The Loo

Posted by CB on Feb 2, 2012 in Indoors | 0 comments

We are renovating what were a couple of rooms for animals into two bedrooms and bathroom. Although of course this is a wonderful idea it does come with one problem – the loo is lower than the tank it needs to be connected to. As water cannot travel up hill we have had to turn to Saniflo to come to our aid. For those who don’t know about Saniflo they make electric loos with macerator pumps that enable loos to be put where loos are not designed to be put. Trying not to be crude, a macerator pump churns “things” up and then pumps it all uphill. That makes them good for basements and rooms below ground and all the other impractical places that people insist on turning into bathrooms.

Getting hold of one isn’t that difficult. We can buy them in a nearby (ish) town or there are loads for sale on ebay. It would be good to get one on ebay because they are a lot cheaper but it’s always tricky trying to find a supplier to post internationally. I do worry though that if it goes wrong we won’t be able to just take it back to the shop if we’ve bought on ebay.

Anyway, what’s more of a worry to me is how the blasted thing is going to look. The macerator pump is a white plastic box that sits behind the loo. If being fitted with a standard loo (as we will be doing) the loo is going to be pushed out from the wall. Maybe the cistern will be too although I guess we could buy one that fits to the wall and attaches via a curved pipe? Even still it’s going to look a bit strange. Then there’s the pipe that is going to emerge from the Saniflo, run up the wall and disappear through it to connect with the main pipe the other side. Any suggestions how that could be disguised?

I’ve tried to find pictures on the web that people have kindly taken of their own Saniflo installations but can’t find any. All I can find are promotional shots that all include special loos that accommodate the box with ease. That’s great but what I want to see are the Saniflos that stick out like a sore thumb and have pipes running up the wall but have been cunningly disguised as something beautiful and stylish.

People must think we don’t want to see their Saniflos, well I do dammit. If anyone has any pictures they can show me of their own Saniflos and what they look like please attach in the comments. Alternatively, if anyone has just a bright idea on how to make this thing look lovely I’m happy to hear from you too. In the meantime I’m off to cajole more ebayers into posting internationally.