Plumbing 'shed' toilet

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Dec 29, 2016
10:47 pm

Hi All!

Was wondering if anyone had installed toilets into sheds? We are on acerage and I want to install a toilet into a shed that's about 30m from the septic system. The natural fall of the land is downhill.

I have googled but can't seem to find anything that specifies how far the toilet can or should be from the septic system.

Any ideas?

aussieta

Dec 30, 2016
6:46 am

they make a masticator pump
which is a box about the size of small suitcase that attaches to toilet and then pumps the waste uphill to the original septic point
one example
https://www.plumbingsupply.com/macerati ... ystem.html

arcachon

Dec 30, 2016
10:07 am

Our shed design has a very simple, effective toilet system. A side access door to the garden.

qebtel

Dec 30, 2016
12:35 pm

IF you have fall over the 30 metres, just hook it in to existing. The waste doesnt always go down to the tank you know, in most residential systems youll find the lines are holding waste. Each flush just keeps moving it down. You'll be fine with an s-trap at your end (pardon the pun).

elz88

Dec 30, 2016
5:30 pm

Thanks guys,

Yes there is fall from proposed toilet to the septic, It also wouldn't get a whole lot of use TBH.

I don't feel so stupid now talking to the plumber and builder about it now, Thanks very much

Harpies

Apr 07, 2017
10:08 pm

All depends on what the fall is: talk to your plumber about that. My plumber brother often advises customers after he has unblocked their sewer to only use full flush, not half flush.

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