We moved in a new (old) house about 2 years ago, first house I have had that has a sump pump. Our electricity is pretty reliable however I was thinking what if we get an extended power outage?
So after researching a bit, I found a type of sump pump that is powered by water (we’re in the city) and water outages are pretty much non existent here.
So I installed it today, pretty straight forward water in, sump, ball float and exit pipe. They recommended having the exit pipe go outside, but I just plumbed it into the existing sewage drain.
It seems to work quite well, emptied the sump pit in about 45 seconds. So if your wondering if they work well, they do. We do have good strong water pressure about 75psi so that probably helps.
To be clear I did not remove the existing electric sump pump I just placed this new one in the corner of the existing sump pump pit. So in all likelihood it will never get used, however it’s ready if need be.
So after researching a bit, I found a type of sump pump that is powered by water (we’re in the city) and water outages are pretty much non existent here.
So I installed it today, pretty straight forward water in, sump, ball float and exit pipe. They recommended having the exit pipe go outside, but I just plumbed it into the existing sewage drain.
It seems to work quite well, emptied the sump pit in about 45 seconds. So if your wondering if they work well, they do. We do have good strong water pressure about 75psi so that probably helps.
To be clear I did not remove the existing electric sump pump I just placed this new one in the corner of the existing sump pump pit. So in all likelihood it will never get used, however it’s ready if need be.
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