It's called a dry well and the dry well can't handle the water. And for the love of God put a dam pipe on that 90 get the water away from the house

1) Why use the old seals , its wise to replace current seals. 2) Why not test pump after clearing block. 3) Why not replace both check vale. 3) you had extra pipe in your truck should of extended the drain additional 5ft or 10 why just dump it right there outside the window. Anything but that lol

Why not identify why the underground pipe is blocked and fix the problem? This looks like a quick fix which has its own deficiencies

Unbelievable, I can’t believe that you posted this video !!! Thanks 🙏

I liked the way he took all the new black seals off and used the old ones.

With that broken check valve the one pump was just pumping over down out the other pump.

I had a Zoeller M98 go bad on me this year. It was humming in the pit and actually got the water hot. Switch was good. Nobody wanted to touch it for repair and it was only 5 years old. I ended up changing out the run/start capacitor - good as new.

I would have rodded the blockage. Dumping water just outside the home not only reintroduces the water to the water pump but also creates a lake in the back yard. Not your best work bud. But otherwise , Love ya and thanks for all the GOOD stuff!

This job did not demonstrate the same consistent quality and patience as I've seen in your HVAC work. Made me wonder if you might have been rushing to a vet appointment with Miss Molly, or an important dinner date, or maybe you were just having an off day.

more like a recirculating pump. Thats a good idea. Recirculate all the rainwater through your basement sump pumps and the spit it out so it can seep back into the basement. There is logic here somewhere, I just gotta figure out the details. Must be where the saying "water will find a way into your house" comes from!

The Liberty pump isn't pumping out water because the check valve for the Zoeller is open. The water is pumping in a big circle through the Y fitting and out of the Zoeller right back into the sump pit. The biggest clue was when you broke the main connection and no water dumped out. Then when you started the Liberty pump the other clue was the bubbles and water in the sump pit.

Two pumps need two separated lines pump water to outside of the house as one must work. Extending outside pvc tube a few ft from the house to prevent water go back to the foundation.of the house.

Good job Steve,on sump pump replacement. take it to the next level....OLD GUNDY !!!!!!!!

This guy is why i fix all my own stuff. Dude would rather charge the home owner for a 200 plus dollar pump than try and fix the one they have. He already was going to junk it before even taking it outta yhe well. Couldnt even plug it in and see if it would work out of the well. I have fixed handfuls zoeller pumps.

This was very valuable to me. Thank you!!

1st thing I noticed is that your pumps are on the same circuit. Put them on different circuits so if the breaker trips you dont loose both

You forgot the rubber seal on green pump it fell down and u just tightened without it :D

The Liberty pumps probably fine and not pumping just because of the clogged line.

Steve, would you dump all that water right next to your house? Were you feeling well when you videoed this episode? Doesn't seem right.

Very relaxing watching your vids ty ..

Putting the discharge 6 inches away from the house...real smart.

You put the pipes back in opposite of the way they were originally

so here is something not mentioned the line outside is blocked correct? yes of so the little green pump burnt out at some point and the liberty pump kept working and with the line being blocked outside the liberty would build pressure in the line and eventually blew out the check valve on the green pump and made it open circuit so the liberty would run and run constantly pushing its water back out the green pump as there is no check valve anymore with it running over and over pumping the same water the liberty burnt it self out as well the water would eventually get hot circulating the same water over and over and mostlikly the impeller is plastic and could have come off the drive motor shaft

and this is why i fix all of my own shit. EVERYTHING. If i dont know how I teach myself.

Great video! Surprised they have 2 pumps for that pit. Rising water must be a big issue there. Nice sunny day with wind and temps near 60° that day.(5/11/17). Thanks for uploading and filming the outside stuff too!

Steve, You are a good plumber and HVAC guy but I have issues with this repair. One pump jammed by the broken check valve. So the other pump pumps and all the water from the operating pump just circles back down the Y connection and back in to the well. it's a circle of water. Would have liked to see you test that pump before changing it. Also and not so much on you but dumping water so close to the house is an invitation for termites.

You're a damn plumber, get your snake out and unblock it, instead of repeating 5 different times that the underground pipe is blocked

Crappy drain exit right next to the foundation, pumps water out and goes right back in. I like to see that line at 25 feet out from the house. Add an antifreeze connector where it exits the foundation.

