Recently I started cutting a new "sump pump hole" for a homeowner of mine. This is a "new" hole not an existing one built along with the foundation. The homeowner wanted the hole to be square so he would be able to fit 2 sump pumps in. This is in Findlay, OH where in the past 6 months they've had 2 major floods! The first was in August and the Second happened this February. I'm talking 8 feet above flood stage! So needless to say the grounds a little wet. Got a little messy with all that water soaked into the ground. But, I was prepared for that, sump pumping the hole out as we dug! Ok, so what I'm going to do is put circular hard plastic inserts into this hole and back fill it with stone and finish it with concrete. I found a nice little idea on the "This Old House" website, that I'm going to use. It consists of drilling holes about 1 inch to 2 inches in diameter in the hard plastic inserts and attaching screen or mesh over those holes on the outside to filter the debris that's in the water. This will save your pump from working to hard. We all know that when your sump pump goes out you're the last to know. Until you go downstairs and find your basement has water in it! For the very few of you who have read all of this there's another little idea or tip I would like to share with you. There are "alarms" made for your sump pump itself! You can get the alarm seperate or built into the pump itself! This alarm goes off (Beeps, pretty loud) when the sump pump stops working or can't handle the volume of water that's flowing into the hole.....Very cool!
Thank you,
Ryan A. Wilcox
Owner Dynasty Remodeling
