How to Install a Sump Pump | This Old House
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- Опубликовано: 5 ноя 2012
- This Old House general contractor Tom Silva shows an effective way to combat basement flooding. (See below for a shopping list and tools.)
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Shopping List for How to Install a Sump Pump:
- submersible sump pump [amzn.to/2NhEN6D]
- sump basin [amzn.to/2Nl0mDd], used to house sump pump
- indelible marker [amzn.to/2Nf8chB], used to mark sump basin outline on floor
- filter fabric [amzn.to/2RJ9tMQ], used to keep silt from clogging sump basin
- gravel [amzn.to/2LrpMfY], used to partially fill sump basin
- stone paver [amzn.to/2Ln3P1H], used to create level base for sump pump
- PVC pipe and assorted fitting [amzn.to/2JdPthh], forms drain line from pump to outdoors
- PVC primer and cement [amzn.to/2JiiSH4], used to glue together PVC pipe and fittings
- check valve [amzn.to/2RFDmxt], used to prevent water from flowing back into pump
- paintable caulk [amzn.to/2JaXuUi], used to seal around PVC pipe that exits the house
- concrete trough [amzn.to/2LkR2Nc] or wheelbarrow [amzn.to/2FEMMV8], used to mix concrete
- concrete [amzn.to/2X4mG3G], used to encase sump basin
Tools for How to Install a Sump Pump:
- electric demolition hammer [amzn.to/2RRg33X], used to chop hole through concrete floor
- shovel [amzn.to/2IXcJkV]
- drill/driver [amzn.to/2Jigb8K]
- hole saw [amzn.to/2Nk51Fs]
- hoe [amzn.to/2LrmV6L], used to mix concrete
- pointed trowel [amzn.to/2JdR1b5], used to smooth concrete
- utility knife [amzn.to/2X4RMbw], used to cut filter fabric
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Wasn't going to install one in my house, but now that I know it's only a 3 minute project, I think I'll tackle it this weekend!
Right! That's what I was thinking. If I wouldn't have typed this comment I'd probably already be halfway done.
😂😅@@PinkyFingerPedalStrike
@@PinkyFingerPedalStrike lol im in the process of getting ready to do this. I AM NOT looking forward to it
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Weekend??? How about this hour?
I like how he works with a homeowner and teaches them why he's doing something instead of just doing it for them
usually the homeowners in these videos stand around like idiots, was nice to see this lady getting down & dirty with the jackhammer lol
No screwing around, direct and to the point. Thanks for sharing, nice video.
Your downhill neighbor will love you.
Yes. Sump pumps are a pyramid scheme!
Pretty good video. My project went well! They might add in that this is an all day project
I was shocked when I saw her with that Jack hammer
lol same
the home owner has to do some of the work or something along the lines per toh contract
Welcome to the 21st century
Sexy. Lol
Lot's of females are professional jackhammer construction workers.
Excellent video. Very informative, this an a few others helped me do this on my own. And exactly my situation, for the last 48 my sump has been running every 20 min - it (a wet) August 2023.
That’s great. I need to put one in my basement as well. Just curious if basements need more than one. I have water leaking in at two different spots so wondering if I will need two of these.
You should make a full square (or whatever shape your basement is) with it all pitched to the sump crock and the sump pump should keep all the water out @@tdz69
Insert "Let's pipe it up" to forego 30 minutes of instruction. Though, I appreciate this, I am sure many wanted that broken down.
I mean, it's a TV show. I get what you're saying, but people coming to this on RUclips expecting detailed step-by-step instructions are of course going to be disappointed.
If you want a step by step instruction, pick a video longer then 3 minutes
It's not rocket science to put PVC pipe together. It's literally a 1 1/2 pipe out from the sump to outside like he shows you.
That is extraordinary. It is amazing to see it installed and it is amazing to see the actual process of destroying the concrete and then digging below the floor. It is unbelievable that the pump pushes the water out of the hole, because it goes high above the ground.
You never work in maintenance ? Lot of place use these small guy to pump 12 ft higher
Either you forgot your pills or took too many😂
Ma boi is a fool having her jack hammering that concrete love it hahahaha
I did a Wayne sump pump install a couple years ago very similar to this. What I found was with a check valve after the pump, the discharge line in the wall could freeze and therefore leave the sump pump running and over heat it. This is a really cold climate application (alberta Canada), but it worked great once I just took the check valve out.
