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I vacuumed a bit out today. Still don't know where it is coming from or going but the level certainly did drop. Maybe I could get a borascope or a plumber snake to see how far it goes.
Ok so it's been raining now for what seems to be weeks. I've found out a bit more.
The sump pump pit has water coming in from the dirt floor area. I can see the difference. Where it is going I haven't a clue.
The pit itself has a outline which apparently that's what the huge rock is chiseled for. It fits like a glove to prevent the sump pump from turning over.
The sump pump float has a stopper which was way way too low.
Now this makes much more sense.
I have a second sump pump which is submergible. For some reason the cord is only a few feet. I tried an extension cord (I know I know) but it didn't do a damn thing.
The only thing I'm wondering now is how to dry the dirt floor. I have on most of it poly but another section I have landscape clothing (thought it was a good idea at the time) but I put the poly back on top of it. I have a shopvac but you can't really vacuum the top of poly or at least effectively. I thought about pulling the poly and the landscape clothing and then vacuuming but I don't know if that's too much effort.
I'm considering sealing the concrete floor portion as I think I saw water coming UP in one area. If I seal it that at least would brighten it up with the shine and enable more water to flow to the sump pump pit. Anyone do this personally? I just don't want fumes all over the place for a long time.
A good septic guy can find out where your sump pump drains. They run a probe down the line and have an electronic gizmo to track it.
Back when I lived in upstate NY my sump was simply a plumber trap. That then drained to the road we lived on which was a significant hill. So there was a 15 foot or so grade to the sump.
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We had a similar situation at a previous house, that was on a sloped lot. Rainfall would get under the house and run into the low area basement, and into the sump, where the pump would send it into the sanitary sewer. That was actually not allowed, it should have gone into the stormwater system but no one ever caught it even when inspected when we sold.
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