February 14 , 2006
Installing a new basement bathroom?
Now you can skip the high cost and hassle of busting through the concrete floor and go right to updated convenience.
If you're remodeling the basement of your home and thinking about adding a new bathroom or powder room, that's a smart move. According to Remodel Magazine's "2005 Cost vs. Value" report,(1) homeowners can recoup more than 86% of the cost of a bathroom addition.
But conventional plumbing can be costly. And the digging is a real mess. So how can you increase your property value, while maximizing your remodeling investment? A quick and economical Saniflo bathroom installation is the answer. You'll have a sleek new bath in just half a day, without the high cost and hassle of conventional plumbing and digging.
Saniflo technology makes it possible to install a modern powder room or full-size bath anywhere you want, including in an unfinished basement. Excavation isn't needed because above-ground plumbing is installed directly on top of the finished floor. Using "macerating" technology, Saniflo systems can even be installed below the sewage line.
A Saniflo toilet looks very much like a conventional toilet and takes up roughly the same amount of floor space, but it's installed without expensive excavation. Instead of routing the flush water through a drain in the floor, the macerating system moves it to a special pump box, usually located on the floor between the toilet and the wall. Or the macerating unit can be concealed behind the wall.
The unit uses a fast-rotating blade to reduce waste and toilet paper in the flush water. The waste is immediately and entirely released under pressure through small-diameter piping to the sewer or septic tank. No special maintenance is needed and the pump is sealed for life.
Who is Saniflo? This simple and cost-effective alternative to conventional plumbing is ideal for basement renovations, but only one manufacturer makes a macerating toilet system: SFA Saniflo Inc.
Properly sized, a Saniflo macerating 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 as 150 feet away from a septic tank or sewer line.
Macerating systems are changing the way homeowners remodel and helping them maximize their investments. If it's time to remodel your basement, it's time to add a Saniflo bathroom.
About the Saniflo line: Saniflo macerating systems are available at hardware stores for do-it-yourselfers. They can also be purchased through plumbing wholesalers and contractors. The popular SANIPLUS model comes with its own, low-consumption, rear-spigot water closet. The new SANIGRIND unit is designed to work with a standard bottom-outlet water closet. That means it can accommodate any conventional toilet available today: American Standard, Briggs, Eljer, Gerber, Kohler, Mansfield, Toto - SANIGRIND will fit all of them.
For more information about Saniflo bathroom systems, contact Saniflo at 1-800-571-8191. Or visit the Saniflo website at www.saniflo.com
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Note 1: See "Remodeling's Payoff" at Realtor Magazine Online (www.realtor.org), published December 2005.
