On Mar 24, 9:53*am, wrote:
I need to install a sump *pump in my crawl space to get rid of water
if and when. *My need has magnified this year because of the large
amount of snow melt and unusually high rain fall in this Delaware
area.

I am lead *to believe that I can make a pit in a low spot *in order to
draw in the water and then use a sump pump to direct the water
outside. *I plan to try to use a pre-fab plastic pit liner if I can
find one. *I *plan to add holes in the bottom of the liner if not
already there, and then use a submersible sump pump inside the liner
surrounded by crushed stone.

I want the thing to be automatic, so I don't have to mess with it. IE
run when there's water - not run (off) otherwise. * I notice many
pumps use an outside-the-pump float mechanism to provide the automatic
ness. *I don't want that. *I would like the pump to have an automatic
switch internal in the pump. * I see pumps advertised as automatic,
but I want to be sure they work that way. *Do they?
I guess I could buy one at Lowes and try it.

Duke

We have lined a sump pit using a 'milk crate'; after cutting a hole in
the concrete basement floor the crate was sunk into the ground below,
water draining into it from the weeping tile around the footings. The
pump sits in the sump and operates when its built in float switch
demands.
A typical crate is about one foot square and about one foot deep and
holds nine containers of milk. If more depth needed use two crates
cutting the bottom out of the upper one and wire them together before
lowering into the pit.