Uppump in the Basement Bathrooom
Hi, I was planing to install a simple bathroom in the basement. Plumber told me that he recomends everybody to install uppump (a.k.a. Sewage Ejector pump) in the basement to avoid flooding in the shower. I am trying to decide wheather I need this or not. I would preffer to have a simple check valve…
Hi,
I was planing to install a simple bathroom in the basement. Plumber told me that he recomends everybody to install uppump (a.k.a. Sewage Ejector pump) in the basement to avoid flooding in the shower. I am trying to decide wheather I need this or not. I would preffer to have a simple check valve instead.
The waste pipe sits ~3 feet bellow basement floor. We have sink in the basement and it never had water backups. Two houses next to us have showers in the basesment and they never had water backups.
Should I opt for the check valve?
Had some trouble in a basement bathroom with repeated sewer backups (Ewwwww!!!) which was fixed by installing, no joke, a pressure toilet. Something about the pressure pushing things farther along the sewer line fixed the backup problem for over a year now, when before we had backups every month or so. And they’re not much more than a regular toilet. May help things!
Don’t do it if you don’t have to.
We have an ejector pump for our “below the sewer” bathroom. We call it the anti-Christ. It’s a hard working machine that lives in a not-nice tank. Careful what you put down the commode. When the power goes out, don’t use the bathroom. Don’t believe it when they say “odor free.”
Our plumber told us where to buy them. So when it breaks we buy a new one and call the plumber to install it. Much cheaper than buying it from the plumber.
Best wishes.
That is only needed when the waste line is above the fixture. The idea is to pump up to the waste line.
Jock deBoer, AIA
deBoer Architects
The first thing you should opt for is a new plumber.
There is no reason to add an ejector pump if your sanitary drain is 3′ below your basement floor. It will only consume power when operating and become another device that requires occasional maintenance and repair.
You can add a check valve in front of your main house traps to prevent outside water and sewage from coming back in case of a backup.