All you have to do is disconnect your drainage hose from the outside of your house once the temperature reaches zero and the line will never freeze. I live in Manitoba so I know a thing or two about cold weather haha. If you don't have check valve, the water will always be running back into your pit and the pump will always be turning on. My advice is to put the check valve back and just before winter, disconnect your outside drainage hose and I promise you that your line will never freeze
Interesting and it makes sense. So, if the ground is properly graded so the water flows away from the pump, then there should be no problem, right?
In my particular situation however, we have an underground water source that would be above freezing temp. It isn't constantly flowing in. So what's the solution?
What is the slope angle on your exterior discharge pipe? It should be a solid, non-corrugated PVC pipe with a slope angle of at least 1 inch per foot. If the water isn't draining quickly enough to prevent freezing, you may need to increase the slope angle. Adding a weep hole to allow standing water to drain out may also help. (This coming from a guy in Wisconsin, USA.)
What they didn't show is that the pipe exiting the home is sloped downward, so that piece of pipe has no water in it. The column of water in the vertical part of the pipe is heated by your home, and every time the pump runs, it will melt the tiny amounts of water droplets that remain in the discharge ... then the droplets will freeze again.
Your friend's pipe exiting the home was likely sloped upwards.
The slope outside shouldn’t have been an issue the drain was routed underground (by the builder) to a drain at the front street, and where this connection was it had a pipe installed where water could exit if the drain became frozen. The water froze in the vertical pipe at the exterior wall - again this was in the extreme cold -40 Celsius.
I like how my guy made the lady jackhammer the concrete, so inclusive
#equity
'There you go luv, now youre done drillin, lets have a look at that blocked soil pipe!' 😁
Awesome!! Thank you for the post. Extremely helpful.
Thank you for this very informative video. I think I might have just figured out what that corroding bucket in the ground is in an area of my backyard that floods during heavy rains. Installing a new Sump Pump there might solve my flooding problems.
imagesfromLA If it's in the back yard it's probably a dry well, not a sump.
He explains very well.
Just bought a condo in an old apartment building in Boston and let me tell you I needed to know what a sump pump is bc it floods up in our basement. Old building problems
2:17 drilling quickly happened just like a dream
Nice video, well done.
That sounds great
Thanks for the help! but where do i get the fabric that you use around and under the basin is it landscaping fabric??
Ok so, where should i do this? I live on a hill so should i do it on the higher part as thays where more water cones from?
In New Jersey is it ok hook up hose if the drain if 2 feet off the floor or you too have to go direct to outside
I am pretty sure that the check valve needs to be 12-18 inches above the pump outlet to to act as a pressure buffer when the pump kicks on. It looks like they may have it, but they did not mention that there also needs to be a small vent hole in the (1/8 - 3/16") just under the check valve so to prevent hydrolock.
this WAYNE pump does not need the weep hole. the check valve could realistically be almost anywhere as long as it's near the pump.
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Beautiful, job, Tommy! If plumbers were as good at handling joists as you were at installing a sump pump, the world would be a better place. #tellRoger
good stuff 👍
Thanks
Does the discharge pipe need a weep hole to prevent airlock?
Good video.
Should the pit has any holes on the bottom?
Not the usual well edited This Old House video
Where do you get that filter fabric from? Came up empty with Google searches.
Ive heard that fabric can also get clogged? Is it necessary?
Is the weeping hole below the check valve to relieve pressure? Some said it is required, but I don't see you mentioned it.
Paul Cheang it’s so the pump does not get air locked
Thx
That pump sounds very sickly...
+jmr1068204 probably because he keeps turning it on without water in it.
It sounds like it has a rock in the impeller already, even though he put it on a pad.
@@Nightl3lade No, the little he ran it dry is fine. Good ones can run for an hour or more dry. The real issue is likely that its clearly the most generic, cheapest pump they could get. And he probably got a rock in it like the other commentor said.
Also, did you use a 45 degree outside?
What was the length and width of the basin used in the video?
How do I stop the calcium from my hard groundwater from leaching into my drain pipe under my basement slab? The calcium builds up in my sump basin and is burning out my sump pumps. I have a brand spanking new house and have burned through 5 sumps already. I thought about switching my sump pump with a sewage pump so it pumps out the white stuff without burning my pump out. HELP!
At the end of the video, that staccato tapping sound made by the pump would certainly concern me. Sounds like a bad bearing inside the pump. Needs replacing.
I have about 5 inches of water coming up from the ground in my stable under a wooden ramp for the horses.
I'm going to tear it down and rebuild and thought a sump pump might help. Does the basin have to be this large for the small amount of water I'm accumulating using a pump like in the video?
