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mrsfriend (CA)
We bought an old ('52) house with a garage turned master bedroom with a bathroom with just a toilet and a shower. We decided to move the bathroom to the other side of the room, but after trenching everything they discovered the waste line at the original toilet was very shallow and to move the toilet there wasn't enough fall. The toilet is going in its own water closet and they said they could have a step up into the area to create the fall. We don't want a step up into the water closet. Could we use an ejector pump to help clear the waste even though it isn't in a basement and the line will only be a little under grade or level from the waste pipe?
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steve (CA)
What size pipe were they originally going to use and at what slope(1/4" or 1/8" per foot)? What size pipe was used at the original location?
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packy (MA)
you can use an ejector but i wouldn't use one. raising the whole bathroom is less objectionable.
you can also use a rear outlet, floor mounted toilet.
gerber make a good one..
[www.gerberonline.com]
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mrsfriend (CA)
What size pipe were they originally going to use and at what slope(1/4" or 1/8" per foot)? What size pipe was used at the original location?
It is a 3 or 4 inch waste pipe, originally 3 or 4. Whatever plumber installed this original bathroom had the waste pipe just 3 inches under the surface, so we don't have a lot to work with. They were going with 1/4 but even with 1/8 the pipe would end up above the floor and we'd have to build up. We really want to avoid a step into the water closet. Our run would be give or take 20 feet.
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bernabeu (SC)
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...you can also use a rear outlet, floor mounted toilet.
gerber make a good one..
[www.gerberonline.com]
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hj (AZ)
He stated that the line is only 3" below the floor, so even at 1/8" he would run against the concrete by the time he got to the toilet location.
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