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i need opinions on successful whole house sewage ejection systems where the house is below public sewer and must connect since the septic system has failed and the municipality will not permit a replacement.
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Keven most of what you're talking about will need a grinder pump, a pit of some sort, alarm system. I"m not to sure what your asking for. I don't know of any out of the box systems. What you're asking for has to be designed for the house.
PS what about using a mound system ?
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What you are looking for is a lift station. I have installed them in industrial applications, but not in residential. Check with your municipality sewage dept. They may know of a source. Basically it operates like a sump pump. When the level gets high enough it automatically pumps it out to a higher level where the sewage drains into the public system.
*Talk to WEIL pumps. The only phone # I have is there rep here in CA:- California Hydronics, 510 293 1993.You'll need a fair sized sump, say 4ft by 4ft by 5ft deep. Low level alarm. Pump 'on' float and pump 'off' float, PLUS a high level alarm. Some situations use a non return valve if the lift height is a long way, however we used an electric ball valve that shuts automaticaly once the pump switches off. (This was a commercial setup!!)Stand by for a BIG cost.Hope this helps.
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Why do you need a low level alarm?
Just wonderin'
Rich Beckman
*Pump Cavitation?
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sewage pumps and tanks are available at plumbing supply, you also need a check valve, no alarm is required in residential use. the whole set up should cost about $500. you should use 2" line to the street. make sure you get a code tank they have 32 bolts in the cover. in large houses I usally split the system so you'll always have a functional bathroom.
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Is it just me, or does this thread sound more like a search for plans to sling a 5-gal bucket of muck a very long distance. Maybe the word ejection is what I'm fixated on, but this has Saturday Night Live writted all over it. "We just sling it into the next county and forget it."
Maybe, or likely, I'm strange, but I only ventured here because sewage "ejection" sounded full of amusing possibilities.
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i need opinions on successful whole house sewage ejection systems where the house is below public sewer and must connect since the septic system has failed and the municipality will not permit a replacement.