Finally got the sump pump installed. Hardest part was digging the hole which was 22" of mostly rock with a little clay mixed in. No more leaky basement!

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[–] 24 points 1 year ago (4 children)

One thing to check for your health and family: Radon

Since you've now got a pit, you also have the prime location for a mitigation system. At a minimum, you can get a Radon test kit at the hardware store (I know Menards carries these) for about $20 that has a sticky card that you mail away for analysis after a set time.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

    Even better you can get reliable digital meters now to get real time info, and you can test all the rooms in your house.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    While thats true, a digital meter is at about 5x the cost of a one-time disposable test. I didn't want to scare him off (or delay the test) because of cost. If the disposable test shows a positive reading for radon, I'd recommend skipping the digital meter anyway and hiring a company that does professional readings as well as installation of mitigation systems.

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Since you've got an open outlet you should consider putting a dehumidifier next to it with a drain that empties into the sump.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    That must have been a royal pain in the ass digging in a confined space like that. Good job.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    Awesome effort!

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    Amazing! The flex coupling is smart af, it's so much easier when you want to take the pump out.

    I've been slowly optimizing my set up. My next step is to create an interconnect to allow both pumps to discharge to one line (currently three pumps, two lines) so that I have redundancy should one of the lines freeze or clog. I have issues with iron ochre, so clogging is an issue for me. Hopefully freezing isn't but who knows lol.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    That's actually the check valve. The store had those and more permanent PVC ones. I saw the rubber one and thought I would be really glad I went with that one whenever the pump has to be replaced.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    That's a half-life 2 corner with a medkit in a box behind that pipe

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    Gratz! No one wants a wet basement.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    A lazy/cheap thing you can do to stabalize the soil is mix in some part concrete with the dirt, tamp down hard, and water. Not fully concrete but will prevent errosion and shifting quite a bit.

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