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All the time Jasper, jump in with new threads & the last guy says what I said. I hope we can solve this pooling issue. C.
Another case of shoddy cement finishing! I can’t believe how many concrete floors are finished sloping away from the drains not to the drains.AAAARRGGHH! It burns me up. O.K. Quickie route would be to chisel a trench to allow the water to flow to the drain. Next would be to install a drain or trench drain in the pooling area & connect it to the drain piping under the floor. Also a dam could be built around the garage perimeter. Lastly [and most expensive] have a new floor poured with all sides sloping to the drain. C.
Forget the long lengh of pipe. Water will freeze in it. End the pump out let 2 feet from the house tilted down. C.
Check the storage tank, Does it have enough water to fill the system? Also check the piping fron the storage tank to the pump,make sure it’s tight and free of leaks. Clean any inlet screens or check valves also. C.
Wait till spring. Just make certain the pump can get the water out of the house. If there’s a check valve I reccomend that it gets removed. Water held up in the line will freeze too. C.
O.K. Here goes, the big numbers are inches, inside of these there is a long line in the middle that represents half inch there are 4 shorter lines those are quarter inches. The next shorter ones are eighth inches, there are eight of them, then there are sixteen real short lines that represent sixteenths. So for example you have a picture frame that is 11 and 1/2″ (” is a symbol for inches ‘ is feet) by (or x ) 8 and 3/4″. Take the tape place it along the side of the frame you’ll see that the edge is on the number 11 and stops on the long line in the middle of 11 and 12. Theres 11 and 1/2 inches. Place the tape on the bottom you’ll see that it goes to 8 then almost to 9. Count the two short lines and the one long one there’s 3. That is 3/4 inch. Take the tape and measure some stuff. Have fun! C.
Lonny, seems to have covered my answers. The leak must be extremly slow. See if you can try to pinpoint the leak better & post back. C.
The pipes in the walls may be flopping in the walls. Another idea would be to install an air chamber in the bathroom piping. This will act as a shock absorber, might help with the noise a bit. Lonny The Plumber might have some ideas also. Try the bulliten board under “plumbing” C.
Do two things. One seal where the sewer meets the basement with cement. If you can dig out some of the stone around the pipe & cement that. Two dig outside down to the sewer remove all the crushed rock from around the pipe,under the footing of the house and back 5 feet. backfill with clay. This will help with the water. If you can,wait till summer to dig. It’ll be wet going if it’s done now. C.
Plan on installing two two inch submersibles in a big sump each on it’s own circuit breaker back to the fuse/breaker box. Sump should be 2 feet deep 3 feet long and a foot and a half wide. Use a pump that will move 120 plus gpm at 5 foot lift. My first reccomendation the Little Giant 10 series second Goulds pumps model 3886. Last resort Zoeller model 266 or 267. Avoid Flotec like the plague. If you can, get a Square D class 9038 alternater to control these. Hard pipe this installation in 2 inch pvc pipe. Also try to get a sample of the soil in the cellar, is it sandy or stiff clay like? This is pretty good inflow. Also how big is the basement in sq. feet? Let me know. C.
Do you have any or know of any underground drains that go to a river, storm drainage under the road etc.. I’ve seen this where drains have been installed. Good idea until the drop-off point gets higher than the basement. The flow through a 4″ pipe can be upwards of 200 gallons per minute. Right now you might want to consider some powerful 2or3 inch 3/4 to 1 horse sump pumps. During the warm weather search around for an above mentioned pipe.C Cellarwater, Moderator bbs Basements &attics
Leaving the 4 inch elbow even with the soil the water will back out the elbow. Go with the stand pipe as I suggested earlier. C.
I wish I could draw a picture 🙂 That length of 4 inch pipe at the house where the 1 1/2 inch pipe exits the house put an elbow on the 4 inch line on the lawn then stick a foot and a half of the 4inch pipe into the elbow standing up. Pipe the 1 1/2 pump drain into this. As for the connector They make a rubber one that’s 1 1/2 inch with 2 clamps on it thatwill replace the valve. Let me know how you make out. C.
