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Basement Kitchen

Panda4812 | Posted in General Discussion on August 5, 2007 11:43am

Is there anyone who has installed a kitchen in a basement?

I reciently moved to MO with my daughter and her family and I’m setting up the basement for them to live in. We are going to put in a kitchen and obvously the rough plumbing isn’t there. My plan is to cut into the coper and run it through PEX to the sink and dishwasher. I don’t think that will be a problem but the drain is another thing. I’ve been on the net and came up with a product called “sanivite” made by Saniflo that will take the grey water and pump it out. I know I have to tie it into the main drain and I think I can do that, but not sure. Has anyone ever used this product or anything like it? How did it work? Any advice?

Thanks,

Dennis

 


Edited 8/7/2007 11:17 am ET by Panda4812

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  1. rez | Aug 11, 2007 07:43pm | #1

    Greetings Dennis,

    This post, in response to your question, will bump the thread through the 'recent discussion' listing again which will increase it's viewing.

    Perhaps it will catch someone's attention that can help you with advice.

    Cheers

     

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    BillHartmann | Aug 11, 2007 08:24pm | #2

    I assume that your sewer drain line is too high for gravity feed.

    Also I assume that you are going to treat the "gray water" as sewage. In special cases, mostly in arid places, you can use gray water for irrigation. But even then only gray water from some sources can be used.

    I installed a package pump/basin for a washing maching. The only "real" problem was running a vent line to the tank. A question came up recently about the installation of one of the Saniflow systems and it does not need to be vented. But I have not verified it with the manual and the only way that I can see that it would work would be to require some soleniod valve in the unit.

    What about a bathroom?

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    1. Panda4812 | Aug 11, 2007 11:43pm | #3

      Bill,

      Thanks for the response. The plumbing system in this house seems "different" from others I've seen. I can only find one vent it is a 4 inch PVC that is directly connected to the main 4 inch drain about 8 feet off the basement floor. All the other drains go into this one main drain. I looked all over the roof and only find one vent.

      In the system I'm looking at, it says it will pump the water through a 1 inch pipe to the drain. The only consideration is to have the normal P trap installed to keep out sewer gas. That will not be a problem since I will have the normal P trap under the sink.

      I did not go with the gravity feed into the drain since it would require me running PVC pipe slightly above the basement floor to the drain. I don't want to dig up concrete.

      If you have anything else, please let me know.

      Thanks again,

      Dennis

      1. dude | Aug 13, 2007 07:34am | #4

        put in a number of these saniflow units for a basement apt

        the only thing you have to build up the tub or shower 8" to allow for p trap and slope to unit

        no grease from frying can be run down the kitchen sink as there is a fine mesh filter in the unit that will clog up

        these units will pump up to 12' vertically & 30' horizontally using a 3/4" line pitched 1/4 " per ft as per mfg instructions

        these are great units as no floor cutting is reqd and they can be located virtually anywhere in a home whether its on septic or sewer

        1. Panda4812 | Aug 13, 2007 06:55pm | #5

          Thanks dude, I thought they looked great. I didn't know about the grease, I'll be careful. Does it help to put a grease cutter down every once in a while? Do you ever have to clean them out? Since I'm putting them on to a kitchen sink I don't think I'll have to raise the sink. It should have enough slope.

          Dennis 

          1. dude | Aug 16, 2007 01:18am | #6

            sorry about the delay in getting back to you as for the grease just run the hot water tap as hot as possible and the blockage will disolve

            as for cleaning the mascerator tank i have never needed to clean one out for any reason

            any drain line from a sink shower etc needs only to be a few inches above the floor so that it gravety drains into the tank inlets which are a couple of inches above the floor

            Edited 8/15/2007 6:24 pm ET by dude

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