Is there any way I can install a shower in my basement without trenching the floor?

Question

Can I run the drain to the washing machine drain? (the basement bathroom is adjacent to the laundry room.) If so, how much slope do I need in the drain? I'm hoping to not have to pay a plumber just to come over and give me an estimate and tell me how we can do it.

Thanks!!!

Answer 1

you can purchase and install a sewer pump (waste pump,septic pump)different names in different places.just research and get the one that best suits your needs.basically your shower would drain into a tank with a float valve that operates the pump when water level gets so high.i've used them for ground floor laundry and they work well.just tie the discharge (usually 2 inch)right into your waste lines with a check valve in line from pump,but all that will be in the directions with pump/tank.go to a plumbing supplier,they'll know what you want.usually @ $300

Answer 2

The problem is you have to slope the drain pipe by 1/8 to 1/4" per foot to assure proper drainage of the shower. So if you can build the shower up high enough to get this run into your washing machine drain, you could do it (but don't try to use both at once). Another option might be to make a sump under your shower and pump the water out. I don't really advise it, but it is an option.

Answer 3

By Building A good Base Remeber You Need 1/4" Per Foot Fall On Drain Line And Don't Forget About A Vent.

Answer 4

Install raised floor...or shower base.You have to remember water runs downhill, so you have to connect at a lower point, or install a pump to raise the drain water to the higher level. What about the floor drain?

Answer 5

Certainly. It's done with basement toilets all the time,,, even those that flush UP.

Build or buy a BOX lifting the unit to a distance off the floor that allows for the plumbing,,,keeping in mind that you still need the aid of gravity.

Rev. Steven

Answer 6

approximately 2 weeks. my abode does no longer have a competent water heater and we do hire out 2 rooms to people with the aid of fact my grandparents do no longer prefer to pay added money for hire. it in order that surpassed off we've been renting to women folk their have been approximately 7 of them the mother and something have been her teenagers. they used up each and all of the warm water and it grew to become into raining rather problematic so it grew to become into chilly inflicting the pipes to get chilly to boot so purely chilly water have been given via. we have no tub tubes purely showers. if we did have a shower we could of particularly purely placed water and permit it sit down and heat up. I even have showered in chilly water earlier yet this water grew to become into rather chilly w

Answer 7

I'm sure there is but
the only way I know how to is by trenching

Answer 8

put in a check valve to prevent water from backing into your shower

Answer 9

Check out.... Saniflo.com They have great pumps etc so find what you need and go for it.