Same here, very high water table. A floor drain would not do me any good, and likely make things worse. The pump runs around every 10 minutes during rainy Spring seasons, and the water comes up. We now have a battery backup system because the power going out a couple times was very problematic. Since I'm on a well, a water powered unit I don't believe is possible. It's not a finished basement, apparently with good reason, but we have storage on several shelf units down there.
No grid power. No problem. They ran the house when the tornadoes went through a few weeks back. Enough battery backup to run the house full tilt for a day, with no sun. Building this system is where the 'speaker building' time has gone.
@Steve_Lee said:
So, does it use the municipal water intake/flow to the home as a power pumping energy souce like an induction pump?
Yep, a pretty dead simple setup. Uses your house water pressure to blow a jet of water down the pipe. Creates a low pressure at the intake that draws the sump water through. It seems like a great option as long as you dont live in an area that pays their school district budget from water use fees.
I have seen battery backup systems that have their own 12v pump. But they are complex setup by comparison and remembering to maintain a wet cell battery is a pretty futile effort in my experience. Long before I learned of the above pumps, I helped a friend of mine install one of these 12v setups in his home.. and the battery was toast by the time he actually had a power failure in a rainstorm. Money circling the drain as his basement carpet was saturating.
Battery backup - I had 2 and was thinking of putting the plumber on retainer- ha
Neighbors across the street went with a Generac, and although expensive- they said they’d happily pay 2x vs dealing with the basement flooding/ pulling carpet/ cleaning mess/ and loss of stuff.
Fortunately now we live up on a hill and basement pipe out the back could just drain downhill
We had a wine cellar in our old unit at Barwon Heads, Victoria: a seaside town near a major river outlet.
Unfortunately, the unit was built during drought years and they didn't realise that Barwon Heads has a high water table in normal years - so of course it flooded when we got a decent rain season.
The first cellar pump lasted exactly 40 minutes! Second was better; the water was pumped into the grey water system for toilets etc, which was a good way to reduce the water bill.
Engagement seems to have slowed to a trickle. On top of their previous issues that drove alot of people away years ago, the system was really struggling and erroring out. I held out for quite a while, but pretty much gave up. Took them too long to finally upgrade it.
So here is pretty much the only forum I check on anymore. diyaudio is just too much.
@Kornbread said:
Haven't been there in a looooong time. What's going on ... or not going on?
Me either. Just looked there yesterday for the first time in quite a while. Little to nothing going on there worth any importance. Averaging about 3 posts per day. .There is the DML bag and Grumpy.
Flood warning alert on my phones woke me up at 3:00AM last night. My part of the state may get federal disaster declarion, holy shit some of the towns along the rivers are completely under water.
@Nicholas_23 said:
We tried to head south to another location today , nope , all three highways to the location were flooded over , didnt bother trying the gravel roads. Most of the corn and bean files have been turned into lakes. We ended up shutting down the office at noon so employees could head home. JR , you should see skunk creek right now , its impressive !
I heard 12th is down because of it, only second time in my life I remember that happening.
The way Tea and the roads around there are I thought I was going to have stay at your place tonight, Brad. I left work early to try and avoid things but still drive through 6" of water by the new Casey's.
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I'm also planning on installing a water powered back up sump pump. I have too much invested in my basement to flood it.
What is a water powered sump pump, JR?
Google is your friend:
https://www.grainger.com/product/LIBERTY-PUMPS-Water-Powered-Sump-Pump-Vertical-1XGC8?gucid=N:N:PS:Paid:MS:CSM-2296:LC5DTN:20500731&gclid=b8c44e3788971f013a882847e46b5b91&gclsrc=3p.ds&msclkid=b8c44e3788971f013a882847e46b5b91
So, does it use the municipal water intake/flow to the home as a power pumping energy souce like an induction pump?
When we built our house I had them put a floor drain right next to the sump pit.
I have a water powered backup sump pump also and it works well when needed. Thankfully its been rare. However I highly recommend it.
Jim
I have a floor drain in the basement, but better safe than sorry. High water table here.
Same here, very high water table. A floor drain would not do me any good, and likely make things worse. The pump runs around every 10 minutes during rainy Spring seasons, and the water comes up. We now have a battery backup system because the power going out a couple times was very problematic. Since I'm on a well, a water powered unit I don't believe is possible. It's not a finished basement, apparently with good reason, but we have storage on several shelf units down there.
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No grid power. No problem. They ran the house when the tornadoes went through a few weeks back. Enough battery backup to run the house full tilt for a day, with no sun. Building this system is where the 'speaker building' time has gone.
Yep, a pretty dead simple setup. Uses your house water pressure to blow a jet of water down the pipe. Creates a low pressure at the intake that draws the sump water through. It seems like a great option as long as you dont live in an area that pays their school district budget from water use fees.
I have seen battery backup systems that have their own 12v pump. But they are complex setup by comparison and remembering to maintain a wet cell battery is a pretty futile effort in my experience. Long before I learned of the above pumps, I helped a friend of mine install one of these 12v setups in his home.. and the battery was toast by the time he actually had a power failure in a rainstorm. Money circling the drain as his basement carpet was saturating.
Battery backup - I had 2 and was thinking of putting the plumber on retainer- ha
Neighbors across the street went with a Generac, and although expensive- they said they’d happily pay 2x vs dealing with the basement flooding/ pulling carpet/ cleaning mess/ and loss of stuff.
Fortunately now we live up on a hill and basement pipe out the back could just drain downhill
Heads up! Weather coming
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We had a wine cellar in our old unit at Barwon Heads, Victoria: a seaside town near a major river outlet.
Unfortunately, the unit was built during drought years and they didn't realise that Barwon Heads has a high water table in normal years - so of course it flooded when we got a decent rain season.
The first cellar pump lasted exactly 40 minutes! Second was better; the water was pumped into the grey water system for toilets etc, which was a good way to reduce the water bill.
Geoff
I check my battery unit regularly, and it plays alarms if something needs done. It's a Watchdog brand.
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Someone needs to stick a fork in PETT.
Haven't been there in a looooong time. What's going on ... or not going on?
Engagement seems to have slowed to a trickle. On top of their previous issues that drove alot of people away years ago, the system was really struggling and erroring out. I held out for quite a while, but pretty much gave up. Took them too long to finally upgrade it.
So here is pretty much the only forum I check on anymore. diyaudio is just too much.
Me either. Just looked there yesterday for the first time in quite a while. Little to nothing going on there worth any importance. Averaging about 3 posts per day. .There is the DML bag and Grumpy.
Spent 4hrs out in the sun yesterday to get a single 2"x8" installed on the deck roof. Man I'm out of shape. Tough to handle the heat.
I still check PE daily, but it really has slowed to a crawl save for the still present regulars.
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Happy 26th anniversary to Mrs JR and myself.
Well done sir! Anniversaries are not celebrated as well as they should be. I'm only 5 years behind you.
Same here, hit 21 years in May.
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Flood warning alert on my phones woke me up at 3:00AM last night. My part of the state may get federal disaster declarion, holy shit some of the towns along the rivers are completely under water.
I'm wondering if that's the storm that going to ruin racing on Sunday.😒
Probably. Sorry. Our local dirt track is under two feet of water right now.
I heard 12th is down because of it, only second time in my life I remember that happening.
This is the creek behind our house, which is usually about 12 inches deep by 6 feet wide at any time of the year.
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Best of luck. Looks like the building behind may soon be back-draining into their basement...
The way Tea and the roads around there are I thought I was going to have stay at your place tonight, Brad. I left work early to try and avoid things but still drive through 6" of water by the new Casey's.