Depends on the amount of water you're dealing with. They make smaller versions of sumps for landscaping use that may work better in your case. Check around online, or call around locally, for pump sizing calculators. Might not hurt to have a pro come out and assess the situation.
i like a very deep hole.. 3 feet deep.. makes for a very dry basement but be careful not to undermine the footings.. not too close..
Hello Tom brian here i live in oconto wisconsin and we have a huge section in our back yard that gets alot of water in the spring and anytime we get heavy rain is it possible to set up a sump pump out side in that area to move the water away other wise it takes untell july for the it to dry up on its own ....
Not Tom, but yes you can install a pit and pump out in your yard. There are slightly different versions than house sumps, but the idea is the same. Maybe talk to a local landscaper for ideas (they love to talk yard tech) and possibly for help with installation.
Installation in 3 minutes so it will take me 3 days and 30 trips to Home Depot
I get it, it works well!
Should the basin/pit black liner itself have holes to let high water in?
yes.
Y a déjà de l eau dessous le béton?
Cool
Nice video. My house is not in a flood zone but when major rain storm and hurricane hits my basement has water. Can a sump pump prevent the flood or I need to do a french drain?
A pump will work but you should have a French drain with a pump
Sump pumps are designed to prevent flooded basements, so they should work in your case. A French drain would help direct water from around your basement to the sump basin to be pumped out. If you're unsure, you can usually get a licensed installer in your area to come out and do an assessment and make recommendations as to components, placements, sizing, etc. That one-time service fee can save you a lot of headaches in the future. You may even decide to contract them to do the work for you.
Greg wants to know if there will be a musty smell or ground smell should he have just cut a hole in the middle for the pump and piping.
no he doesn't
it's weird to see tom doing plumbing
Never knew this was a thing, is this because basement is too low? That water down there was pretty high, it looks like if there was a bit more, it would seep into house through cracks.
HeadingForTomorrow hence the purpose of a sump pump
Silt screen, proceeds to pour silt back in 🤣
Was the basin perforated and why didn't you drill a bleed-hole in the discharge pipe or install an anti siphon valve?
weep hole is not specified for that model
Use 1 inch rocks keeps the pump from pulling in rocks inside pump
Stop checks too low I'd like to see it few feet up with maybe a ball valve above it for easy future repairs/replacements
Yes, I had that on my toilet macerator waste. When I had to change the valve at the bottom of the pipe, all the shite comes falling out of the pipe. 🤮
I have an auxiliary sump pump pit with no drainpipe. The water comes from the main pit and the backup system kicks in when the water rises and the alarm goes off. Why is there sludge in my backup pit? some gravel and sludge? There is none of this in the main pit. Any ideas?
Maybe it doesn't run often enough to clean itself out?
Upon changing my sump pump, again, I cleaned the pit/liner first, before installing new sump pump.
Also did the weeping hole per Zoeller manual.
Pump is a Rigid 1/2 hp
I noticed the bottom is cracked.
I was quoted $990 to replace the pit.
I Google this issue first and found out, that there pit/ liner is suppose to have holes to allow water to come into the pit. And then the pump to eject the water outdoor.
So, is the crack at issue then?
The water rises to it's previous waterline that it doesn't even trigger the pump at. It used to get trigger to almost an hour, or not at all.
Should I leave the crack alone?
@First Last was given free advice to leave it alone. Ever since new pump and dry spells in my area, the camera has caught less and less injection of water. I guess I'm good for now. Thanks
Why not just dip the whole pipe in the primer?
Joshua Holtz haha very funny
Hahahha
Haha
This is the plumbers in the comments. Lol. Rookie Beotch with that primer! For the home gamer use clear. If an inspector can't tell it was used they need fired. The purple in primer is responsible for bad welds. Consumers too sparing to avoid ugly runs. Purple done away with in Mi.👍
That is what i thought, jesus. I wipe my joints man. You would think with all his subscribers he would do the same lol
New subdivision homes have sump pumps. Older homes must install sump pumps to keep their basements dry.
Indeed. Sumps to keep the bulk out and dehumidifiers to keep the funk out.
If the plastic sump liner ("basin") has a bottom, it is better to leave it in place - do not cut it away. If it doesn't already have factory-made holes in it, drill a series of 1/2 inch diameter holes around the wall of the basin *_near_* the bottom , and two or three holes in the bottom, with a total area equal to 100% to 200% of the area of the discharge pipe. That way the pump will be resting on a clean, flat plastic surface and there is no need to block it up on a concrete paver.
