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kingdragonfly

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#292984 17-Dec-2021 19:08

I have a closet in my basement.

It's next to a large recreation room, and a garage, all enclosed beneath my house.

It's about 1 meters by 3 meters. It has a sliding door, and a tiny window.

I saw the New Plymouth council said the "sanitation fixtures" / "sanitary fixtures" need building consent.

The plumbing outlet is near it, on the other side of the wall; the house's exterior wall pipe outlet hole is about half a meter above the closet floor.

I assume some form of electric pump is needed to raise the sewage slightly up.

Any thoughts?

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#2835073 17-Dec-2021 20:18

Yep best get plumbing installed before you take a whiz in the closet. A build / plumber can help you with that.

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#2835082 17-Dec-2021 20:47

You would need a sewage pump (cf. a waste water pump which may not handle solids) with a large enough tank to handle the volume of water required for the job. The page below should give you an idea of what to look for. Not all are suitable for toilets.

https://www.wallacepumps.co.nz/Packaged-Sewage-Waste-Water-Systems.html

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#2835136 17-Dec-2021 23:10

This 600W 300L/min "Macerator Automatic Sewage Pump" sells for $200, where most sell for $650.

Is there something wrong with it?

https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/marketplace/building-renovation/plumbing-gas/other/listing/3391195012

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#2835159 18-Dec-2021 07:54

kingdragonfly: This 600W 300L/min "Macerator Automatic Sewage Pump" sells for $200, where most sell for $650.

Is there something wrong with it?

https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/marketplace/building-renovation/plumbing-gas/other/listing/3391195012

Pumps are one area where there seems to be a significant variation in price. I have a few pumps around the home and I've always purchased the cheapest that met my needs. No regrets.

I plan for failure, regardless of the price or any guarantee on products or service, or claimed future support. If you can get in to replace it, the cheap one is worth the risk IMO.

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#2835232 18-Dec-2021 11:10

Thanks @SirHumphreyAppleby

Now for the toilet shopping.

I learned that there are "skew" toilets that have the sewage pipe go left / right, instead of straight down or straight back.

There's also toilets with elongated bowls, which I was also like.

Can't seem to find one with both features, skew pipe, and elongated bowl.

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#2835511 19-Dec-2021 12:49

We went to mitre 10 and they basically had one toilet model for each type and you just bought the model that worked. Get a plumber to come round and determine if they can go straight through the wall into the sewer pipe, then go look for the right kind of toilet.

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#2835645 19-Dec-2021 21:12

raytaylor:
Get a plumber to come round and determine if they can go straight through the wall into the sewer pipe, then go look for the right kind of toilet.

Also, get the plumber to tell you what type of toilet to get, there are an endless range of cheapies at Bunnings/M10 that you don't want to touch with a barge pole. For the Casa redo we had a builder and two different plumbers all give the thumbs-up to Progetto Compact, and warn about extra-cheap ones from Bunnings/M10.

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#2835772 20-Dec-2021 08:44

Off subject, but we came in number one, no pun intended :)

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