BostonDIYer
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Hi,
I'm about to start work on a basement bathroom project. It's going to have a sink, a shower, and a toilet. Here's my situation:
House built circa 1930. 82 inch clearance between concrete floor and joists. Floor was basically a rat slab in an adjacent part of the basement but seems a bit more solid here. Here's a picture of my plans:
I'm trying to decide between a Sewage Ejector system or a Saniflo SaniPLUS.
If I use a SaniPLUS, it would be behind the toilet and I would run the sink's drain and the shower drain to it. Problem is, the shower stall I'm looking at is 75 inches tall. I would need to put it up on a 2x6 platform to accommodate the necessary 1/4" per foot slope to the pump. 5.5" platform + .5" plywood + 75" stall + 1/2" sheetrock = 81.5". Cutting it awfully close to that 82" ceiling. I would also need to chip into the concrete to fit the p-trap.
The alternative is a Sewage Ejector system. It seems like this would be preferable, but I'm concerned about the concrete cutting/breaking. The Sewage Ejector pump would go in the "unfinished area" shown in the image above. I guess what it comes down to is, is it possible for me to cut or break into the concrete without an enormous amount of hassle? In the other part of the basement I broke into areas of the floor where the slab was very thin and dug down to fill them with concrete. The slab was not hard to break apart. Here it seems more solid. Should I just try breaking into it and see what happens?
So which would be best for my situation? And can anyone estimate how much it would cost in Mass. to have a plumber do it all (concrete cutting, venting, etc)? Just for labor, I'd buy the pump, toilet, etc.
Thanks
I'm about to start work on a basement bathroom project. It's going to have a sink, a shower, and a toilet. Here's my situation:
House built circa 1930. 82 inch clearance between concrete floor and joists. Floor was basically a rat slab in an adjacent part of the basement but seems a bit more solid here. Here's a picture of my plans:
I'm trying to decide between a Sewage Ejector system or a Saniflo SaniPLUS.
If I use a SaniPLUS, it would be behind the toilet and I would run the sink's drain and the shower drain to it. Problem is, the shower stall I'm looking at is 75 inches tall. I would need to put it up on a 2x6 platform to accommodate the necessary 1/4" per foot slope to the pump. 5.5" platform + .5" plywood + 75" stall + 1/2" sheetrock = 81.5". Cutting it awfully close to that 82" ceiling. I would also need to chip into the concrete to fit the p-trap.
The alternative is a Sewage Ejector system. It seems like this would be preferable, but I'm concerned about the concrete cutting/breaking. The Sewage Ejector pump would go in the "unfinished area" shown in the image above. I guess what it comes down to is, is it possible for me to cut or break into the concrete without an enormous amount of hassle? In the other part of the basement I broke into areas of the floor where the slab was very thin and dug down to fill them with concrete. The slab was not hard to break apart. Here it seems more solid. Should I just try breaking into it and see what happens?
So which would be best for my situation? And can anyone estimate how much it would cost in Mass. to have a plumber do it all (concrete cutting, venting, etc)? Just for labor, I'd buy the pump, toilet, etc.
Thanks