🏡 Better Homes The sump pump thread

[Shawn1112]

I replaced my home builders pump a few years ago and put in a bull dog battery back up and Coleman pump. I have set up where I can remove the pump in 2 min and re install the builders pump just in case. Just for extra ins

I have the Bulldog backup as well.

 

[The Beast]

I have the Bulldog backup as well.

Wish I would have gotten the maintenance free battery

 

[The Beast]

Man I hope everyone’s sump pumps are working in this. Getting hammered with rain

Losing power if that happens is when the big problems start

 

[frank]

I replaced my home builders pump a few years ago and put in a bull dog battery back up and Coleman pump. I have set up where I can remove the pump in 2 min and re install the builders pump just in case. Just for extra ins

I did the same with our old house, always had a backup pump ready to go, and when needed I could change it quickly. Better then flooding.

 

[Shawn1112]

Wish I would have gotten the maintenance free battery

That’s what I got. It’s been flawless (knock on wood) the last 5-6yrs.

 

[daturbosix]

Just reminded me about my 3 year old Colman pump I got from Menards.

Called them and apparently they no longer carry them. But willing to offer the warranty on their replacement! Lol SCORE!

once I dry up I'll bring it in to swap for sport!

 

[The Beast]

Just reminded me about my 3 year old Colman pump I got from Menards.

Called them and apparently they no longer carry them. But willing to offer the warranty on their replacement! Lol SCORE!

once I dry up I'll bring it in to swap for sport!

Let me know how that goes I taped the receipt to the door for that life time warranty. I want to exchange mine also. ITs TIME

 

[smug]

I’m still considering adding that battery back up system that is suppose to power a primary pump. Then adding a second primary pump with a another circuit.

 

[The Beast]

I’m still considering adding that battery back up system that is suppose to power a primary pump. Then adding a second primary pump with a another circuit.

Good insurance brotha

 

[01Cobra]

Have primary and a battery backup secondary. Both sit on their own dedicated breakers. Then I have a generator in the shed for extended power outages to get the primary back online.

 

[The Beast]

Have primary and a battery backup secondary. Both sit on their own dedicated breakers. Then I have a generator in the shed for extended power outages to get the primary back online.

I figured for your 8900sq foot house you would have 3 sump pumps.

 

[Chet Donnelly]

Somehow I don't have a sump pump, and only have an ejector pump. So the rain water, laundry room, and bathroom in my basement all feed into the same well and get pumped out through the ejector pump.

 

[daturbosix]

Let me know how that goes I taped the receipt to the door for that life time warranty. I want to exchange mine also. ITs TIME

Fyi...when they still had the colmans, they swapped them no prob. Not like they can test them at the counter....

 

[The Beast]

Fyi...when they still had the colmans, they swapped them no prob. Not like they can test them at the counter....

I asked a guy last year at Menards he looked at me all crazy. My thinking was the same it’s not like they can test it.

 

[Rent Free]

Why use a battery backup when you can use waterpressure backups now that operate like a toilet? Never worry about power for a sump pump again.

540 FLEX™ | Water-Powered Backups | Zoeller Pump Company

The 540 Flex from Zoeller Pump Company is a water powered emergency backup sump pump system. Learn more online and find a distributor near you today!

www.zoellerpumps.com

 

[Yaj Yak]

Somehow I don't have a sump pump, and only have an ejector pump. So the rain water, laundry room, and bathroom in my basement all feed into the same well and get pumped out through the ejector pump.

FESTER665 be like

 

[01Cobra]

I figured for your 8900sq foot house you would have 3 sump pumps.

I should have mentioned this was for the west wing of my house.

 

[Chet Donnelly]

FESTER665 be like

Apparently a bunch of homes around me are doing it. We got a letter in the mail that a city inspector was coming to make sure we weren't pumping rain water into the sewer system since many homes in our area were doing that. I thought..."this is it, going to cost me $10k to have a well dug up in my basement and a sump pump installed."

The inspector looked at our gutters to make sure they were exiting into the yard instead of going down into the ground, came and looked in the basement and asked me if the well and pump was just for the bathroom....I said "yep"......and he marked us down as being up to code and left.

 

[Yaj Yak]

Apparently a bunch of homes around me are doing it. We got a letter in the mail that a city inspector was coming to make sure we weren't pumping rain water into the sewer system since many homes in our area were doing that. I thought..."this is it, going to cost me $10k to have a well dug up in my basement and a sump pump installed."

The inspector looked at our gutters to make sure they were exiting into the yard instead of going down into the ground, came and looked in the basement and asked me if the well and pump was just for the bathroom....I said "yep"......and he marked us down as being up to code and left.

so there's another way they test for it... and this way "finds ya"

 

[FirstWorldProblems]

so there's another way they test for it... and this way "finds ya"


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They did this in my subdivision a few years ago and smoked out my basement, an extra sewer connection for a possible future bathroom wasn't capped so it was just pouring in. My neighbor apparently had a dried out upstairs drain trap so they got smoked out too lol

 

[FirstWorldProblems]

I don't think they found any gutters that were running to sewers (i feel like this would be rare,), but they did smoke out a few houses and never cared to inspect if it was because the sump pumps were discharging to sewage

 

[smug]

Why use a battery backup when you can use waterpressure backups now that operate like a toilet? Never worry about power for a sump pump again.

540 FLEX™ | Water-Powered Backups | Zoeller Pump Company

The 540 Flex from Zoeller Pump Company is a water powered emergency backup sump pump system. Learn more online and find a distributor near you today!

www.zoellerpumps.com

I’ve looked into that. The GPM sucks

 

[svtcobra725]

I change my sump pump out every five years religiously. I also have a back up battery (with 3 marine batteries). I only use liberty pumps as well, do some research, they are top of the line. And if you guessed by now I had a pump go out in the past and ruin a finished basement. Never letting that happen again lol

 

[smug]

So I did install to primary pumps in the pit with one raised a few inches to act as a back up pump if the lower one fails or get overwhelmed. They are both the same Zoller 60 GPM pumps. They are both connects to a back up battery inverter set up. I chose the inverter setup because the 12 V DC sump pumps have no balls and would only keep up for regular use. Not if we’re in a downpour. Although the power rarely goes out, knock on wood, I’d rather feel safe about it. I did fill the pit with about 25 gallons of water and ran a test. I filled the pit and then plugged both pumps in at the same time. Holy shit did they empty the pit quickly. That abandoned pipe is capped on the outside and that was the old discharge line. That line had about a half dozen elbows inside the wall before it exited the house. I now have 2 discharge lines going up and out the house. They only go up about another foot before exiting the house

 

[Rent Free]

Ever looked up the water pressure backups?

No battery or anything needed. Basically works like a toilet.