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Friends of mine called me to share their latest adventure trying to buy a house in the Washington, DC area. At the inspection of a house they had agreed to pay nearly $1.2M for they discovered that the toilet in the basement wasn’t connected to the plumbing in the house! The toilet turned out to be a chemical toilet that repeatedly flushes until the waste is “no more”. According to my friends, the odor is less than pleasant. Their offer has now been withdrawn due to unacceptable inspection results. 
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Toilet flushes $1.2M home sale?
Hi BobnBob, I love it! Much better!
Interesting, where does the waste end up going? It can’t just magically disappear!
Poor Potty Poo-Poo’s Procurment?
Hi Jonathan, I’m sure at some point the resulting contents have to be removed. Thanks for another excellent title suggestion!
We have plenty of homes in the metro DC area (I work in Northern Virginia) that are on septic systems. While incoming water lines are under pressure, drain pipes in a house still use a slope and gravity to move out the waste water. Obviously the basement in this house and bathroom in question was below the sewer lateral to the septic or sewer system.
The solution typically built into $1.0+ homes in our area is an additional sump-pump type system where the water is collected in a sealed well (like a sump pump well) then pumped up into the sewer system. These sanitation pits are sealed and there is no smell.
The toilet system your “friend” disliked is often advertised in This Old house Magazine and other home improvement mags. Luckily this type of toilet can be picked up and removed, but it really should not have been advertised as a bathroom at all.