Hi Steve bin watching your videos ,the plumbing is quite a bit different to Australia now when I was a kid we used cast iron and clay pipes but thats all gone . The kids today cant even solder which is a shame its all plastic ,pex and colour bond.Any way keep up the good work Cheers

Im not having much luck with Zoeller latley on the switches. Not sure if it's the switches or the gasket leaking which kills the switch but either way I have had a few that are about 3 years old that are not working. They pump if you lift the switch but it will not work automatically. Funny thing is I have a Zoeller pump that is nearly 15 years old and it is still working fine.

hes using the old washers haha

great job sir!

Still, as a novice DIY Guy I learned valuable options for rearranging my sump pump piping for easy inspection, and to put my two units on separate breakers, with one perhaps on battery backup. Also that I have no check valve on my discharge. My sump is 20 feet across room from my breaker panel. Shoddy workmanship for builder not to install a check valve or a 2nd breaker circuit for my installed backup pump. I also need to determine if I need battery backup power AND at least a high water level alarm. Not in a Floodplain, Gutter & Leaders well drained downslope from house, and have no ground water entering my sump, only water from HVAC, Humidifier and Hot Water Heater. Maybe I don't need battery backup, huh?

I’m a big fan of the Zoeller pump, but not their switch and float system. I always put an external switch and level control on the pump. I usually use an electronic switch, if it’s ground water. Never have a level control problem and I’m working on large pits a commercial plant. I do the same thing in my own home, Zoeller pump with an external level control.

Zoeller switches fail prematurely. I stopped buying them. You can replace the head of it but it is usually rusty inside the switch cavity

Hello Mr. Lavimoniere. Great videos...thank you. I have a driveway that pitches steeply toward our garage. There are two 4" drains that are piped to a sump in our garage. The damn leaves and crap keep clogging the inlet screen of our (Rigid 1/2 HP cast iron submersible) pump....rendering it useless. My thinking is to go toward a vortex impeller design such as the Zoeller or Liberty pumps. Can you please make recommendation for a pump choice sir? Oh, I also have a dedicated house sump under the stairwell of this home which is a split level design.

@stevenlavimoniere What SUMP plumps do you recommend?

Dumping the water right at the foundation - genius! Doesn’t seem like a plumber.

So is there a part 2? Did the pump problems get resolved? Did the discharge pipe get cleared? Is the water still spilling at the foundation?

my friend had a problem with his and I had no idea what to look for--------l learn a bit from what you did but I didn't see you put in a new seal----

This is half ass at best. All the water thats pumped out into the yard is gonna end up right back in the sump basin again. I hope home owner didn't pay this guy.

Steve really hacked this one up didn’t he

Great video....

The back up to the back up pump gave up. Two of them green monsta's should do the trick! where does the original line terminate? I want to see the video of the dig. Are you doing that? Right now the wata is gonna cycle from outside the window to back into the cella, eitha that or go get three 20 footas and pump the neighbas yard full of wata . just playin yankees, i used to be one of youzze. Much love to the baby dog, keep up the good work Steven .

Not sure if dumping ground water from basement on the ground next to foundation is the best idea

Is this Carl from Aqua teen?

That discharge is putting water right back where you don't want it. Why not jet the underground line to clear it ?

Dumping on the ground one foot beside the wall and back into the foundation again - or is that a temporary solution?

very sloppy work

Should have went with a Gould's pump. They last for like 15-20 years. Zolar is one of the worst pumps for longevity. At work we change out about 5-6 pumps a week and they are always either Liberty or Zolar pumps that are bad. If you install a Gould's effluent pump then you shouldn't have to worry about it for a while. It may be about $50 more but you get what you pay for.

That water is just going to pump out, sink back down to the weepers and the cycle will continue. At least put a six foot pipe on that elbow you installed to get the water away from the foundation.

Another tip. I found that the float wasn't strong enough to trip the switch any more. So I got some bubble wrap and taped it to the side near the bottom of the float. Now the float has a little more pressure to rise and it has enough pressure to flip the switch.

Don’t think you had to drill hole It was pumping threw the other pump because check valve was open

Two pumps? Unless both turn on at the same time pump # 2 would never get to pump any water, Unless of course one of the pumps failed to work at all. Also each pump shoulld have its own discharge piping and further out away from house Sump pumps are designed for volume not pressure,

love your videos look at them all the time 2 questions,, 1 why two pumps, which is the best pump to buy ??

Is that brackish water also

Good job

1, you only need one pump in there, if you don't have a alternator then one pump will always stop working,

Steve as cheap as check valves are versus your time, why not change both at the same time? Also, won't setting that discharge so close to the homes footings can create a wash-out channel?? Thinking... I'm in North Dakota here.... we'd have a hockey rink for 5 months of the year if we plumbed the way that was done! But your ducks would love you like the second coming! LOL Good Video! Thanks

Steve why don't you wear overhauls.

