25:51 · answer #2 · answered by bobweb 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A pump will not really work because no pump can pull crap upwards so the best thing is to either build a platform for yourbathrrom making it higher .as long as u have at leat 2 degree up per every 10 feet of sewer pipe you should be fine!
2006-07-20 12:35:38 · answer #3 · answered by blondie 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
My dad did septic for years... it's illegal and hazard to your health to drain a septic system. Call a professional company to install this- what your doing sounds really illegal. You can't just add to septic system if it's not a proper drainage or in the zone area. Sorry, but I think you rather do it right then contaminate your ground.
2006-07-20 12:27:30 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
what u need to install is a sump pump. this is installed to pump waste up hill. the cost is about 5 to 6 hundred dollars. this is the only way to do what you are wanting done
2006-07-20 15:48:47 · answer #5 · answered by GoThEaNsWeR 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are pumps available..People put bathrooms in basements all the time and use pumps
2006-07-20 12:25:30 · answer #6 · answered by dwh12345 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it's actually a pretty common situation that you have and the problem is resoved by using a pump. Any of your local plumbers should know exactly what you need.
2006-07-20 12:26:22 · answer #7 · answered by wrkn4God 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
somebody makes a toilet for basements. I see their ads in almost every Popular Science and Popular Mechanics. I never paid that much attention to who makes them because I don't need one.
2006-07-20 13:53:56 · answer #8 · answered by Bullfrog_53 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Perhaps a sanitary vacuum grinder pump, if you can find one small and cheap enough.
2006-07-20 12:28:24 · answer #9 · answered by klunk 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