Submersible sewage pumps are some of the most commonly used sewage pumps in the world of residential plumbing. Submersible sewage pumps are most frequently found on the basement level a home. When homes are built with a basement, it is very often the case that the main sewage line enters the home slightly below the main level. This means that the waste line is above the basement floor. Since most modern plumbing relies on gravity to help waste travel through the interior lines and into the main sewage line, when waste lines exist that sit below the main line, an alternative was to move waste must be found.
Basement Bathrooms
Basement bathrooms are the most common application for submersible sewage pumps. The waste lines for basement bathrooms well generally run and collect at one central location on the basement level. This collection place is generally a small reservoir that will hold several gallons of waste water. In this reservoir will sit a submersible sewage pump. Waste and waste water will generally cover the pump and that is why it is called submersible. Attached to the pump will be a float that will rise and activate the pump once the waste water reaches a certain level. This will trigger the pump which will pump the existing waste water up and into the main sewage line.
Split Level Bathrooms
For many of the same reasons that were just mentioned about basement bathrooms, split level bathrooms are another common application of a submersible sewage pump. These types of homes are often built as split levels because of the topography of the terrain where the home is going to be built. Many times the land itself dictates how sewage lines should be run and this may create the need to collect waste water below the main sewage line.
These are just a few common applications of submersible sewage pumps.
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