Some pictures of a bathroom renovation in a small summer cottage in Scituate ma near the water and harbor.
Renovation entailed:
bathroom remodel by scituate handyman
A homeowner might have a large basement space and like to finish it off into living space including a bathroom, but the problem of a below grade bathroom might be holding them off.
Simply put water won’t flow upstream and if your main sewerage waste pipe leaves the house a foot or two above the basement floor, the toilet must either be installed on a platform if the ceiling height allows, or a sewer ejection pump must be installed to allow for a below grade bathroom installation.
If your dreams for a basement bathroom are being stalled by the level of your main sewer pipe and your basement floor in relation to it, then the obvious choice for you is a sewage ejector pump.
Simply put a sewage ejector pump system consists of a 30 gallon tank buried below the toilet level which contains a pump and float switch which is activates by the liquid level in the tank. On activation the pump ejects the waste through a non return valve to the main house sewer.
The tank has a 3 or 4 inch inlet for all plumbing required for the below grade bathroom, a 2 inch outlet for the ejector pump and a 2 inch outlet for a vent to allow sewer gasses to be passed out of the living space. There is also an inlet for the electrical cord for the pump and float.
It is worth noting that the sewage ejector pump is designed to grind and pump human waste and toilet tissue. Wet wipes are not toilet tissue and regardless of what it says on the label they are not suitable for use on an ejector pump. It is a very unpleasant job to open a sewage ejector tank which is overflowing with sewage because the pump has clogged with wet wipes and burned out.
If you install a bar or kitchen on your below grade bathroom plumbing it is important to note that fruit pips like olive stones will instantly seize your ejector pump.
Sewage ejector systems are relatively inexpensive and are available at most large building supply stores.
The Scituate Handyman has installed many sewage ejector pumps for below grade bathrooms and has also had the unpleasant job of replacing the pump for homeowners who failed to follow the guidelines for what should and should not flush.
The scituate handyman is an expert in vinyl plank flooring
Vinyl plank flooring is a very useful type of flooring especially in the northeast where it can get very humid in summertime resulting in damp basements. And as you know damp basements can play havoc with rug or wood flooring.
Vinyl plank flooring will not be damaged by dampness, will not buckle if properly installed and will not provide an easy home for mold.
Vinyl Plank Floor Marshfield MA
A vinyl plank flooring installed by the scituate handyman is guaranteed to:
Quality vinyl plank flooring has an interlock install system which basically renders it a one piece installation. It is almost impossible to tell the difference between it and hardwood.
This is an example of vinyl plank flooring available at home depot: Vinyl Plank
If you have a damp area like a basement or bathroom that you would like to make extra beautiful, consider a vinyl plank floor installed by the scituate handyman
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