ChevronLady t1_iua59r3 wrote on October 29, 2022 at 7:19 PM

Coming from a plumbing company that refuses to work on macerators. DON'T DO IT!

Dimondom t1_iuach91 wrote on October 29, 2022 at 8:11 PM

Out of curiosity could i ask why? I'm a plumber but I do mostly new construction so I never deal with them.

ChevronLady t1_iuc5mlo wrote on October 30, 2022 at 5:14 AM

The company I work for is all residential service, some minor commercial work. The 2 or 3 times we worked on these was awful. Best way I can put it, imagine shitting into a garburator to break everthing down. Now imagine the garburator gets clogged. You clean the waste directly out of the garburator to unclog it. You do the exact same with macerators.

I have only seen my guys so disgusted that badly by one other thing and that was at a slaughterhouse that had cow ears stuck in the pipes.

Dimondom t1_iucvdmc wrote on October 30, 2022 at 11:08 AM

I've heard some slaughterhouse horror stories, if it's anything close to that I'm very on board with your recommendation. Thx

MikeGolfsPoorly t1_iubee5v wrote on October 30, 2022 at 1:01 AM

I've installed 3 of them now. It's a pain in the ass, and we have NEVER guaranteed the unit. I can't believe that someone would flippantly want to install one due to laziness. They should be a last resort.

I'm also amazed that OP is willing to try and take a shortcut when it comes to something that could literally flood your bathroom/house with shit water.