Not shown in this video, but highly essential, fashion a strong lid for the sump out of a steel plate or exterior-grade plywood, to prevent someone's foot going into the sump and possibly twisting and ankle or breaking a leg.
This looked like a desperate job. I would prefer doing it during a period of dry weather, when the water table has fallen below the elevation of the basin bottom.
How do you know if you should drill holes or not drill holes?
@@observe_and_purport OK thank you
Milosz Ostrow I got two sump pump in the Basment one inside the basement ( by the exit door) and the other one outside the door of the Basment exit with only the Basment exit door separating them. The inside sump pump has holes in the sides with plastic floor on bottom from the basin. My question is the inside sump pump doesn't seem it has a drain That dumps water in the pit (water tank sump pump sits in) but the outer sump pump has a visible drain that I can see......last month I start getting water coming out from under tile near sump pump....do you think this is because of the sump pump not having a foundation drain the leads to sump pump or maybe because of the plastic basin floor.
Thanks for any feed back that you may have
Not arguing with the idea that you should leave the bottom mostly intact, but I don't know where you're getting 100%-200% fo the discharge pipe size. That makes no sense, as the discharge pipe is handling water from a sump pump, but the basin is filling simply from the water table. Water is not going to come in the basin holes nearly as quickly as its going to get shot out the discharge pipe under pressure. So, with your way, the pump will be short cycling all the time.
@@observe_and_purport 8 1/4” holes does NOT equal a 2” hole in area. It would take 64 1/4” holes or 16 1/2” holes to equal the area of one 2” hole. Pi*d^2 / 4
I'd hate to be the technician servicing that furnace now that the sump is right in front of it.
Why ? They have tops you can stand on
Appliances have to be in an area so that they are service friendly. Why does the hvac tech always get screwed over by everyone else?! 😡 Common sense people
@@dcordray63 Indeed. Code or not, as a homeowner, I try to stick to the 3-foot clearance rule that applies to electrical service panels. Always nice to have a light close by as well.
What would you charge for something like this
I remember watching this video when I was like three
We have local people that made two pumps, battery backup and wireless alerts! They are selling it online at Menards but I saw no sign in the store at Menards...I think they should mention that!!
I don't think it's a good idea to cut off the bottom of the sump basin, better to leave it attached and drill holes. With 6 inches of gravel all the way around the perimeter and on the bottom (outside of the basin) it is not necessary to use the fabric. Over a long period of time the fabric can actually become clogged or loaded with sediment not letting the water in properly. Remember: Water in water out, let the gravel be the filter. It would be a shame to re-do a job like this.
No weep hole either.
Was thinking the same thing.. that mesh will be a filter... and filters clogg
How do you keep one from moving around from turning On?
hooked to the pvc pipe,shouldn't rotate
How do you make a decision were to place the sump pump inside
Is sump basin and sump pump alone efficient enough without an interior trench around perimeter of foundation wall?
Depends on the property
you tend to see the trenches in situations where the water table likes to raise to a higher point of the foundation wall. pressure release holes are drilled low on the foundation which allows the water to flow into the trench to a sump pit and/or a drain.
I wish I can see how goes the water out side when the pump is working
Placing the exit that close to the house is never a good idea. It literally "plots" the water outside of the home
What kind of fabric is the "filter fabric" at 0:56? I went to Home Depot and Lowes and no one has heard of it. A Google search for "sump pit filter fabric" yields nothing useful like what kind of cloth it is and where to buy it. Thank you!
Norm M It's called sediment filter fabric. I think the brand sold at Home Depot is called Soil Separator.
how much does this type of installation cost turn key?
+wesbann just replaced ours today pump 129.99 at local hardware store
ours took only 30 minutes to fix after last weeks huge storm here in northeast ct
dude went goofy with that primer lol
I know it's weird but I regularly come back and watch this video because I find it so therapeutic and I don't really know why...
So is this house located in Venice or something?
You must never have been to the Dakotas..... my winter project is installing a second sump pump because my basement had major water issues in the last year. With historic snow fall and rain all summer. We here in the Dakotas received 2 1/2 times normal precipitation. Even though it is now winter, the rivers are still over flood stage and are now frozen that way.
The entire US midwest is a flood plains. The entirety of Florida is a swamp. Many coastal home are built on sand that is saturated with water. Any house near a river or lake has a high water table. And so forth.
They have them in some older houses.
Even in metro Atlanta, Georgia.
