Home Improvement Idea
Need an extra bath?
Here's a smart home improvement that saves time and money.
If you're tired of waiting your turn in the bathroom, but the hassle,
mess and high cost of plumbing renovation are keeping you from adding an
extra bath, it's time you learned about the home improvement option
that is changing the way America remodels.
Thanks to macerating technology, savvy homeowners
are inexpensively adding spare bathrooms anywhere they choose – even
below the sewage line in their homes.
A macerating system can be installed atop any
finished floor in the home. As a result, a new bathroom can be added
wherever it is most convenient for you: in a basement, attic, spare
bedroom, even the garage or pool house.
Tight on space? Not a problem! With a macerating toilet system, a beautiful new
bathroom can even be installed under a stairway or in a closet.
Everyone knows that adding a conventional bathroom in an older home can be difficult
and costly. This is especially true if the fixtures must be positioned below
the septic system or in places where no below-floor drainage currently exists,
requiring plumbers to bust through the concrete floor.
The little-known secret of macerating technology is that it provides a relatively
simple and cost-effective alternative.
How does it work? A
macerating toilet system looks very much like a conventional water closet and
takes up roughly the same amount of floor space. But instead of routing the flush
water through a drain in the floor, the system moves it to a macerator pump.
This pump is usually located on the floor between the toilet and the wall, or
it can be hidden behind the wall.
The macerator uses a fast-rotating cutting or grinding blade to liquefy waste
and toilet paper in the flush water. Within seconds, the flush water and its
contents are released under pressure through small-diameter piping to the sewer
or septic tank.
Best of all, this macerating technology requires no special maintenance.
The macerator motor has no gears or brushes to wear out. The motor is filled
with oil and sealed for life.
Whole bath in half a day! Only
one manufacturer makes a macerating toilet system: SFA Saniflo Inc., the company
that developed this "above-floor plumbing" technology nearly a half-century
ago.
With a Saniflo toilet system, there's no costly excavation of the floor
to install a drain line. You won't have to tear down
walls and floors, and installation is quick and economical, with minimal
disturbance to room layout. A complete bathroom can be operational in as
little as half a day.
Properly sized, the system can handle all the fixtures in a bathroom,
including the sink, shower, tub and toilet – even on a septic system.
What's more, these fixtures will work up to 12 feet below and as far away
as 150 feet from a septic tank or sewer line.
Where can I find one? Saniflo
macerating systems are available at hardware stores for do-it-yourselfers. They
can also be purchased through plumbing wholesalers and contractors. All models
in the line are low-consumption water closets.
If you're ready for the convenience of an extra bathroom, you're ready
for a Saniflo macerating system. At greatly reduced labor costs and with
superior installation flexibility, the systems are a high-quality, economical
home improvement.
For
more information on Saniflo and the Saniflo product line, consumers and
trades people can contact the company at
1-800-571-8191. Or visit the Saniflo
Web site at www.saniflo.com |
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| AFTER… SANIFLO FITS INTO EVEN THE TIGHTEST OF
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| THE SANIPLUS SYSTEM |
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O'Reilly, c/o LNC Communications LLC at 815.469.9100; e-mail: John@LNCmail.com
