If you live in an area where your sump pump runs all the time, now would be a great time to replace your small diameter sump basin with a new larger diameter basin. A lot of plumbers and home owners… Read More »Adding a New Sump Basin? Size Matters…
In some cold weather installations where the drainage sump pump pumps the water out to grade (your yard) or into an open site drain like your gutter or down spouts a plumber or installer may not use a check valve… Read More »Sump and Sewage Check Valves Part 2 (A Few Suggestions)
An integral part of most sump pumps and especially sewage pump installations is a check valve installed in the discharge pipe of the pump. In most plumbing codes there is a requirement for a full flow check valve to be… Read More »Sump and Sewage Pump Check Valve Information
We get a few calls each year from plumbers, builders and inspectors about homes or buildings under construction that miscalculate the sewer elevation. You guessed it, somebody miscalculated the location of the gravity sewer connection in the street or they… Read More »Missed Sewer? *%$#@ Happens
Every year when the temperature drops below freezing we get a few phone calls from frantic home owners that say “My sump pump seems to be running, but it’s not discharging water”. This usually happens if you have a small… Read More »Winter Time and Sump Pump Freezes Up – A Few Suggestions
“You need to look at this thing and understand how it works” Failures of battery back up systems can occur due to lack of maintenance. People spend a lot of money on these products and sometimes they feel they should last… Read More »Battery Back Up Sump Pump Systems Are Not Maintenance Free!
In my last blog article I touched on this topic now, recently a customer brought in two 18 month old sewage grinder pumps that had failed. The motors in both pumps had burnt and open windings. The service plumber said… Read More »Extreme Grease Build-up & Lack of Maintenance Can Cause Pumps to Prematurely Fail
We get a lot of call from customers requesting that we come visit their job sites that have older commercial pumps systems. We are asked to inspect and prepare a quote, if necessary, for pumps, controls and covers. We are… Read More »Considerations When Servicing a Commercial Duplex Sewage Pumping System
Over twenty years ago Radon Gas and testing for radon started to come to light in the media after the Environmental Protection Agency issued reports about studies that stated radon is the 2nd leading cause of lung cancer in the… Read More »Radon… We’ve Got You Covered
A service plumber from a plumbing company had called me from a job site and said his customer had a clear radon sump cover on the sump basin and it appeared that the pump was running, but not removing the… Read More »Mysterious Bubbling Sump Pump
