"ted" wrote in message ...
What's better to set a sump pump in: crushed stone or gravel. I heard
crushed stone, but I have a ton of gravel (about 3/4") and I would
like to use that if I could.



Either one is OK
Even better, drop a cinder block into the hole if one can fit, so that the
holes are facing up
Put the pump on the cinder block.
This way your pump is a few inches above the rock/gravel, and there is no
chance of any getting sucked up into the pump.

Alternately get a grass paver
http://www.hellotrade.com/kreative-c...ss-pavers.html
That works even better