No-but I really am jealous
Why? I've been trying to sell them a pit and duplex grinder pumps for years...
I forget the brand, it was made by a long ago local company that ceased to exist before I was born. One of these days it will need a part that I can't get or adapt something into place and it will be game over...
It has 2 chambers and there is a slider valve on top that alternates between the on filling and the one emptying. Throw in a couple of Tampoons to the mix and the slider stops sliding, and the sewage pump stops pumping...
So seeing as everyone else is scared of it and has no idea of how it works, I get the pleasure of it being my baby...
It is
somewhat like this in the theory of operation but with 2 tanks and a slider valve that alternates the tanks filling and emptying. That is the typical problem I see as it was again today. Someday it will be game over...
The problem is they are waiting for game over and changing these out to a duplex grinder system will be a huge job. The worst part by far will be the removal of the old system so we can put the new system in place. It's several floors underground and the components are massive cast iron tanks that we'll have to have riggers for. Doorways made wider, walls cut open, paths opened up, and possibly some floor openings made. I haven't even started figuring it out yet... It won't be done in a day!
At least the slide valve is easy to isolate and it is a fairly clean job for working on the dirty side of plumbing...
