CL "dnoyeB" Gilbert wrote:

Chris (SilverUnicorn) wrote:

Okay, bear with me on this one.....

We had a home built in 2000. The builder installed a sump pump. It
used to run constantly. It failed twice (pipe came loose) and we got a
little water in the basement.

We recently had the basement completed. We did much of the work, but
hired a contractor to do the drop ceiling. He also installed a new
sump pump, with a battery backup (just in case).

That was installed in July. Since then, we have had NO water in the
sump pit AT ALL! Bone dry. When the new pump was installed, it ran for
about 7 minutes and cleared out the pit. Nothing since then. No pumo
operation, no need for the backup, No water in the sump pit at all! We
have had some very heavy rain over this time, but nothing at all in
the sump pit.

Could the old pump have been so bad that it was just pumping the same
water over an over like the check valve was bad? I know it was a lower
model pump, but I can't imagine it was that bad.

Or did someone build miles away that changed the water table so we
don't get any water in the pit anymore?

Really strange to have this happen all of a sudden, but I guess the
old punp could have been that crappy.

Here's a really bad idea of what we have now:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3206/...9b75d367_b.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2284/...0d3ecdac_b.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2019/...3311565a_b.jpg

Thanks. This is more of a curiousity than anything.

Chris


Make sure the installer did not cap off the pipe in the sump pit while he
installed the pump. He may have forgotten to remove the cap. No water at
all is suspicious fcompared to what you had.

The check valve is typically not in the pump but in the pipe. Did he also
replace part of the pipe when he put the new pump in?

So there is no water infiltration? I can't see how that could be related
to
the pump. I had something like this happen to me when the city was
working
on a big water main about 2 miles away. It returned after the summer.


Also, with the 2 pump 1 pipe system, if either of your check valves fail,
your water will never leave the pit.