Comments on: Keeping Your Basement Dry With Sump Pumps http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/keeping-your-basement-dry-with-sump-pumps.html personal finance blog with anecdotes, advice and commentary. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:01:03 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Bryan http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/keeping-your-basement-dry-with-sump-pumps.html/comment-page-1#comment-11963 Bryan Fri, 14 Jul 2006 10:28:57 +0000 http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/keeping-your-basement-dry-with-sump-pumps.html#comment-11963 Welcome to having a home with an active sump pump. Do your self a favor and BUY A GOOD 12 Volt BACKUP SYSTEM that will cover you when the power goes out. It has been my experience so far that 95% of those people who buy a backup system have been flooded before, the remaining 5% helped someone (neighbor, friend, relative) with cleaning up the mess when the main pump failed and nobody wants to do that again. How do I know? I have a compnay that bullds and sells backup sump pumps to local plumbers here in Iowa. No this isnt a sales pitch and I wont even mention my companie's name, Just please for your own sake get backup system installed do it yourself or hire a plumber but get a good system that pumps at least 3k gallons of water at 0' head or 1.5 to 2k gallons at a 10' head height. Let me know if you want or need more info on backup systems Welcome to having a home with an active sump pump. Do your self a favor and BUY A GOOD 12 Volt BACKUP SYSTEM that will cover you when the power goes out. It has been my experience so far that 95% of those people who buy a backup system have been flooded before, the remaining 5% helped someone (neighbor, friend, relative) with cleaning up the mess when the main pump failed and nobody wants to do that again.
How do I know? I have a compnay that bullds and sells backup sump pumps to local plumbers here in Iowa. No this isnt a sales pitch and I wont even mention my companie’s name, Just please for your own sake get backup system installed
do it yourself or hire a plumber but get a good system that pumps at least 3k gallons of water at 0′ head or 1.5 to 2k gallons at a 10′ head height. Let me know if you want or need more info on backup systems

]]> By: jim http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/keeping-your-basement-dry-with-sump-pumps.html/comment-page-1#comment-11566 jim Mon, 10 Jul 2006 14:50:09 +0000 http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/keeping-your-basement-dry-with-sump-pumps.html#comment-11566 Thanks for the tips fellas, definitely things I didn't even think about. I think not having grown up with a sump pump (or more specifically, a basement) leaves you without experience in all the bad things that can happen underground so you don't even think to check them. I didn't even think about the sump pump when it was raining hard but my girlfriend did, luckily. Thanks for the tips fellas, definitely things I didn’t even think about. I think not having grown up with a sump pump (or more specifically, a basement) leaves you without experience in all the bad things that can happen underground so you don’t even think to check them. I didn’t even think about the sump pump when it was raining hard but my girlfriend did, luckily.

]]> By: CK http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/keeping-your-basement-dry-with-sump-pumps.html/comment-page-1#comment-11560 CK Mon, 10 Jul 2006 13:05:39 +0000 http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/keeping-your-basement-dry-with-sump-pumps.html#comment-11560 Also might not be a bad idea too have a backup system in place in case the sump fails. Say for a power outage, they tend to happen during nasty storms that produce lots of precipitation. Some tips from State Farm; http://www.statefarm.com/consumer/vhouse/articles/sumpump.htm Also might not be a bad idea too have a backup system in place in case the sump fails. Say for a power outage, they tend to happen during nasty storms that produce lots of precipitation.

Some tips from State Farm;
http://www.statefarm.com/consumer/vhouse/articles/sumpump.htm

]]> By: denon http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/keeping-your-basement-dry-with-sump-pumps.html/comment-page-1#comment-11547 denon Mon, 10 Jul 2006 03:37:33 +0000 http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/keeping-your-basement-dry-with-sump-pumps.html#comment-11547 Sump pumps are a pretty basic concept. :) You probably want to get rid of that corrugated pipe (sounds like someone hookd up some underground tile, which isn't the right tool for the job.) Go down to your local hardware store and pick up the right pipe .. attach it to the house, and get it as far away as possible. Sometimes it's also worthwhile to toss a Y in, and have the water go to two areas, so the ground doesn't get saturated in that one place. Usually it's just easier to move the pipe over a few feet from day to day during the rainy season. Also - and this is important - next year, BEFORE the spring (or even before fall rains this year), reach down and lift the float up on the pump. Make sure it still works. On sump pumps, motors die, floats stick after a long time of being dry, or the ball can even break of fall off. All things to be aware of before the water table is at eye level. :) Sump pumps are a pretty basic concept. :) You probably want to get rid of that corrugated pipe (sounds like someone hookd up some underground tile, which isn’t the right tool for the job.) Go down to your local hardware store and pick up the right pipe .. attach it to the house, and get it as far away as possible. Sometimes it’s also worthwhile to toss a Y in, and have the water go to two areas, so the ground doesn’t get saturated in that one place. Usually it’s just easier to move the pipe over a few feet from day to day during the rainy season.

Also – and this is important – next year, BEFORE the spring (or even before fall rains this year), reach down and lift the float up on the pump. Make sure it still works. On sump pumps, motors die, floats stick after a long time of being dry, or the ball can even break of fall off. All things to be aware of before the water table is at eye level. :)

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