Excellent information. I’m retired Master Plumber with 40 years of experience. Great to inform general public of the process these pumps perform and the cost factors.
This video didn't mention the delayed-grinder pump. I used to have an issue with two of my girls. They produce horse-size bowel movements (like their mother) to the point that even commercial toilets have a hard time handling them in one flush. I ended up installing an oversized professional "delayed-grinder pump" which simply takes an extra 5-10 seconds grinding before full pump mode kicks in. No matter what is in their bowel movement (unchewed peanuts, corn kernnals, apple seeds, etc) this extra grinding feature has proved invaluable. If this ever fails, I will install an over-sized garbage disposal they will have to manually turn on prior to a flush and then use a sewage pump to relocate their waste to the city.
I need to pump about 150ft in legth to a septic tank, which sits about 60ft higher than my cabin. Do you think a sewage pump would be up to the task? Id prefer to not use a grinder pump based on what youve said in this video. Thanks!
Thanks for this. Im pumping uphill approx 600ft. My gridner pump went out and i replaced with sewage pump it doesnt like the head. Back to the grinder didnt realize there was a difference thank you.
Hi we live in an apt complex. Would love to get some guidance on they type of pump we could use to solve our issue, which is really a faulty design of our sewer system.
Hi, I am looking for an ejection system for a backyard cottage. Hardly any rise, but 300 feet from stack in house. I want to just feed a sink, a shower and one toilet into it. What would work best for me? One concern is coming out of the trench at house. Can I have back to back 90s from trench up into house? Thanks for any help or tips you can offer
what you use in the situation of having someone in the household that is constantly clogging toilet with human waste? Short of getting them to eat more fiber
For a standard residential system, a sewage pump should be fine. Just don't put any kind of wipes in it; even so-called "flushable" wipes; just toilet paper. Grinder pumps basically are used for when you can't control the debris whatsoever, like if you own or manage a campground, or a truck stop where diapers are flushed down the toilet (yes, it happens).
So, I’m planning a bathroom install in my basement and have to jackhammer the floor and and install an ejector pit with a pump. I get what you’re saying about the differences between these pumps and we can easily control what fets flushed (i.e. no flushable wipes) but one thing I’m concerned with… We have two teenage boys and the solid waste they both produce is other-worldly. One makes nearly baseball-size solid balls and the other makes torpedos that are at least a foot long. And probably 3” in diameter. Both of them regularly clog the toilet. I fear that the sewage pump may not be able to break these freakishly oversized things down enough to safely pass through the 2” line. Does the standard sewage pump do any “grinding” at all?
I have the same issue with two of my girls. They produce horse-size bowel movements (like their mother) to the point that even commercial toilets have a hard time handling them in one flush. I ended up installing an oversized professional "delayed-grinder pump" which simply takes an extra 5-10 seconds grinding before full pump mode kicks in. No matter what is in their bowel movement (unchewed peanuts, corn kernnals, apple seeds, etc) this extra grinding feature has proved invaluable. If this ever fails, plan to install an over-sized garbage disposal they will have to manually turn on prior to a flush and then use a sewage pump to relocate their waste to the city.
I work for an elderly housing complex where I currently have a duplex pump sewer lift station. We constantly have things getting flushed that shouldn't be & ending up with clogged, failing pumps. I've been considering switching to grinder pumps but, after seeing this it would seem that they might mean even more problematic. Either way the lead time for ordering/ receiving replacements is 6-8 weeks. Unacceptable as I'm paying to have my lift station pumped out by truck every day now. No matter how I caution tenants, things like disposable wipes, etc are making life & my job a challenge to say the least. Anybody got any advice?
I knew from a situation where they solved this by installing the basket of a shopping cart in a pump sewage pump station. I think to remember that the incomming flow from a refugee housing facilitie had this basket hanging on the exhaust side inside a collection tank of a pump station. The people in the migrant housing where often washing clothes etc. inside the toilet bowl since they were not familiar with western toilets or laundry machines. Once in a while a employee of the local water board had to empty the basket and that saved a lot of repair costs on their pumps.
Grinder pumps create an emulsion or suspension of fine particulates and is especially a problem for onsite wastewater systems. They should not be used in onsite disposal systems.
Are you referencing anaerobic septic systems? I was planning on using a grinder pump to transfer to my septic system. Is that not a good idea perhaps? I only need about 4 feet of head but a distance of 75 feet
I have a grease trap pretty big tank but, it is used for kitchen and bathroom and I need to put in a pump that would pump to my large septic tank. suggestion?
So what about tampons and condoms? Which is the better pump? I have an Airbnb short-term vacation rental and people put those items in my camper toilet. The RV is permanently parked 67 feet downhill (3-foot grade?) from the clean-out.
My Little Giant sewage pump broke after ONE year and Franklin Electric failed to send a replacement. This kind of company should disappear in the American market.
Grinder pumps are great if you have to pump it up and out maybe several hundred feet . Then discharging underwater in the middle of the river. This way your system is discrete and no one needs to know. Plus the flow of the river pretty well takes care of everything and that leaves no telltale signs . Plus in my situation there’s a huge cattle farm down stream so the river is getting shit in all day anyway. 🤣
