Looking to add a crappah in the basement for the obvious reasons of convenience and future resale enhancement(?)… If you have this type of toilet, what brand do you own? Multiple inlets for sink and shower? How reliable has the thing been? Any known issues or horror stories?
More to your point, I would say adding sink and/or shower in would be of benefit..."thin" things out a bit, more water, less solids, always a good thing...if not these things tend to make a "pipe plugging paste"...I've never had one myself, but unfortunately have seen the aftermath. And rule #1 , never, never, never any baby or "flushable" wipes go in there! They a bad idea with plumbing in general, but when it comes to effluent pumps, you are sealing your fate, sooner or later, probably sooner. The only things that should ever go down the drain is water, pee, poo, and a little toilet paper...no other paper products or disposables of any kind...they can, and do, cause blockages, and those are never pretty!
I've wondered the same thing. My house only has one bathroom. and it would be nice to have another toilet and basic sink in case the main bath has issues and became unusable for some reason.
I have installed one in spec house I sold. Owned house for year Waiting for title issues to clear. I will ask plumber his recommendation for brand mine was 15 years ago. certainly add the shower and sink, makes no difference to system. system I installed was like a pump with back flow preventer, pumped up to above sewer and tied in regularly after that. trying to word delicately; solids went through extra step before pump; I can only describe as a garbage disposal or blender to send to the pump
Youtube has a buttload of reviews on macerating toilets that are informative. I chose this one since it is from menards; I'm sure other box stores would sell this brand also. Nice since you can also add a sink/shower.
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They work, but don't stress the masticator. Like someone said above, don't put NOTHING in crapper but toilet paper and waste. Tell all women and people addicted to those little wipey things to go upstairs or get off you property. Sounds harsh, but the fix is so much money.
Used to be called a Pittsburgh toilet. Rumor has it they were for the steel workers and miners to come into the basement and get cleaned up after work before going upstairs. It also had the added benefit if there was a sewage backup the basement would flood before the upstairs.
I would do a lift pump if there is a chance you'll be upgrading to a full bath downstairs. Some places require a sink to wash your hands along side a toilet. It's more $ and more of a project but a full basement downstairs is nice esoecially if you have bedrooms besides a family room.
All we have in terms of comfort in the basement is the man cave… will probably stop at a half bath. I’ll have to look up “lift pump.” Not familiar with the device.
I've been thinking about this in our home build. Probably a dumb question, but on new construction can you just run it through the slab and tie in downstream just ahead of the septic? I was thinking to go through the slab to run a larger PVC pipe first and the plumbing through it so it's serviceable.
You can add a sink and shower to the unit I added in the links above. They are available from other sources beside menards but for a higher cost. Menards does ship to your home for a fee. Installing a lift pump would involve cutting up the existing slab in order to install a drain from the sink, shower, and toilet to the sump crock. Quite a bit more involved with that approach.
