I think I would have put in a larger diameter pit, just to make the plumbing a little easier to service. One of the things you don’t talk about is where is your water coming from and what you have done with pump discharge and downspouts outside of your home. My daughter & son-in-law couldn’t keep a sump pump longer than 3 years. I suggested they move the down spouts further away from the house, especially the one next to the sump pit. They didn’t think it was important, years went by......! Finally I got through to them. They had a guy trench a channel to the storm sewer at the corner of their lot (30ft.) and put in 2 @ 4” corrugated pipes in the trench. One for the sump pump and the other for the down spout. The pump ran for about 2 weeks and then magic, it stopped. The pump has been in for 5+ years and does go on once in a great while, but not in the winter. Thanks....Jim PS......I live a block away and my original sump pump is still in my pit, I have no backup. I do use a tether switch and have replaced that once in 17 years. When they built my house there was no water in the clay soil. My pump runs when it rains, but that’s it.

Biggest mistake I see people make is lacking redundancy. Having a single pump is not a very good idea. If you have a switch failure or pump failure, you probably won’t have time to figure it out. On that note, I used levelguard sensors so I don’t have to worry about moving the entire pump up to set the pump depth.

Great info. I have a sump pump just installed that is pumping out water every hour - but its not from the weeping tile. There is a slight flow just below it. Would this be the ground water and my pump being too low?

Where does the discharge pipe connect or discharge? Does it pass under the basement footings? I have this set up but what is pumped out discharged seems to come back into the sump.

If you have a freeze release system, would this also count as the air gap?

Where does ground water enter the sump pit? Around the inflow pipe ?

I hooked up a monitor to my sump pump, winter it would run once every 10-15 days, this spring it has been going up...cycling 340 times daily the past few days. I am hoping that stops after all the snow finally melts, given where my slab is I don't dare raise it up for the summer months. Ugh, next home is going to be basement free.

Why is discharge under basement floor? Where does it discharge? I have this set up bur it’s the exception in my neighborhood

We just bought a house and the sump pump was constantly running and it just died. I have a 22 inch deep pit. The inlets are at 15 inches. The water level in the pit is hovering around 15.5. Are the inlets supposed to be at the ground water level? Or is the water level just hovering there because as it rises it has to fill the inlets pipes as well? If my inlets are below the ground water level, wouldn't water be constantly flowing into my pit? We shopvaced it dry and the water filled at a rate of 1 inch every 2 minutes until it reached the inlet pipes. Is my pit too low? To keep a pump float above the current level of the standing water, I would have to have to raise it to almost the top of my pit. Is that correct installation technique?

Where ultimately does your discharge water go? You mentioned the side of your house. Mine goes to the side but then trickles down the front walk. Hardly practical. Please help.

I have an 18" wide by 24" deep pit that is way too small. Find little to no information on the proper sizing of a pit. I know that it needs to be deep enough so the water that is pumped is below the inlet of drain tile, we don't want water sitting in the drain tile. So I figure I will get the largest reasonable pit possible, I want it to have enough room for 2 pumps and don't want short cycling (which is what I have now). At least 24" wide by 30" deep, perhaps larger. My big question is, should it be perforated or solid? I don't think perforated would give much beneift, probably will take on more ground water than I need to.

Why is ground water level under your house so heigh? This will create very high humidity levels under house? Looks like you should put external foundation drains outside that lower water level before it gets under house, gravity drain! Why build a house over 9 inches water depth? I put in outside French drains, connected downspouts to that, is helping a lot, drain flows for days after a light rain even!

I was reading somewhere that a sump pump can help lower ground water level. It could run a ton for weeks but eventually wouldn’t it help create a new ground water equilibrium level?

Hi, does ground water enter the sump pit with pressure? I have a sump pump in a house I just moved into running every 20 seconds with water constantly flowing in with pressure. I’m wondering where this water is coming from and what the solution would be. Any advice would be appreciated!

You need to get that pit covered because of radon have it tested and lower it in the winter it gets higher!

is there a way to tell where pit water is coming from. pump going off every 30 seconds even when not raining. can't imagine that is normal ground water. thinking maybe broken water line somewhere? It hasn 't always been like this.

We built a house and after a year, I see that sump pump is constantly running. No leak in the incoming city water, its ground water. Grading seems to be ok, all down spouts are throwing water away from the house. Water coming into the pit is clear groundwater. Even if I adjust the height of the pump, it would make a small change but it is the high inflow of water that causes pump to go off every minute. I am having sleepless nights with the fear that if pump fails, my battery back up pump would last for an hour and within 15 minutes, basement will be flooded. What all should I check for ? Just FYI, my basement is dig deeper than normal basement as we have 10 ft basement ceiling. Thanks.

My sump pump is continuously running never happened before and the last 2 day is running none stop and isn’t raining

Thank you

My sum pump work every 3min...I put some bricks...shoul I make little bit higher...?

sump pump pit completely dry for a long time You have any idea why?

My sump pump pit was running almost constantly. After watching your video, I checked when my ground water level was at ( I unplugged sump for a couple of days) and found it to be at around 18" off the bottom of the sump. I put some bricks in and redid the plumbing and now it runs maybe once a day. However the water level is around 7" below the floor level. Is that okay?? I also put in a watchdog back up pump. But is it okay to have that many bricks in there and be that high up with my pump???

We are getting the keys to our new house at the end of September. Throughout the entire 10 month build the pump has never stopped working. Recently my new neighbors called me to tell me it was off and there appeared to be water in the basement. I confirmed this the next day and the builder had already been there although there were still puddles left all over the place and the wood from the bottom of the stairs was wet to the touch. Any advice on how to make the builder fix this or what they should do before we take possession? I have been told that these water issues subside once the rest of the homes in this new sub have been built.

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thank you

Man... We bought august 2020 and I'm just no figuring out I don't need my pump to fire 20,000 (no joke) times a day after it rains... I'm fighting the ground water. That said, I need to develop a better system for when we get torrential pours or snow melts. Thanks!

Do you have holes drilled in the basin itself? I have water coming in thru all these holes on the bottom 2 or 3 "rings" on the basin. Nothing comes in thru the tile unless there's a ton of rain. Thing runs every 6 minutes until i raised the float up. Now its more like 10 minutes.

Are you a professional?

I’m currently having this problem right now. We just bought a house, replaced the sump pump and it was running every ten seconds. I’m checking the ground water level in the pit as we speak.