I had a ton of water in my basement. A friend and I installed a sump pump. This is how we did it.
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I had a ton of water in my basement. A friend and I installed a sump pump. This is how we did it.
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Not only does it shorten the pump life, it increases the amount of time it takes to clear out the water. I used to have a 1/2 horse pump that ran into a 1 1/4 pvc, that exited the house with 1 1/2 steal tubing. It was not enough sometimes. I now have a 3/4 horse pump with 1 1/2 tubing all the way. It so far has kept up, when my neighbor took on 30 inches of water.
keep an eye out for subsidence if you lower the water table considerably – as you have no foundation
LMFAO 43 – 48 wat does he say
Dude, please get rid of that small-ass blue supply pipe.
I happend to go into my crawl space today and there was standing water. I was really bummed as I am sure you can imagine. After watching your video I decided I could do this too! Thanks for taking the time to shoot. I have pumped the water out but will need to put french drains in. Your video helped to give me the confidence to try it myself.
whats he say at :46 seconds..subaderro?
You high bro?
lmao..hehheh 😉
please, please I hope you have taken out that blue PEX or whatever at the top. no wonder it’s draining so slow and you’ll burn out your pump in no time.
You really need some drain tiles around your “footerless” foundation feeding that sump well if you truly want to protect your house.
pex, wow …
Thats nothin- last week I had 5″ above the floor of the basement- live on a hill- and figured it could not possibly be the water table. So I figured it was the furnace and bought a new one. 2 days ago the water was back.. new furnace already plumbed in 🙁
those shark bit fittings are CRAP. be sure to keep an eye on it. they only last from 1 to 3 years.
Yeah! Thanks for posting! I gotta get water outta a storm cellar. I don’t think I can dig a hole in the cement though. There has ta be another way. I wuz hoping You’d show how to hook up garden hoses,instead of PVC,or whatever ya had rigged there.
HAHA…
“We’re gonna fill it with the BOMBA PARA SUMIDERO…ehehe”
HILARIOUS!
Now…if only my basement didn’t leak…
why would you go 1″ and a half into pex? thats stupid do you reliaze how much you are restricting your flow? Finish the job right and run pvc all the way out. Otherwise during a flood the pex will restric water flow and the pump wont be able to keep up. Also that is probaly like a 1500-2000 gph with your piping set uo you are reducing it to about 800-1100 gph.
why would you go 1″ and a half into pex? thats stupid do you reliaze how much you are restricting your flow? Finish the job right and run pvc all the way out. Otherwise during a flood the pex will restric water flow and the pump wont be able to keep up. Also that is probaly like a 1500-2000 gph with your piping set uo you are reducing it to about 800-1100 gph.
why would you go 1″ and a half into pex? thats stupid do you reliaze how much you are restricting your flow? Finish the job right and run pvc all the way out. Otherwise during a flood the pex will restric water flow and the pump wont be able to keep up. Also that is probaly like a 1500-2000 gph with your piping set uo you are reducing it to about 800-1100 gph. you are a official genius
Great video thanks for showing it.
its called a check valve and you need to move it closer to the pump.
funny video, I appreciate the info. Too bad about the footer! Hope the sump is holdin up. We get ours installed at the end of the month, but we aren’t brave enough to do it ourselves! 🙂
this guy is awesome!
Was there beer involved in this install?
did you have any issues with the clay around the crock? I installed mine last night, and I woke up this morning to a clogged up pump!
The thing at 3:55 is called a check valve for anyone who is wondering.