Macerator - only works if I kick it!

[PAH]

Hi,

I've installed a Sanitop macerator (correctly I think) and have a problem with it pumping out. When the toilet is flushed (or hand basin opertated) it fills up but does not pump out as it should (it did work correctly when installed last year). It will overflow unless I give it a bit of a whack. This sets of the pump and it then empties properly. Is there some kind of switch that is not operating?

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks.

 

[corgiman]

throw it away

I hate these things!!

sorry not very constructive, but I dont know of anyone who bothers to repair them, just change it

 

[doyle]

buy a pair of doc martins thatll help

 

[corgiman]

buy a pair of doc martins thatll help

they are just the job for a minor technical adjustment

 

[oilman]

Hi,

It will overflow unless I give it a bit of a whack.

Just keep kicking the shirt out of it (remove the "r").

 

[doyle]

try hrt works on my old boiler

 

[Softus]

Save yourself several hundred pounds and lots of trouble - just cr@p into a bucket and empty it in another toilet each time.

Then, about once a year, empty the bucket all over your feet and forearms.

This will simulate the miserable experience of owning a macerator, but without the substantial maintenance costs. With the money saved you can buy air freshener (and perhaps some Dettol).

 

[PAH]

Save yourself several hundred pounds and lots of trouble - just c**p into a bucket and empty it in another toilet each time.

Don't have a lot of choice now... Want to sell the house and need to get the thing working (without kicking it).

 

[corgiman]

well you heard the lads

you are pretty much going to have to change it.

unless there are any advances on

1 getting bigger boots
2 using the bog

 

[Lagerkhan]

Most sani's come with a TWO year guarantee and you only installed it last year ?
Unless it was second hand

 

[giblets]

The float switch has probably got bunged up. Saniflo do a repair service.

 

[Fluffster]

Have you been regularly using the cleaning/flushing chemical designed for macerators it does help keep the parts moving and not full of sh**e.
Pete

 

[PAH]

Have you been regularly using the cleaning/flushing chemical designed for macerators it does help keep the parts moving and not full of sh**e.
Pete

It hasn't had much use of late (no door on toilet - another project) so I've not used any chemicals... is the lack of use a contributory factor? Is the float switch giblets mentioned more likely to fail in these circumstances?

Thanks for your help so far

 

[Fluffster]

It could be as basically it is a cess pit until it reaches pump out volume. Unlike a normal toilet it has a lot more to go wrong and of course crap sticks to almost everything.
Try a cleanser and see if it sorts it out.
Pete

 

[PAH]

Thanks Pete. Are there particular chemicals/cleaning agents I should use or is normal toilet cleaner or bleach OK?

Do you know if I can change the float switch easily if this doesn't resolve the problem? (I realise this will mean working amoungst old cr*p)