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Hi all, I am having problems with my bathroom which has just been installed, I am using a macerator with 40mm pipe in and out, the problem is that the water is coming up into the shower tray and also slightly raising the level of the toilet bowl (not to the point of overflow), obvious question - is the shower tray lower than the inlet to the macerator A: no it isn't lol.
It seems that the water is running back from the macerator and also causing an airlock in the pipe and then the macerator doesn't know to pump the waste ( it is clean water coming back up not dirty )
also now to the point that when I run the tap in the basin, the water is filling up the Toilet bowl? and then once approx 6" higher than normal, proceeds to run backward to fill the shower tray. so again, the macerator isn't pushing it out, if I push the manual button on the unit, it all goes away as it should.
It is very difficult to explain but hopefully one of you can help me solve the problem, I have attached a diagram of the bathroom with text, take note of how the pipes run, if no text then they are running straight along with of course a downward gradient.
thanks so much in advance
Dave
It seems that the water is running back from the macerator and also causing an airlock in the pipe and then the macerator doesn't know to pump the waste ( it is clean water coming back up not dirty )
also now to the point that when I run the tap in the basin, the water is filling up the Toilet bowl? and then once approx 6" higher than normal, proceeds to run backward to fill the shower tray. so again, the macerator isn't pushing it out, if I push the manual button on the unit, it all goes away as it should.
It is very difficult to explain but hopefully one of you can help me solve the problem, I have attached a diagram of the bathroom with text, take note of how the pipes run, if no text then they are running straight along with of course a downward gradient.
thanks so much in advance
Dave