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jamie1983
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Post subject: Where to drain outdoor island/sink  Posted: February 11th, 2012, 12:10 pm |
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I am in the process of planning an outdoor bar/island under my deck and am trying to figure out where/how to drain the sink. My back yard sits below the first level of the house, but I have a bathroom in the basement with a ejector pump to pump up to main sewage drain. Has anyone cut out a section of basment floor and ran that way or what are other options?
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Riles_J
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Post subject: Re: Where to drain outdoor island/sink  Posted: February 13th, 2012, 3:16 pm |
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Joined: May 8th, 2007, 1:46 pm Posts: 134 Location: Nashville, TN
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How does storm drainage get out of the area? I assume that you have some sort of positive drainage away. I have my sink just draining into a gravel area under my deck, as a temporary measure of course. I just don't use it for much except the occassional washing of hands and getting a glass of water. This is surely not up to code in your area, but I plan to plumb it into my sanitary some day. I have also heard of others that have created some sort of underground gravel leaching pit of sorts, but I am not familiar with the details. Digging up the floor to get into your basement plumbing sounds pretty extreme, but I'm sure it could be done.
Riles
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qscwbt
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Post subject: Re: Where to drain outdoor island/sink  Posted: February 14th, 2012, 7:56 am |
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XsAllOverIt
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Post subject: Re: Where to drain outdoor island/sink  Posted: February 15th, 2012, 8:47 am |
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I did what JohnT indicated for an outdoor shower/sink. I took a 55 gallon plastic trash can and buried underground completely and filled it up with drain stone. I drain the shower in the drum. To-date after a year, I have not seen any ground water. I did put a bunch of holes in the trashcan throughout the sides and bottom for drainage. It works great.
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