On Apr 20, 9:00�pm, Lawrence wrote:
On Apr 20, 7:33 pm, Joe wrote:

Hi, I'm from CT and we had about 5-8 inches of rain earlier this week.
I just got back home and everything is well in the basement but I've
been timing the minutes between my sump pump turning on and it was
about 6 minutes earlier today and now it's going off about every 2.5
minutes. It normally doesn't go on at all unless it's raining or just
stopped raining - it hasn't rained here for 2 days but we did have a
massive Noreaster here on the east coast so I guess I'm asking if I
should be alarmed that the time periods between sump evacuations are
increasing rather than decreasing. What could be the reason for that?
I'm a little worried that my 1/2 HP is going to give out tonight while
I sleep due to overexertion.

It seems water is coming into the basement regardless of the details.
Just make sure your valuables are up off of the floor. *Then go out
and buy a backup pump, cheap insurance. *Perhaps install the new one
and keep the old one for a backup. *Then maybe you can get some sleep,
(:

There are many posts like this and the standard answer is to address
the problem outside the house. *Check grading to be sure water is
draining well away. *Gutters also need to be check to see that they
are carrying water well away from the base of the house.

many people have sumps above the grade of a lower spot on their
property.

draining by gravity, even if its just a overflow if the pump gets
behind is always a good idea. gravity tends to be highly reliable