BearGFR
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Howdy.
I've got a problem looking for a solution. I live on some acreage "in the country" and have my own water well, septic system, etc. I have a shop that is almost exactly 100 feet away from the main septic tank, and I want to add a toilet, shower, sink, and perhaps even a washing machine in the shop. My problem is, the topology of the land is such that there's no way I'm going to be able to get the needed 1/4" per foot to run a gravity fall sewer line into my septic system. The area between the shop and the tank is "more or less" level, but there's a road of sorts that passes between the tank and the shop that's probably close to a foot below the average grade of both the shop and the tank. I've been researching macerating/grinder pumps, but all of the ones I've found so far require the same standard sloped gravity fall to the discharge once all of any vertical rise (at the pump) has been reached. What I need is something that's capable of moving waste approximately 100 feet "sideways". I've got plenty of area here and could, I suppose, just build and install a separate septic system just for the shop but I'd prefer not to.
Ideas?
Thanks,
RobNeed
I've got a problem looking for a solution. I live on some acreage "in the country" and have my own water well, septic system, etc. I have a shop that is almost exactly 100 feet away from the main septic tank, and I want to add a toilet, shower, sink, and perhaps even a washing machine in the shop. My problem is, the topology of the land is such that there's no way I'm going to be able to get the needed 1/4" per foot to run a gravity fall sewer line into my septic system. The area between the shop and the tank is "more or less" level, but there's a road of sorts that passes between the tank and the shop that's probably close to a foot below the average grade of both the shop and the tank. I've been researching macerating/grinder pumps, but all of the ones I've found so far require the same standard sloped gravity fall to the discharge once all of any vertical rise (at the pump) has been reached. What I need is something that's capable of moving waste approximately 100 feet "sideways". I've got plenty of area here and could, I suppose, just build and install a separate septic system just for the shop but I'd prefer not to.
Ideas?
Thanks,
RobNeed