Basement bath not on public sewer

[Mark K]

IIRC, if the cost to connect to the municipal sewer is reasonable (who decides?) then it has to be connected.

In this case the owners would need to install a small pit and ejector pump to pump up to the muni sewer line.

I'd pretty much guarantee you that this setup does not comply with current codes and a lot of codes do not allow this type of setup to be grandfathered. This bath should have been connected at the time the house was connected to muni sewer. I'm thinking some inspector dropped a ball.

 

[Tom4value]

IIRC, if the cost to connect to the municipal sewer is reasonable (who decides?) then it has to be connected.

In this case the owners would need to install a small pit and ejector pump to pump up to the muni sewer line.

I'd pretty much guarantee you that this setup does not comply with current codes and a lot of codes do not allow this type of setup to be grandfathered. This bath should have been connected at the time the house was connected to muni sewer. I'm thinking some inspector dropped a ball.

I am thinking that, too. I haven't done any research yet. A client has a buyer looking into the property and wants an opinion if it could go FHA.

 

[Sadie]

I am thinking that, too. I haven't done any research yet. A client has a buyer looking into the property and wants an opinion if it could go FHA.

FHA only cares that it is up to code. It could be ok until there is a title transfer, in which case it needs to be hooked up to the sewer.

 

[Tom D]

Well maybe, if the expense is to high underwriter can waive it for public hook up. Not knowing where in the basement it is, and where the public line is, could be expensive ripping up that concrete floor for how many feet. Just like zoning things built in the past may still be grandfathered in until it needs to be replaced. And does that area even have a building code dept, and how strict are they.

I believe i would always put in an approx $ number on the cost to connect on the few i did, so that the underwriter could make that decision.