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Posted by Jim Elbrecht on April 29, 2008, 9:03 am
griffinmatt@gmail.com wrote:
>Hi guys. I have a few sump pump pipe questions. My current sump pump
>setup is a submersible Zoeller 1/2 or 1/3 hp (don't know the exact
>specs on it but I know its low hp) pump. The pipe currently is
>basically vertical about 10ft. where it exits the house. It is 1"
>pipe. The problem is it exits the house on the wrong side and causes
>the ground to be always saturated and wet at the surface. I suspect
>the water just seeps back down to my sump, which runs quite a lot. My
>neighbor and I am not happy with this situation, since the area from
>my sump pump to where it runs to the back of our lots, it is muddy and
>wet all the time along the border of our lots.
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>The other side of my house goes downhill to a creek, and would be a
>much better place to send the sump pump water.
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Before you do any plumbing. . . Is the creek lower than the floor in
your basement? Do you own the property? Is there any reason you
can't trench from your sump hole to the creek?
I fought with sump pumps for years. [they were in when I bought the
house] About 5 yrs ago I realized that three days of digging, $50 in
pipe, and I never have to run a sump pump again. Works without
electricity, needs no maintenance.
Jim
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