Sewage Ejection Pump Maintenance and Reporting
In some situations, wastewater from a home cannot flow by gravity to the municipal sewer line due to elevation differences. This drawing illustrates how a grinder pump system collects and lifts sewage from a lower elevation to a higher municipal sewer line. When wastewater enters the grinder pump basin, a float switch or float sensor […]
Preventing Waste Line Noise in a Two Story Home
The Issue We’re at the inspection and I ask my client to stand near a downstairs wall that I suspect holds the waste line for an upstairs toilet. Before heading upstairs I asked her to listen for sounds of rushing water. I flush. I hear a few comments from the downstairs “listener” (and they’re not […]