In June 2013, we had the unfortunate luck of a basement flood, caused by a tripped electrical breaker connected to our sump pump. There are so many things that can go wrong with a sump pump. You always are on guard for power outages, blown breakers, sump pump failures, clogged pipes an...
Prepare the sump pump for use by attaching the first portion of the discharge PVC pipe. Cut a section of 1 1/2″ PVC (schedule 40) long enough to pass through the sump lid and allow for connection of the remainder of the discharge plumbing system. Most pumps have a female threaded outl...
holes in the Plexiglas plate and started sifting sand. Anything that was too big to sift through the bucket was too big to go through the holes in the Plexiglas. The pump pulls water (17/20 liters per minute) and detritus down through the sand and Plexiglas, into the pipe system, up ...