This is what you get for a couple dollars these days. Since we moved into the house back in January, our sump pump in the basement has ran every minute of every hour of every day of every week. There was only one electric pump in the sump. And with that much water coming in, and how often we are gone, we knew we needed to do something. After much deliberation and many professionals looking at our situation, we had a back-up water pump installed. But, they had to do some cutting in our drywall ceiling of the basement. The guys did a great job and we definitely feel relieved knowing that we have a back-up pump in the sump now that does not need electricity.
One of 2 holes cut in the ceiling to run 50 feet of copper water line from our utility room.
The other cut in the ceiling.
Some of the soldering work they did to work the copper around the joists and duct work.
This is the infamous Water Commander back-up sump pump. I highly recommend. All it needs is to be connected to your water line, which you see on the right side of the picture.
The sump with multiple pipes..not sure if I could get many more in there.
The yellow ball is the float for the water back-up pump. The green pump is a new electrical pump I had the plumbers install while they were in there. Notice the water pouring into the sump at the top of the picture. This a common occurrance that happens around the clock. We must be sitting on an underground pond...
This picture shows the two cuts in the ceiling, one closer and the other farther away.
Behind this door is the sump, and where all the pumping action occurs..JPG)