Brooklyn showroom manager chooses heavy-duty lift station to handle his summer home BR additions

Problem

BROOKLYN, NEW YORK?— Plumbing suppliers and showrooms sell several top-of-the-line products to ensure customer confidence. When a showroom associate personally chooses to install a certain product in their homes, it is a clear indication that the product is particularly advantageous.

Andy Cooke, director of operations at?Plumber’s Haven, a decorative plumbing and hardware fixtures showroom, recently made this type of statement when he installed a Saniflo lift station in the basement of his summer home. Cooke wanted to build two full basement bathrooms to create the ultimate second home. The home remodel involved a prefab house built on top of the base of a well.

While it is typical for a homeowner to reach out to a contractor for product recommendations, Cooke was more hands-on with this project, thanks to his knowledge of plumbing products and the industry.

Although Cooke had expertise in the different fixtures brands, he did not have field installation experience. So, Cooke worked with a licensed contractor from?Innovative Builders, LLC, asking for his input on the showroom fixtures Cooke had planned to use.

But he soon realized his application could not accommodate conventional, below-floor drainage with conventional plumbing fixtures. The basement floor is situated four feet below the main drainage line in the home, so Cooke figured he needed a pump system to move wastewater?vertically?from the two full basement bathrooms and into the nearest access point to this main line.

Fortunately, as one of the brands he sells at his showroom, Cooke was more than a little familiar with Saniflo and its many pump system options. Cooke researched other product options before concluding that Saniflo offered the best solution for his basement remodel.

According to Cooke, Saniflo pumps are stronger, more reliable, and an all-around better product than a less costly pump he could pick up at his local Home Depot.

“While this is the first time I’m using Saniflo, I sell it,” says Cooke, “so I know their products well enough to feel comfortable using them for this project.”

Solution

Cooke decided to use the?Sanicubic 1 VX?after researching Saniflo’s catalog. Cooke’s plumber was initially skeptical, as he had never installed a Saniflo product. However, Cooke insisted that the unit was the best product for the basement remodel.

“We could have used a simpler pump unit,” explains Andy, “but the Saniflo product is a high-grade pump that could withstand any conditions.”

To further ensure he was selecting the right Saniflo product, Cooke spoke with Saniflo’s technical support, which confirmed that the Sanicubic lift station could handle drainage from multiple conventional plumbing fixtures he would be installing in the two basement bathrooms.

The?Sanicubic 1 VX?is a 1.5 HP, heavy-duty simplex Vortex system that pumps wastewater from several bathrooms in a single structure. It can remove waste up to 36 feet vertically through a 2-inch diameter pipe; or up to 20 feet through a 4-inch pipe. Its powerful Vortex pumping action is especially ideal for residential and commercial applications that will experience heavy-duty usage over time.

Here’s how the installer, Innovative Builders, LLC, set up the plumbing in Cooke’s basement for the two full bathrooms....

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