side-deck mounted pump-out outlet
The original toilet was an outboard discharge type via a
240v electric macerator unit. This toilet was housed in a cubicle in a corner
of the galley!!! The plan was always to have a full bathroom, so obviously the
toilet would be housed in there.
The necessity in order to get a BSC and
be able to cruise non-tidal inland waterways was to fit a sewage holding
tank.
The location I decided to install this tank was under the saloon
floor, directly forward of the rear saloon bulkhead, adjacent the room that was
to become the bathroom. Although I was unable to install the fresh water tanks
under the saloon floor, the location chosen for the sewage holding tank proved
more successful.
The requirement for the BSC, and for inland cruising,
is for an enclosed pump-out system to be installed. However, allowable
(currently) on tidal waters is for sewage to be discharged at sea (or on a
falling tide here at Conyer) so I installed a manually operated diverter valve,
sewage pump and sea-cock. This system gives us the capability of either
discharging the tank to sea, or by emptying it at a conventional pump-out
station. The toilet is new, but I utilised the existing 240v macerator
unit.
| The existing toilet cubicle in the galley! | The existing outboard discharge toilet |
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| The various inlets/outlets for the tank located under the floor | The pipework to the diverter valve, sewage pump,
sea cock and side-deck mounted pump-out outlet |
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| The boxed-in pipework | The macerator unit mounted directly on the rear of the toilet |
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