macerator in kitchen

Charlotte McDougall

4 years ago

Has anyone experience of having a macerator in a kitchen for sink and dishwasher?

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Charlotte McDougall
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4 years ago
Anyone?
obobble
4 years ago
You don’t hear much about them these days. I never even considered it when we did our kitchen, but then we’re not on mains drainage so different factors at play. Don’t know what the eco credentials are either. Sorry, not much help.
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OK, do you have a solid ground floor or is it suspended? if its suspended even with a crawl space it might be possible to run a soil pipe across underneath like I did in my parents house when we moved the toilet but left the stack, we now have a 6m soil pipe running between beams to the old stack. Alternatively you could just have it as a urinal (or a toilet for urine only)? Not great but a workaround with a smaller pipe. I'd agree a macerator is a terrible terrible idea, they leak, break, block and cause no end of trouble.
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Ribena Drinker
4 years ago
When we were fist discussing our new kitchen, we spoke to the plumber about having to have a Saniflo thing for the water & dishwasher waste, but he advised most strongly against it, because irrespective of how careful you are, there will be a build up of grease which trap bits of food and will eventually start to smell and he said whenever possible to avoid it.

That said, because of how our house is, we DO have a Saniflo pump in our utility room, which works well, but we have had problems with it failing to pump because of the pipes outside being frozen, which wasn't really helpful when the washing machine was trying to empty! But it only the clothes washing water and the sink water, so no food goes down there.
Charlotte McDougall
Original Author
4 years ago
Thanks, our architect has suggested it to give us more options of where sink can go as kitchen is in lower ground floor and drains outside are level with ground level. We’re not very keen on the idea so good to hear others thoughts and experiences.
Jonathan
4 years ago
I think saniflo get a bad name from people who have never had one.
I had a flat with two which never caused me any problems.
I have just had one serviced at work and looking back at invoices it seems like it has not needed any attention for 9 years. So I think they are fine and if you have to call an engineer out in a few years they will turn up in the same day and will likely charge £100. So I think the worries associated with them are unfounded.
Charlotte McDougall
Original Author
4 years ago
Thanks Jonathan, were the ones you had for kitchen waste?
One query I had is some say maximum temperature 60 or 90, so wondered how that works straining veg water for example which is boiling?
Ribena Drinker
4 years ago
I agree with Jonathan, (other than the freezing outside pipes issue) the utility room Saniflo unit itself has been faultless, so we've got no complaints about the unit itself, which has been installed for 15 years now.
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OnePlan
4 years ago
If you install it with an anti-vibration mat under it - that can help with noise reduction too .
Jonathan
4 years ago
My experience was in a bathroom but I tend to feel that if they can cope with what goes down the loo and if they are made from the same material as all the pipes under your kitchen sink there is no reason to worry about them being fit for purpose.
The only thing I would add is the noise from the motor can be intrusive and some sort of insulation may be prudent
Lena
4 years ago
We had a kitchen macerator in one of a properties we rented.
I loved having it, and was planning to have it installed in my own kitchen, but finally decided against it, as I didn’t know if it was ecologically friendly enough.

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