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turbojimmy
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Jun 13, 2016

Question Sewer Solution Users - will it work for me?

I bought the Valterra Sewer Solution thinking I'd just run it to my sewer clean-out in my front yard. Well as it turns out the 4" caps sticking out of the ground are actually dry well clean outs for roof run-off. I have no idea where my city sewer clean-out is - it must be buried.

So Plan B is to run the Sewer Solution hose into the sewer line in the basement. Trouble is my basement window is about 4 feet off the ground. The crude yellow line shows where I need to go. Once inside, it drops back down about 4-5 feet to the sewer line.

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  • turbojimmy wrote:
    So Plan B is to run the Sewer Solution hose into the sewer line in the basement. Trouble is my basement window is about 4 feet off the ground. The crude yellow line shows where I need to go. Once inside, it drops back down about 4-5 feet to the sewer line.


    And are you planning or able to actually connect to the house sewer line? You sure wouldn't want to be running black water waste into the house without an airtight connection. :E

    I park my trailer here at the house during the season and always service tanks at home so I never have to line up at campground dump stations. To do so I installed a T in the main house sewer stack that happens to be located in the laundry room and ran it out through the wall to the outside where I installed a vertical stack into which I can stick the output hose from my Flojet Waste Macerator Pump. Been using this system for years now - quick, effiecient, and no smell whatsoever ... a series of 7 pics illustrating this setup starts here.
  • wa8yxm's avatar
    wa8yxm
    Explorer III
    Your basement drains.. ONE is hooked to teh Storm drain (Same as outside) one the Sanitary,, You may also have a Sanitary clean out in the basement.

    IN SOME PLACES Sanitary and Storm drains hook up at or before the street, however not everywhere. Wish I could be more help.
  • You should have a plot map for your lot showing the clean out location. Call your building department and see if they have one. Should not be that hard to find.
  • I would try it. If it needs a little help you can hook up your garden hose to help it to the basement connection. Also if it is a long run you can use pvc piping.
    Goog Luck

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