@@KreigsMarine2 Most have absolutely no clue until the damage hits. Many home owners should have a similar system. Though I will make mine more robust for temperature changes and better risk management...
Was this done just as a hole in the basement floor? I have a similar setup in my house without weeping tile or anything that would collect water to the basin...wondering if its possible to just put in a hole like this but slightly deeper and just hope the water finds its way to the basin?
robsenz123 very possible, that water was there when they made it through the concrete for the fact, that's where the water table was. the more saturated the ground is the higher the water level in the ground gets. my basement gets wet after a good 3 days of rain due to this, look up hydrostatic pressure. You can have a super sealed basement, but if enough water is in the ground it can buckle and crack your foundation.
most foundations have a layer of rock under them, to allow water to flow, preferably away from the house. So installing a sump pump will aid in this process, especially if you do not have a weeping tile to drain it away. It's not necessary to go any deeper either.
I would assume that the homeowner was having problems with seepage in that particular corner. Depending on the size of the basement, it's likely that without drain tile surrounding the length of the basement perimeter, a setup as shown will do little to nothing to alleviate seepage anywhere but the area where the basin is installed.
If anyone could answer this for me I'd be thankful. So how the heck do you choose where the sump pump hole should go?
Very good question!
lowest point of the room I would imagine, use water to find it
@@drsteve782 A good hint is the location of the floor drain, which is generally by the furnace. Or where the water supply comes into the house/where the sewage line leaves the house.
Putting tht filter around the pit will clog up and have to be took out and changed
I like the way the floater goes up the vertical metal piece. What make of sump pump is it?
Michael Parsley Not sure of the brand of pump in this video, but I would recommend a Zoeller sump pump if you need a sump pump.
i went through 3-4 home depot pumps over 5-6 years. they kept on burning out on debris clogging up the intake. finally decided to spend the money on a zoeller m53 which has been running fine for 7 years, no problems. they aren't that much more but great quality, made in USA too.
I recommend Zoeller sump pumps also such as an N57 or N53. The cheap pump that was in our house originally died 2 months after we moved in. Actually, it was just the switch that died. For that reason, I would also recommend getting a sump pump without a built in switch. The switch is the item that is most prone to failure even if the motor in the pump is fine. You can get a similar style switch that is separate from the pump that just clamps to the pipe. It's not as clean looking, but when the switch dies, and it will, you can just replace the switch and not the entire pump.
Jason Baker Just add to what you you said, I had a Zoeller M53 that finally gave out after 12+ years of very heavy use. Pretty much any time it rained a bit, this pump was running. Anyway, I came down the steps to the basement, once, to find the pump constantly running to the point it was smoking. I unplugged it and figured out that the switch had failed (the Achilles heal of any sump pump). I guess I was lucky, in that, the switch failed on the "on" position. I bought an external switch, similar to what you described, and hooked it up to the burned up M53. It worked! The pump still kept the basement dry for the next week or so until I got around to replacing it with an M57. I've kinda been a believer in Zoeller pumps since.
That's a really good point. It can get stuck being on as well as off, so a separate switch won't protect you from that. But if the switch dies it the off position, you can still salvage the pump and only have to replace the switch.
Is it against code to pipe this out to your main sewer line in the house instead of making a whole new exit line? If not I figure that is easier to make a new connection to your main sewer line.
Check your local regs, as it varies.
Supposed to be tied into storm
Couldn't you plumb the discharge line into a gutter downspout ?
is that the way it's done?
Depends on the codes where you live. Some places allow for emptying rain discharge into sewer lines but not sump discharge. If you're just discharging into your yard, then it should be a problem. In fact, that's what I'm planning to do with mine this spring (a local plumber said it's a-ok here). Just make sure a downspout full of leaves doesn't cause your sump to back up. And DO NOT use that cheap, corrugated downspout tubing as it can clog and/or freeze up.
Our sump was unusual for a couple reasons. First, it was connected to the sewer. Second, a basement sink drained directly into the sump pit (I always thought that this was gross and lazy). These were design choices original to the house (mid 70s construction).
My sump guy said that in most places sumps are not supposed to be connected to sewers. But, maybe that's just a local thing in Wisconsin.
@@PongoXBongo That's also what I've been led to believe. It makes sense. The water from the sump pit is just ground water, after all.
@@PongoXBongo Funny you say that. My sump pump is connected to a sewer in my backyard, but the city gave us permission to do it. It's probably best that way because if you're shooting water back outside, into the ground, then the water is just making it's way back to the sump pump. Also, I live in Wisconsin.
