Any plumbers here?

Having a drainage pit and pump inside the house for waste water means you always have dirty water in the pit. This will smell and I would expect (even in Queenslnd) does not meet basic drainage requirements.

Electric pumps are usually an expensive pain in the backside and often prone to failure after a couple of years. I take it this problem only arises after washing machine stuffs up? Do you ever get seepage coming up through the floor after heavy rain etc?

If no then The other way to fix it is raise the machine on a mantle and have made up a drip tray just like used to be put under water tanks when they were up in ceilings with and outlet through a trap so there is a water seal (thus no smell) if there is an overflow the water runs straight into the drain that already takes away the waste water.

Cheers Terry
Ex Plumber.

Check out Grundfos and DAB. They have a system where the wastewater goes to a sealed tub, a bit like like an esky. Inside is a float activated sump pump (can have cutters and grinders for toilet waste too). This then pumps the waste up and out to your sewer system as the need arises.

Its quite exxy for what it is, but it does the job properly.

Raise the floor to the level or higher than the rest of the floors and put a drain in the floor and run it into your nearest waste water pipe, Regards Frank.

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Originally Posted by bee utey

Re: submersible pumps , buy a bilge pump and float switch from a marine store and power it from a 12V transformer or car battery type supply. I kept a basement dry for a year that way before I could afford to dig a looong drainage ditch to a lower outside level.

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As suggested by Bee Utey, a bilge pump with a float switch will do the job quite well.
While living & working in Cairns I frequently utilised a bilge pump for pumping out pits etc, and my set up was often borrowed by work colleagues to pump out rooms after flooding. In fact, I made up a number of kits that were retained for use. They work very well and are not expensive,.

Bugger it. All too much hassle for a risk that has occurred once in 7 years. If there's another leak, I'll mop it up again :eek:

http://www.dabpumpsaustralia.com.au/...mpStation.aspx

Here it is.

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Never mind. I didn't read the OP properly............as usual.:rolleyes:

My neighbour has moved their washing machine outside. It now sits in a secluded area of the back verandah (a paved area) under the roof line protected from the weather... the waste water goes into a shallow rubble drain and onto a garden bed... the clothes line is attached to the wall beside the machine...