On Thu, 25 Mar 2010 22:18:17 -0700 (PDT), terry
wrote:

..
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.


All good ideas and points

Thanks

Duke