Basement kitchen sink drain?

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I'm going to remodel my basement. I'd like to put a small kitchen area down there. The sink is going to be on the opposite side of the basement as the ejector pit. I'd like to avoid cutting the foundation. I can run the sink drain pipe around the back sided of the newly framed walls. I would have (4) 90 degree turns and about 80 feet of total run. If I have 1/4 inch drop per foot on the drain, that would be a 20 inch drop over the run. Would this work?

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You can run the drain as far as you have fall/pitch/grade to do so. You will want to install some form of cleanout upstream of the 90's but also label them that they lead to a sump so that someone operating a snake years from now has a chance to not wind it up on the pump. 20" above your finished floor is doable for a sink mounted to a typical 34.5" cabinet. The depth of the sink, the counter material and whether or not you want to install a disposer come into consideration.
 

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You can run the drain as far as you have fall/pitch/grade to do so. You will want to install some form of cleanout upstream of the 90's but also label them that they lead to a sump so that someone operating a snake years from now has a chance to not wind it up on the pump. 20" above your finished floor is doable for a sink mounted to a typical 34.5" cabinet. The depth of the sink, the counter material and whether or not you want to install a disposer come into consideration.

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You can run the drain as far as you have fall/pitch/grade to do so. You will want to install some form of cleanout upstream of the 90's but also label them that they lead to a sump so that someone operating a snake years from now has a chance to not wind it up on the pump.
Nice idea. Maybe the label could list the developed length for the path to the pit.
 

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Nice idea. Maybe the label could list the developed length for the path to the pit.

We're required to label cleanouts that lead to backwater valves. A sump is just as bad to operate a cable into. We had plastic tags about 1.5" square that can be glued or screwed onto cleanout plugs and stickers that go on the pipe or wall or cleanout cover.
 
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