![]() I was able to recoup the cost of repairs, etc. ![]() Fortunately when the ground was dug up to find the broken pipe there was an AT&T conduit resting on top of the broken pipe. THe original owners subdivided the land after they built the house. That’s when I learned that the line traverses my neighbor’s property. I noticed a sewage geyser on my neighbor’s property. In fact, my pipe broke halfway to the city line. The pump should be on rails or some other arrangement so that when it has to be serviced or replaced it can be easily lifted out.ĭue to the long distance that the sewage travels there are concerns about breaks in the pipe which is PVC. The pump is industrial and is also a macerator. When the wastewater level reaches a certain height in the tank the pump turns on and shoots the sewage roughly a football field to the city line. The sewage gravity drains from the house into a roughly 300 gallon holding tank. My pump is located outside the house and is accessed through a manhole. My set up has an alarm panel under the house and an alarm in the room above the panel. It is just one of those things that when it malfunctions the consequences can be quite serious. I have a sewage ejector pump and wish I didn’t. They said someone who came to look at the house used the toilet which then got clogged so the realtors had to clean it up, so they were blocking any future visitors from using the toilet so they don't potentially create another mess they need to clean up. Is the existence of a sewage ejector pump a big red flag such that I should stay away from this house? I would also note that when I went to see the house, they had taped up all the toilets so no one could use them. I know for a fact that not all houses in the neighborhood have one - in fact, this is the first house in the neighborhood where I have seen one and the house does sit at the bottom of a moderate hill, so closer to water level. ![]() The realtors said it was a "macerator", but the pump is not attached to a basement toilet but rather sits separately in the basement where the boiler and furnace are and where other piping for the house in general is, and looking at pictures online, it looks like a sewage ejector pump to me. Currently, inventory is low and there is a house in the market - but the house seems to have a Sewage Ejector Pump. I am a first time home buyer who wasn't able to pull the trigger during the low interest rate/high price environment last year.
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