@@Shnibleydo69 Interesting. Maybe I'll have a chat with my city then too. Would be nice to just flush everything away.
Correct, the storm and sanitary sewers are supposed to be different. Older houses used to have the drain tile discharging into the floor drains with a built in check valve style flap @@PongoXBongo
How about throwing in a GFCI
Yes, I do believe that is a code requirement now.
Hey guys, because my sewer line kept getting backed up, even after replacing it, I called a handyman that did a lot of work for me, to see what was the sewer line’s problem. He told me we should install a sun pump so we did. He cut the cast iron pipe in the house by the house trap going to the street in NYC and installed a sum pump. Basically he cut off about 2 feet off 6” pipe and the all the incoming water went in to a small hole he dug n sum pump spit it out to the pipe to go thru house trap to the street sewer all crushed so that they won’t cause backup. Basically every half hour or so machine would come on n empty the house discharges. After it’s running for 4 months, sum pump died. My question is, should he have done that? Now looking back, I made a big mistake allowing him. Was that ever supposed to work? I trusted his judgment n cut my original cast iron pipe 😢Thank you for any feedback.
That’s why he’s a handy man go hired a license plumber. First warning was a sump pump instead of a ejector pump sump is for liquid ejector for solids Get a flood control. Research backflow and Overhead sewer get an OHS
I got a sewer back up let me install a sump pump said no licensed plumber ever
Perimeter drains are useless unless you are below the footing.
What ever you do do not cut the bottom off dirt is a killer for sump pumps
Is it normal to have a ton of water like that under the basement? Seems like a lot.
Why was the bottom of the sump filled with gravel? Wouldn't it be better to pump out more water and keep the foundation dryer? It looks like the put about a foot of gravel in the bottom of the sump pit.
To keep the bowl from floating
I moved to a brand new construction this week. And the basement already has water leak problem. I don't know what to do.
Call a local professional plumber that works with basement/yard drainage solutions.
Home Warranty
The alternate reality of Jay Leno as a household Handyman.
Remember if you loose power in a storm sump no pump
Looks like that outside pipe could easily freeze up.
"pipe it up"
but in what area do you know where the pump needs to go??
Frankie the arms it goes at the lowest point of the basement. Put a marble on the ground the direction it rolls to is the lowest point
How is the water supposed to find its way to that pit?
There is a layer of gravel under the foundation of the house that allows water to slowly work its way around. But, eventually, it can all rise up to the level of the floor, then above and into the basement itself. The pit and pump are meant to remove and safely redirect some of that water before it gets to the point of flooding. Like how placing a pump in the corner of a swimming pool will pull water from the entire pool.
Can i just install the sump pump, or do i need french drains as well? I thought that water around the basement would flow under it and the sump pump would just drain it all off. Weve only gotten about 1/4 inch of water in there after 2 weeks of rain everyday, but washer, dryer, and furnace are all down there. House was built in '48
I would go the extra mile and put in a french drain system. This would ensure your water drains out quicker and give less time for moisture to affect anything... JMHO.
Would’ve liked to see the part where they connect the pipe because the plumbing is one of the hardest parts.
So pretty much just pick a spot .dig a hole drop the sump.connect the pump and done?
I don't think this is this easy. The water need a way to leak into the basin. If you just dig a hole and put the liner in it, only the water from the surface of the basement floor will find its way there. The under slab ground water will still leak through the floor where it's most convenient for it. One would need to dig a trench around the perimeter of the basement and install drain pipes to do the job right.
+Kris Bochenek Correct, I do that for a living, we need to trench along the wall about a foot away from the high point to the low point (where we put the sump), where we than install our drain cloth and lay the pipe, we lay rock on top of the pipe (to keep it still and continue water flow) and usually, cover it up with vapor barrier, or even an encapsulation. Our Fastsump Sump pump comes with a box you set it up in and bury, that way the sump is always on a flat, non rocky surface
+SkateSmokeAndDrum Hi I am in a drastic situation right now and I sincerely need your help . How can i contact you ?
I could have used one of these about 12 hours ago before my basement flooded...
How much should a sump pump installation cost?
It'll be cheaper if you DIY it like this and other videos. I was just quoted around $3000 for a professional to do it all. I imagine that varies on your geography also.
What is the filter fabric and where can I find it I asked at Lowe’s and Home Depot. They looked at me like I was shape shifting in front of their eyes ..
The correct term for this is soil retention fabric, and can be found in the garden section at lowes, or home depot, even walmart may carry this