Don’t say, fine or by pulling the handle. If they are below level of sewer line, must they use a pump or some kind of lift station?
There are ways of dealing with it:
http://www.re-affair.com/stories/Bathroom_in_the_basement.php
“Sewage ejector toilets”. Lovely image that conjures up.
Actually, residential sewer lines are dug much deeper than you might think, and most basement toilets that you’ve seen will still be above the sewer. I had my sewer line replaced, and I was quite surprised at how deep it was. They did a video inspection of the old sewer line first, so I also have a video tape of a camera on a snake going through my old sewer line.
Thanks Yabob!
In parts of the country were basements are common, such as the midwest, the sewer lines are below the level of the basement floor, if possible.
Another possibility in place of the “sewage ejector” is a holding tank and pump. The outflow goes to a holding tank having a float-controlled switch and a pump, placed on a level below the toilet outlet. There is such an arrangement in my house.