I don't fucking play around with switchs amen

You should’ve replaced it with a battery/water powered backup pump, It’s better than just a regular pump.

Some good teaching here Steve

where is your duplex control pannel? even matched pumps cannot turn on on the same exact time with two floats.

I saw what you did and didn't do and sorry but you failed as a good plumber-------wouldn't want you to do any repairs of mine-------------------

Without the check valve the other pump will just pump the water back in the pit!

Great video Steve Another good,bad and the ugly story

Why not use the brand new seal it came with? The old sounds like there is grit in the threads. That weeping hole you drilled was huge. I think 1/8 to 3/16 max in all the stuff I read. I hate being a critic but wouldn't it have been wise to wet vac out the sump pit to clear any debris that may have gotten in there? The pumps look so unbalanced it would be nice to see if they used a proper patio block for the pumps to sit on. I also notice you didn't check the sump screen on the old pump that is staying to see if there are blockages there as well. It would have been good to clean that as well. Unless they buried that pipe below the frost like they are asking for trouble. I amazed at how fast that weeping tile lets the water back in. Probably should have run some pipe or flexible hose away from the foundation so isn't recirculating.

does anyone know why drill a small hole on liberty pump pipe ? thanks

double repair once again Steve 2hr job job turns into 4hr job and probably didn't need any new pumps

I'm a woman and a home owner, but why wouldn't you tell this poor guy to put an extension hose at least five or ten feet from his house so the same water doesn't keep getting back into the basement. Oh yeah so his pump keep running 24/7 and keep burning out and you keep getting paid because of his lack of knowledge, shame on you. Most home owners don't realize if your sump pump goes out, it's a quick 20-30 minutes tops to replace it if there's no other issues.

bet this house has no gutters

The bare minimum kind of guy....with attitude ..Why'd you get into that line of work if you hate it so much?

Steve I know your loosing weight but miss your cooking vids

I've never had a pump need a hole in the pipe then again I don't use giant pumps

I don't understand why you would need two pumps at the same level in the same pit??? I can see having one set higher in case one fails, the second would go on as the water rises but I especially think a battery back-up would make more sense than having two full-time pumps doing the same job.

Hello ... great video ... is good enough a 1/3 HP for a residential home? when is it recommended to install a 1/2 HP sump pump?

High water table under that house. That pit fills up every few minutes. Steve is working again mama!

Why have 2 pumps?

You never explained the hole you drilled. And, would not tie wraps be easier than tape to dress the wiring?

I couldn't believe that anyone would consider an outlet to the sky as the way to go.

The water is just going to run back into the house...and don’t use electrical tap to gather your cords...use a zip tie...it’s neater and it’s water proof...did you do the previous work on this project...don’t use old parts...switching them out for new will help last longer...you probably charged those people a small fortune...you should just show them how to do themselves....

Are G.F.I. outlets not required? Seems like it would be a good idea.

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Why does he wear gloves? I ask

Old seals forgot to put seal in, And why go out side to see in pump is working water not going down pump not pumping,

You didn’t put the rubber back in your old pump. Above the value.

Why doesnt he use a union instead of the band clamp?

Why not just change the check valve instead of the entire pump?

He is a plumber with not snake machine Funny funny I’m very des appointed

You need a new 5 HP pump

infinite water loop

Don't think he is into reading the comments. Good videos!

You've got Roots clogging that pipe you need to call a plumber to sneak out the pipe with a cutter head

hey stop putting that dirty tape in your mouth or you'll have to wear gloves on your lips next LOL

Nah..... fuhgeh duhbout et!!!

that 1 way valve has that broke off got stuck somewhere in the piping

I agree with others here from personal experience. My sump line blocked up and was dumping water right next to the foundation and just cycling in and out because it wasn't getting it far away enough to drain off. I had a bit of standing water right against my house which is definitely not good either. I had it happen the first time in April of 2018 and had Roto Rooter come and snake the line for $400. When it happened again last Sept. I decided to have a plumber come, well they were even more expensive to my surprise and wanted $350 just to run a camera down my line. Well they determined the line has a belly in it and is mostly corrugated plastic which was torn up badly by Roto Rooter and needs to all be trenched and replaced for up to $10K!! Obviously I showed them the door and got a second estimate for much less but still way more than I want to spend. I just ended up having Roto Rooter come back and clean the line again just to get it functional for as long as I can. I think when it blocks up again I will just tie it in to the city sewer. I know it is illegal here, but I hate the idea of having my lawn torn up, probably damaging my sprinkler system, and spending thousands of dollars to do it!

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