best whole house sewage ejector system

[pp28426]

My whole house drains into a sewage ejector pit that greases up every couple months.

I would like to install a better system. What is it that I need?

Thank you.

 

[Master Plumber Mark]

you got troubles

I think you posted this onthe wrong site...


We too have some customers with this issue

and it nearly impossible to get one to work in grease....


we have had to install or cut a service hole in one lid

so the grease that builds up can be sucked out

of the pit before it gums up the pump without taeking
the stupid lid off the thing for service....


its somethign the fellow has to do himself I guess with a
wet vac or get some commercial grease clenaing service to come out
every 6 months and do for him...


I dont believe that their is anything that will pump grease...
at least that is what I am told..

 

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[hj]

pump

Being that it is for the whole house, I hope you do not have a single pump system.

 

[Jimbo]

Do you literally mean "grease" or is it just gunk? If I had an ejector, I would go to great lengths to ensure no grease from the kitchen went in there; your'e just asking for trouble.

 

[Master Plumber Mark]

pressurized sewers

I already posted earlier and thought of something else...

You must have what is called a pressurized
sewer, where the pump has to pump the crap uphill
to the street, ect.....

I will hvae do that at my house someday when the city sewers
copme though. and force me off the septic


anyway, you might want to check into what kind of
pump you already have in that pit because we have
installed a number of those heavy duty pumps over the years...

and never, ever had a problem with them handling some grease..


its either a matter of the wrong pump, or it could be too small
a container pit that the system is dumping into.....

if the pit is not a large commercial one, I have seen the walls of the pit
literally grease up to the point that its allmost encased the pump.
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another alternatve is to add a small grease trap under the kitchen sink or
somewhere in the line if you got the room.

also, tell your wife to stop pouring bacon grease down the drain,

stop useing the garbage disposal so much, possibly eliminate it all together.

or scrape the foods stuff off into the

trash instead of into the disposal....that could eliminate the problem or at

least delay it for longer periods of time


you will most likely not do any of the above,
so just figure on cutting that access hole into the top
of your pit and get a heavy duty wet vac
specifically for that job.


good luck ...have fun

 

[hj]

grease

A wet vac for grease? It would have to be a very special one, and would probably have to be thrown away after every use. A grease emulsifier and a water jet to cut the grease loose is what is needed, along with a proper ejector system, not a single pump for an entire house, where a pump misfunction can cause the house to flood.

 

[Master Plumber Mark]

Thats his problem

wether it is dried out or thrown away after each
use is their problem....wet vacs not that expensive.

finding someone to come out and clean the grease out of
that pit like some commercial grease cleaning company is
probably going to cost too much.

at least the ones I called in our area for my special
"problem customer" wanted about $400- $500 to do it.
and basically were not interested in fooling with it..



Mu customers sewage pit in his basement gets all the upstairs kitchen
water and greases up around x-mas every year. The grease water finally
gets cold enough to jell up and then the pump cant pump it anymore

its a very poorley plumbed job that I have inherited -
and now for some reason I am the bad guy and I get the
blamed each X-mas when it gomms up again...even though I dont live there.
I am in a no-win sutuation here.



so I finally gave that felow this advice......

either tear up the basement ceilings and find a way to
re route the kitchen drain into the main sewer line on the same level
$2000+


to either get someone to
do it for him or get a wet vac and do it himself.

Or I will come out every X-mas and change the pump and clean the
pit out for him for $950 like I did early in Jan of this year.

That price really made him squeal , and I hope I dont hear from him again.

it aint a pretty job.