Recent content by Derrick52

Thanks. I had 7 pumps however the power went. I kept 2 going with a generator. The next day the water was below the original floor level. My thought was to seal the sump at the original floor level. The sump would still exist from the original floor to the new floor - one foot. There is...

You picture if right. There was a hole cut in the basement floor to the weeping tiles. Ground water is normally below the old floor but can rise above the new floor in very heavy rain. Sealing the sump should reduce inflow to what a sump pump can handle for a day. |But would this do any harm...

My house was built with a deep basement such that the weeping tile was about 3 feet below the line to the sewer. The basement floor was cut to install a sump to pump groundwater to the storm sewer. After a serious flood I raised the floor by adding crushed rock and then a new concrete floor...