So you think you have water in YOUR basement??? 1/2HP Rigid Sump pump in action.

This is about as bad as it gets at my house. We've had 5 or 6 inches of rain in the last 2 days... there is major flooding everywhere. I have another video of my backyard I took earlier today. Right before the floods, the sump pump that came with the house quit. It kept getting clogged with gunk from the water, and lately, I'd have to click it on manually because the switch wouldn't click the pump on. Then it just quit altogether. So I replaced it with a 1/2HP Rigid sewage pump with a lifetime warranty, capable of pumping 2 inch solids. No worries there!!!

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• Flooded
• Basement
• Rigid
• Sewage
• Sump
• Pump

[henlij]

what are the vertical pipes on either side of the sump pump?

[Geoff12052]

Not sure! lol

[Audioquest56]

Your setup is a little strange. Usually, you have the pump come one before the level in the pit reaches the level of the drainage tubes. You're taking a risk by having the drainage tubes fill up almost all the way.

[Geoff12052]

@Audioquest56 There's so much water constantly flowing through the system that I'm sure it'll be fine. Eventually I want to fill the damn basement up with 2 feet of gravel and concrete!

[Geoff12052]

It's unfinished. I don't have the height even if it was dry. I think it's around 6 feet from the floor to the lowest part of the floor supports.

[Geoff12052]

Yes I do have a backup pump. It's on the other end of the basement.... I need to raise it up a bit though.... since I put this pump in, the water level is much higher when it clicks on.... so if I plug in my back-up pump, THIS one will never run... and this one is by far the "better" of the 2 pumps. :)

[hebert4230]

Should have the float set so it turns on before the weeping tile is below water

[dillonator100]

my house has a 1.5 hp pump and it runs for about 60 seconds on 10 seconds off my sump pit is about 3 ft deep. once we came home to 36 inches of water in our basement.

[dogbite68]

Believe it or not this is nothing. Our house sank in sump pit area a foot, & no I am not exaggerating. We are in the midst of moving our house because of this. We are in a very high water table and silt soil. In the high time 2 sump pump would run all the time & not shut off. We have had 31 inches of water in our basement before & our basement was fully finished. Bad building practices, no sock on drainage tile so it was undermined. 4 years of lawsuit & we are finally at the point of rebuild.

[Eman5698]

hey man if your getting that much water you might wanna get a larger HP pump beacuse that one might burn out if it has to keep pumping that large amount of water!!

[timpd1021]

Hey Geoff...in our new house we have two sumps holes. The main sump has a vertical switch (1/2 horse) that runs every 30 seconds!! No lie. I also have a water back up in the same hole. The pump keeps up with the flow but just barely. If it were to fail the water backup can will contain it till I can get another pump in. The other sump stays at the same level and only rises when the first goes off. I'm hoping to find a way to lengthen the cycle of the main pump. Anyone have a good idea?

[SilentServiceCode]

Would be a good idea to look into a vertical switch so you don't need as much height. The water level should be much lower than that.