Our sump pump photo (left) is not a wonderful installation, but you can see the pump motor (red arrow), pump float switch (orange arrow), and flexible pump discharge pipe (white arrow) clearly. The water inlet in tihs case is at the bottom of the pump assembly (blue arrow)....
The pump sits in the bottom of the sump hole and has a switch that is activated by the water level. When you have water in your basement, it flows into the pit, the pump is activated, and it pumps the water out of the pit through a discharge pipe to the outside. ...
If this doesn’t happen, your sump pump is not functioning properly. Why Is My Sump Pump Not Working? You could potentially fix the pump on your own without any tools. However, other problems may require a trip to the hardware store or a call to a professional for repairs or replacement...
Your sump pump’s life expectancy is greatly influenced by how often it has been used, the amount of water it has to displace, and its cycle runtime. Once the water level reaches a float switch, the sump pump system starts pumping out water from your basement or crawlspace. If you don...
Dishwasher leaks usually come from a few places—around the door, under the appliance,or where it connects to a drain.Water leaks around the door could be from a faulty gasket, broken door latch, or stuck float.A water leak from under the dishwasher could mean you’ve got a pump, hose...
Like many cabins and homes built in the 1950s, our cabin has a dirt crawl space. And, like many dirt crawl spaces, ours is a damp, musty, fairly disgusting place. To fix our crawlspace water issues, I was going to need to install a sump basin and pump. This is how I did it in...
Actually, this is the point of the sump pump. As water flows into the sump the float needs to be able to rise to a level that will activate the pump switch and fall back down without getting stuck between the pump and the sump liner wall. Usually it is a simple matter of just ...