How do macerators work

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Whenever it seems impractical or impossible to install conventional plumbing fixtures, this is your answer: a macerating pump system — a straightforward, affordable solution to creating a complete or half bathroom practically anywhere. Instead of routing flush water through below-floor drainage lines to sewage access or a sewage ejector, the wastewater from the fixture drains through gravity into a macerator. The term "macerate" means to soften or break up. The primary advantage of a macerating system?

It can be installed on top of any finished floor in the home. This allows you to place a new bathroom wherever it is most convenient. Whatever the placement, it can be accomplished without the need for costly excavation of the floor to install a drain line.

Walls and floors remain intact, and installation is performed quickly and economically with minimal disturbance to room layout. A complete bathroom can be operational in half a day. Also, the installer need not leave accessible space, as required by an in-floor sump system. Appropriately sized, a macerating system can handle all the fixtures in a bathroom, including the sink, tub-shower and toilet, even on a septic system. What's more, the macerator can be installed 15 ft below the sewer line and as far away as feet from a septic tank or sewage access.

The macerator itself, connected to the rear of the toilet, can be neatly concealed inside the wall behind the toilet. This video demonstrates how a macerating pump works. The macerating process, step-by-step of the process:.

The toilet is flushed and the effluent is discharged by gravity through the rear spigot of the fixture into the macerator device, positioned behind the fixture. As the water level rises, the water pressure activates a microswitch causing the macerator device to turn on. Shop By Style Black Toilets. Bidet Taps Bidet Mixer Taps. QS Supplies. Buying Guide. What are Macerator Pumps? Related Articles.

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