Ingeborgdot
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We have a basement bathroom that we are remodeling. This is not by choice but out of necessity. Our shower drain started leaking and caused some problems so we had to tear out our shower. We also had to tear out some tiles and found that they can't get those same tiles so we had to tear out and replace that also. Well, this lead to that and we just decided to gut the whole bathroom and start over.
Here is where the fun begins. I have had the plumber over several times to see what we were going to need to do and he did not see any formidable problems, but we didn't have the toilet off the drain etc. I since have taken everything out of the br and had him come over today to take a look. The first thing he did when he saw the drain for the toilet was start cussing. This made me sick because I knew it did not mean anything good. He proceeds to talk about how the toilet even flushed because the drain was even with the sewage pipe.
Our basement does not have a drain in it at all and we were planning on putting one in but now he says that will be impossible because we will have more problems if we do that because it will be level with the sewer line. He also tells me that the shower and toilet need to be put on a 2x4 floor so we can have enough height to get a decent flush from the toilet and out of the shower. It was on a floor before but he thought that we should be able to put it right on to the cement but again that was before he saw what we had to work with.
My wife wants a drain real bad in case we do have some type of water leak it would drain out and only give us an inch or so of water instead of a couple feet. We asked about a sump pump but he didn't recommend it but started thinking and then recommended a sewage ejector. He said it has a check valve on it and that it would protect against sewer back up also. Is this correct? Can anyone tell me a little about what I should expect? I hope I made sense with what I explained. Thanks for your time and help.
Here is where the fun begins. I have had the plumber over several times to see what we were going to need to do and he did not see any formidable problems, but we didn't have the toilet off the drain etc. I since have taken everything out of the br and had him come over today to take a look. The first thing he did when he saw the drain for the toilet was start cussing. This made me sick because I knew it did not mean anything good. He proceeds to talk about how the toilet even flushed because the drain was even with the sewage pipe.
Our basement does not have a drain in it at all and we were planning on putting one in but now he says that will be impossible because we will have more problems if we do that because it will be level with the sewer line. He also tells me that the shower and toilet need to be put on a 2x4 floor so we can have enough height to get a decent flush from the toilet and out of the shower. It was on a floor before but he thought that we should be able to put it right on to the cement but again that was before he saw what we had to work with.
My wife wants a drain real bad in case we do have some type of water leak it would drain out and only give us an inch or so of water instead of a couple feet. We asked about a sump pump but he didn't recommend it but started thinking and then recommended a sewage ejector. He said it has a check valve on it and that it would protect against sewer back up also. Is this correct? Can anyone tell me a little about what I should expect? I hope I made sense with what I explained. Thanks for your time and help.