The Up Flush Toilet - Read Before You Buy
What is the use of having a basement if you have to come back upstairs to relieve yourself every couple of hours.
It really is detrimental to the whole purpose of a basement.
Whether you use your basement as a place to study or just as a stocking room for the business is that you don't need anymore it is very disruptive to have to come out of that zon After you have decided that you will be installing a toilet in the basement, the first hurdle that comes your way will be the realization that the drainage pipes are about 2 feet off the ground; and in plumbing dear reader that might as well have been 12 feet.
It is simple water will not flow uphill whether it be 2 feet or 12.
The solution to these problems is quite straightforward - you install an upflush toilet, make it a do-it-yourself project or get a plumber to install it for you.
The way these toilet systems work is that they take the waste, grind it into a sludge like substance and then pumps it right back up using the water pressure of your home's existing plumbing system.
Unlike standard plumbing where the waste exits through a big pipe a much smaller pipe is used.
This smaller pipe is attached to your main line with Y connectors or something similar.
Upflush toilets are considerably more expensive than the standard toilets that one would install.
This cost increase however does not extend to installation of the unit.
That cost is almost similar if not less owing to the fact that less parts and modifications need to be made to get these to fit any space you would like them to.
If you do however decide to install one of these toilet systems in your basement it would be wise to consider installing a power flush unit as well.
It really is detrimental to the whole purpose of a basement.
Whether you use your basement as a place to study or just as a stocking room for the business is that you don't need anymore it is very disruptive to have to come out of that zon After you have decided that you will be installing a toilet in the basement, the first hurdle that comes your way will be the realization that the drainage pipes are about 2 feet off the ground; and in plumbing dear reader that might as well have been 12 feet.
It is simple water will not flow uphill whether it be 2 feet or 12.
The solution to these problems is quite straightforward - you install an upflush toilet, make it a do-it-yourself project or get a plumber to install it for you.
The way these toilet systems work is that they take the waste, grind it into a sludge like substance and then pumps it right back up using the water pressure of your home's existing plumbing system.
Unlike standard plumbing where the waste exits through a big pipe a much smaller pipe is used.
This smaller pipe is attached to your main line with Y connectors or something similar.
Upflush toilets are considerably more expensive than the standard toilets that one would install.
This cost increase however does not extend to installation of the unit.
That cost is almost similar if not less owing to the fact that less parts and modifications need to be made to get these to fit any space you would like them to.
If you do however decide to install one of these toilet systems in your basement it would be wise to consider installing a power flush unit as well.
