Steve_Lahr
New Member
I have an outdoor sewer pump. My house is on a hill side (no basement), and needs to pump from the sewer pump holding tank up a small hill to the city main. The sewer pump was previously located under a deck, and the venting for the sewer pump goes back to the house (~10 feet away) and to then the roof. It's at least 15 feet from any windows.
I'm guessing that the vent back to the house was used to avoid the smell from the deck. Now that the deck has been removed (and there is no good reason to rebuild a deck there, can I simply remove the vent and allow it to vent to the outside, instead of routing it back into and through the house? The reason to change the venting, is because the vent pipe is above ground, now that the deck has been removed, it's an eye sore.
I could bury it/run it closer to the ground to remove the eyesore, but if I could simply cut the current vent pipe, that would certainly be much easier.
My plan is to build a "wishing well" over the pit area (easily removable, so that when the pump fails access is easy).
any ideas appreciated.
thanks,
steve
I'm guessing that the vent back to the house was used to avoid the smell from the deck. Now that the deck has been removed (and there is no good reason to rebuild a deck there, can I simply remove the vent and allow it to vent to the outside, instead of routing it back into and through the house? The reason to change the venting, is because the vent pipe is above ground, now that the deck has been removed, it's an eye sore.
I could bury it/run it closer to the ground to remove the eyesore, but if I could simply cut the current vent pipe, that would certainly be much easier.
My plan is to build a "wishing well" over the pit area (easily removable, so that when the pump fails access is easy).
any ideas appreciated.
thanks,
steve