Would you install a Saniflo bathroom??

[Pannacotta]

Is it possible to use saniflo pipework and still have a stylish shower room?

We were all set, after months of planning the fittings, to have a shower room put in next to our bedroom, at the front of the house, but an experienced bathroom fitter has said he thinks it isnt feasible. He didnt think the soil pipe and other pipework would fit on the front of the house (too close to the stonework around the door).

So we either bin the shower room or we use saniflo pipework and raise the shower tray etc, not ideal IMO.

The only other option is to put a second bathroom next to the existing one, but this is down a level from the bedrooms.

We do need another bathroom, there are currently 6 bedrooms and only 1 small bathroom. This would reduce to 5 beds with the new shower room. I'm thinking in terms of family life/morning rush, but also re-sale value.

Any advice would be great. TIA

Sorry, was putting DS2 to bed (which takes some time!)
Yes it is the front middle room which I had in mind, it is too small to be anything else and our bedroom will be next door on one side and a dressing/store/ironng room on the other.
The double cupboard space now houses a hot water cylinder and other heating gubbins so not an option now.
I did think about changing the room at the back as you mention lala, and extending the loo into a bathroom but then you carve up a nice double bedroom, whereas using the front room means losing a small single room only.

I will speak to the pricey builder again as I think he was up for the challenge. Will look at taking the pipework out to the side.

Looks like a no-no to saniflo at any rate!

There's got to be a way of doing it and, as you say, losing a double bedroom or spending a bit more to have the layout that you want - well, to me it's a no-brainer. Let us know how feasible it is - I've always wondered how far you can move a bathroom away from a (useable) outside wall without getting a pump arrangement.

I will do. I suppose we are lucky in a way that our drains run right round the house from back to front, which gives us more options than most, its just accessing the drains which is hard.
lala do you have a background in architecture?

And thanks everyone for your advice, much appreciated.

We have a saniflo in our basement bathroom that was installed before we moved in. We do have to remind visitors not to put stuff in the loo (we don't even put paper in it) but in the 6 years we've had it it's never gone wrong because we've been vigilant - and that's despite having 3 children. All the wasted water goes out through the saniflo macerator from the shower etc, it is quite noisy but you get used to it. We've been using ours quite heavily just recently because the other bathroom was being renovated; no problems. Admittedly the toilet is a third toilet but it does get heavily used as it's near the kitchen and family room.

Agree that the raised shower can look horrible - and ours does because they haven't thought about it. but if you put a platform or step around it perhaps or integrate the height more with the surroundings perhaps it wouldn't be so noticeable?

Warning - if you have a Saniflo toilet don't let kids near it ! Not without appropriate training what NOT to flush down it. Ours stopped working, so I called out a plumber from Pumpmaster who fix these things. The guy had been fixing Saniflo toilets for 15 years, but he'd never seen one blocked by a My Little Pony !

We had a Grundfos macerator in our ensuite in our previous house, and it was fine. We were able to cut a hole in the wall from the bathroom and site the unit in a cupboard in the adjacent room which worked well. We had to raise the shower tray but it wasn't an issue. It did get blocked at least once a year. First time we got a plumber in but after that DH unblocked it himself (yuk). Just be vigilant and don't use fancy quilted loo paper-the macerator can't cope with all that extra bulk.